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One of these eons, I might share a few anecdotes about the strangest ways I\u2019ve obtained a remnant or product related to the movies of Champaign, Urbana<\/strong>, and the cities beyond. I take it seriously enough because of how little I\u2019ve found over the two decades we have produced MICRO-FILM<\/span><\/strong> and C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong> that is not in the form of newspaper articles or event fliers. Each and every piece can help to augment our posts whether it is predictable or one of a kind. Yet, the stories of how I arrive at the stories are often the exact opposite of astonishing. It\u2019s a bit hard in 2021 to get stoked over a relevant listing on eBay<\/strong> I wasn\u2019t expecting, but now at least I can tell you about a new book that notes a local milestone.<\/p>\n The international educational publisher Springer Nature<\/strong>, through its Springer<\/strong> imprint based in Heidelberg, Germany,<\/strong> released in April an impressive volume called The Cinema in Flux: The Evolution of Motion Picture Technology from the Magic Lantern to the Digital Era<\/span><\/strong>. Available at Amazon<\/strong> as of yesterday, Tuesday, May 11<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, the 817-page behemoth is written by the venerated author, filmmaker, and innovator Lenny Lipton<\/strong>, whose research and development led to advancements in stereoscopic imagery such as the RealD<\/strong> three-dimensional projection used in thousands of movie theaters worldwide. Eighty-three chapters trace the development of cinema from its primitive forms of the 1600s to digital adaptions in the present, as stated in a Springer press release from last week<\/a><\/span>, with an effort made to elucidate on the numerous individuals whose work paved the way and their impact on society the world over.<\/p>\n How does it point to the C-U? One of the two men highlighted in Chapter 29<\/strong>, \u201cOne Man Bands,\u201d<\/strong> is the late University of Illinois electrical engineering professor Joseph Tykoci\u0144ski-Tykociner<\/strong> (1877-1969). We\u2019ve talked about his sound-on-film development<\/a><\/span> in the past and highlighted it at the New Art Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. The other, an inventor from France<\/strong> named Eug\u00e8ne Augustin Lauste<\/strong> (1857-1935), made various attempts to develop a viable sound-on-film system by working both independently with colleagues in England<\/strong> and Europe<\/strong> and at American companies such as Thomas A. Edison<\/strong> and Bell Laboratories<\/strong>, according to Lipton. It\u2019s nice to see them singled out with recognition instead of a mere mention or two.<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n