Early Film Theories in Italy, 1896-1922

0. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-90-8964-855-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 518 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 778 g

Reihe: Film Theory in Media History

This collection is the first to bring together scholars to explore the ways in which 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.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Casetti, Francesco

Alovisio, Silvio

Mazzei, Luca

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Throb of the Cinematograph Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, Section 6, Section 7, Sources, Authors' Biographies, General Bibliography, Acknowledgements, About the Editors, Index of Names, Index of Concepts, Index of Films

Über Autor(innen)

Francesco Casetti is the Thomas E. Donnelly Professor of Humanities and Film and Media Studies at Yale University.

Silvio Alovisio is Assistant Professor of Film at University of Torino. He is extensively working on Italian silent cinema and early film theories. He is the author of some ten essays and books, among which The 'Pastrone System': Itala Film from the Origins to World War 1, and L'occhio sensibile (The Responsive Eye) on cinema and psycho/physiology. Luca Mazzei is Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Film at University of Roma Tor Vergata. He currently works on early film theories, novels on film, and the role of cinema during the war against the Ottoman Empire (1911). He is the co-editor of Lucio d'Ambra il cinema (co-ed. with A. Aprà) and Microteorie. Cinema Muto Italiano (co-ed. with L. Quaresima).