Early Film Theories In Italy 1896-1922: The Little Magic Machine (film Theory In Media History)
by Francesco Casetti /
2017 / English / PDF
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This collection for the first time brings together scholars to
explore the ways that various people and groups in Italian
society reacted to the advent of cinema. Looking at the responses
of writers, scholars, clergymen, psychologists, philosophers,
members of parliament, and more, the pieces collected here from
that period show how Italians developed a common language to
describe and discuss this invention that quickly exceeded all
expectations and transcended existing categories of thought and
artistic forms. The result is a close-up picture of a culture in
transition, dealing with a “scandalous” new technology that
appeared poised to thoroughly change everyday life.
This collection for the first time brings together scholars to
explore the ways that various people and groups in Italian
society reacted to the advent of cinema. Looking at the responses
of writers, scholars, clergymen, psychologists, philosophers,
members of parliament, and more, the pieces collected here from
that period show how Italians developed a common language to
describe and discuss this invention that quickly exceeded all
expectations and transcended existing categories of thought and
artistic forms. The result is a close-up picture of a culture in
transition, dealing with a “scandalous” new technology that
appeared poised to thoroughly change everyday life.
