Archaeology of the Movies

Japanese: 《映画の考古学》 - えいがのこうこがく

...From the beginning, "cinema" was a "game machine" for "magicians," a "devil's invention," which GR Hocke defined as "mixing up the useful and the comfortable, and revealing the true face of man as he plays."
[The birth of the film]
CW Ceram, author of "The Archaeology of Cinema," describes the birth of film as follows: "'Film' began with the cinematograph.

From [Ceram]

…Other works he has written include “The Narrow Valley and the Black Mountain” (1955), “The Ancient History of God and the Grave” (1957), and “The First Americans” (1972), most of which have been translated into Japanese. He also made a name for himself in the field of film history research, and his unique work “The Archeology of Film” (1965) deals with the prehistory of the establishment of the film industry. [Matsumiya Yoshihiro] …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Film Archaeology" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…　〈映画〉はそもそも〈有用なものと快適なものとをごっちゃにし，遊びながら人間の本当の顔を開示する〉とG.R.ホッケが定義した，〈魔術師〉たちの〈遊戯機械〉〈悪魔の発明〉であったのである。
【映画の誕生】
　《映画の考古学》の著者C.W.ツェーラムは，映画の誕生を次のようにいっている。〈“映画”はシネマトグラフとともに始まった。…