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Early film theories in Italy, 1896-1922 / edited by Francesco Casetti ; with Silvio Alovisio and Luca Mazzei.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.I88 E27 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Film theory in media history
- Film theory in media history.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Italy--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Italy.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 516 pages. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- How did Italian writers, scholars, clergymen, psychologists, government officials, and philosophers react to the advent of cinema? How did they develop a common language to contextualize an invention which had broken from established cultural norms and categories of thought? This anthology offers a previously unpublished collection of their broad and diverse social discourses, translated into English for the firs time. The result is a rich and compelling examination of Italian culture between 1890 and 1930 as it comes to terms with disruptive change and enlists cinema in the drive toward modernization. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Section 1
- Cinema and Modern Life / Francesco Casetti Casetti, Francesco 35
- Cinematography / Edipi 42
- The Philosophy of Cinematograph / Giovanni Papini Papini, Giovanni 47
- Summertime Spectacles: The Cinema / Gaio 51
- Why I Love the Cinema / Maffio Maffii Maffii, Maffio 55
- The Movie Theatre Audience / Giovanni Fossi Fossi, Giovanni 57
- The Art of Celluloid / Crainquebille 60
- The Triumph of the Cinema / Ricciotto Canuda Canuda, Ricciotto 66
- The Death of the Word / Fausto Maria Martini Martini, Fausto Maria 75
- Section 2
- Film in Transition / Francesco Casetti Casetti, Francesco 83
- The Museum of the Fleeting Moment / Lucio d'Ambra d'Ambra, Lucio 91
- The Woman and the Cinema / Haydée 95
- Darkness and Intelligence / Emanuele Toddi Toddi, Emanuele 98
- A Spectatrix is Speaking to You / Matilde Serao Serao, Matilde 102
- Motion Pictures in Provincial Towns / Emilio Scaglione Scaglione, Emilio 105
- Cinematic Psychology / Edoardo Coli Coli, Edoardo 111
- The Cinematograph Doesn't Exist / Silvio d'Amico d'Amico, Silvio 117
- The Cinema: School of the Will and of Energy / Giovanni Bertinetti Bertinetti, Giovanni 123
- The Close-up / Alberto Orsi Orsi, Alberto 135
- The Soul of Titles / Ernesto Quadrone Quadrone, Ernesto 140
- Section 3
- Cinema at War / Luca Mazzei Mazzei, Luca 147
- The War, from Up Close / Nino Salvaneschi Salvaneschi, Nino 156
- That Poor Cinema... / Renato Giovannetti Giovannetti, Renato 160
- Families of Soldiers / Luigi Lucatelli Lucatelli, Luigi 164
- War for the Profit of Industry / Renato Giovannetti Giovannetti, Renato 168
- The War and Cinematograph / g. pr. pr., g. 171
- Max Linder Dies in The War / Lucio d'Ambra d'Ambra, Lucio 173
- Cinema of War / Saverio Procida Procida, Saverio 176
- Section 4
- Politics, Morality, Education / Silvio Alovlsio Alovlsio, Silvio 183
- The Motion Pictures and Education / Domenico Orano Orano, Domenico 197
- The Intuitive Method in Religious Education / Romano Costetti Costetti, Romano 205
- The Cinema and Its Influence on the Education of the People / Giovanni Battista Avellone Avellone, Giovanni Battista 213
- The Cinematograph in the Schools / Francesco Orestano Orestano, Francesco 217
- Speech at the People's Theatre / Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Orlando, Vittorio Emanuele 224
- Cinema for the Cultivation of the Intellect / Angelina Buracci Buracci, Angelina 237
- Educational Cinema / Ettorc Fabietti Fabietti, Ettorc 244
- Section 5
- Film, Body, Mind / Silvio Alovisio Alovisio, Silvio 255
- Collective Psychology / Pasquale Rossi Rossi, Pasquale 268
- About Some Psychological Observations Made During Film Screenings / Mario Ponzo Ponzo, Mario 273
- Concerning the Effects of Film Viewing on Neurotic Individuals / Giuseppe d'Abundo d'Abundo, Giuseppe 278
- The Ongoing Battle between Gesture and Word / Mariano Luigi Patrizi Patrizi, Mariano Luigi 286
- The Cinematograph in the Field of Mental Illness and Criminality: Notes / Mario Umberto Masini Masini, Mario Umberto, Giuseppe Vidoni Vidoni, Giuseppe 290
- Cinema and Juvenile Delinquency / Mario Ponzo Ponzo, Mario 297
- Section 6
- The Aesthetic Side / Silvio Alovisio Alovisio, Silvio, Luca Mazzei Mazzei, Luca 307
- Problems of Art: Expression and Movement in Sculpture / Corrado Ricci Ricci, Corrado 318
- Scenic Impressionism / Sebastiano Arturo Luciani Luciani, Sebastiano Arturo 321
- The Aesthetics of Cinema / Gojfredo Bellonci Bellonci, Gojfredo 325
- The Poetics of Cinema / Sebastiano Arturo Luciani Luciani, Sebastiano Arturo 329
- Manifesto for a Cinematic Revolution / Goffredo Bellonci Bellonci, Goffredo 333
- Theatre and the Cinema / Antonio Gramsci Gramsci, Antonio 339
- The Futurist Cinematography / F.T. Marinetti Marinetti, F.T., Bruno Corra Corra, Bruno, Emilio Settimelli Settimelli, Emilio, Arnaldo Ginna Ginna, Arnaldo, Giacomo Balla Balla, Giacomo, Remo Chiti Chiti, Remo 341
- In the Beginning Was Sex... / Antonio Gramsci Gramsci, Antonio 346
- Rectangle-Film (25 X 19) / Emanuele Toddi Toddi, Emanuele 348
- The Proscenium Arch of My Cinema / Anton Giulio Bragaglia Bragaglia, Anton Giulio 353
- My Views on the Cinematograph / Lucio d'Ambra d'Ambra, Lucio 359
- Meditations in the Dark / Michele Biancale Biancale, Michele 368
- Section 7
- Theory in a Narrative Form / Luca Mazzei Mazzei, Luca 373
- Colour Film / Roberto Tanfani Tanfani, Roberto 381
- At the Cinema / Luigia Cortesi Cortesi, Luigia 386
- A Phantom Pursued / Alberto Lumbroso Lumbroso, Alberto 390
- Miopetti's Duel / Aldo Borelli Borelli, Aldo 398
- Pamela-Films / Guido Gozzano Gozzano, Guido 405
- Feature Film / Pio Vanzi Vanzi, Pio 411
- Me, Riri, and Love in Slippers / Luciano Doria Doria, Luciano 421
- A Cinematic Performance / Federigo Tozzi Tozzi, Federigo 427
- Life, a Glass Theatre / Pier Maria Rosso di Sav Secondo Secondo, Pier Maria Rosso di Sav 434
- The Shears' Reflection / Guido Gozzano Gozzano, Guido 444.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9089648550
- 9789089648556
- OCLC:
- 961003314
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