Alovisio, Silvio

Francesco, Casetti

Luca, Mazzei

English

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Early Film Theories in Italy, 1896–1922Film Theory in Media HistoryFilm Theory in Media History explores the epistemological and theoretical foundations of the study of fĳ ilm through texts by classical authors as well as anthologies and monographs on key issues and developments in fĳ ilm theory.Adopting a historical perspective, but with a fĳ irm eye to the further development of the fĳ ield, the series provides a platform for ground-breaking new research into fĳ ilm theory and media history and features high-profĳ ile editorial projects that offfer resources for teaching and scholarship. Combining the book form with open access online publishing the series reaches the broadest possible audience of scholars, students, and other readers with a passion for fĳ ilm and theory.Series editorsProf. Dr. Vinzenz Hediger (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany), Weihong Bao (University of California, Berkeley, United States), Dr. Trond Lundemo (Stockholm University, Sweden).Editorial Board MembersDudley Andrew, Yale University, United StatesRaymond Bellour, CNRS Paris, FranceChris Berry, Goldsmiths, University of London, United KingdomFrancesco Casetti, Yale University, United StatesThomas Elsaesser, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsJane Gaines, Columbia University, United StatesAndre Gaudreault, University of Montreal, CanadaGertrud Koch, Free University of Berlin, GermanyJohn MacKay, Yale University, United StatesMarkus Nornes, University of Michigan, United StatesPatricia Pisters, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsLeonardo Quaresima, University of Udine, ItalyDavid Rodowick, University of Chicago, United StatesPhilip Rosen, Brown University, United StatesPetr Szczepanik, Masaryk University Brno, Czech RepublicBrian Winston, Lincoln University, United KingdomFilm Theory in Media History is published in cooperation with the Permanent Seminar for the History of Film Theories.Early Film Theories in Italy, 1896–1922Edited byFrancesco Casetti withSilvio Alovisio and Luca MazzeiAmsterdam University PressPublished with the support of MiBACResearch in collaboration with Museo Nazionale del Cinema, TorinoUnder the Aegis of Consulta Universitaria CinemaCover illustration:Cover design: Suzan BeijerLay-out: Crius Group, HulshoutAmsterdam University Press English-language titles are distributed in the US and Canada by the University of Chicago Press.isbn 978 90 8964 855 6e-isbn 978 90 4852 710 6doi 10.5117/9789089648556nur 670Creative Commons License CC BY NC ND(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0)logo© All authors / Amsterdam University Press B.V., Amsterdam, 2017Some rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, any part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise). Table of ContentsThe Throb of the Cinematograph  11Francesco CasettiSection 1Cinema and Modern Life  35Francesco CasettiCinematography  42EdipiThe Philosophy of Cinematograph  47Giovanni PapiniSummertime Spectacles: The Cinema  51GaioWhy I Love the Cinema  55Mafffĳio MafffĳiiThe Movie Theatre Audience  57Giovanni FossiThe Art of Celluloid  60CrainquebilleThe Triumph of the Cinema  66Ricciotto CanudoThe Death of the Word  75Fausto Maria MartiniSection 2Film in Transition  83Francesco CasettiThe Museum of the Fleeting Moment  91Lucio d’AmbraThe Woman and the Cinema  95HaydéeDarkness and Intelligence  98Emanuele ToddiA Spectatrix is Speaking to You  102Matilde SeraoMotion Pictures in Provincial Towns  105Emilio ScaglioneCinematic Psychology  111Edoardo ColiThe Cinematograph Doesn’t Exist  117Silvio d’AmicoThe Cinema: School of the Will and of Energy  123Giovanni BertinettiThe Close-up  135Alberto OrsiThe Soul of Titles  140Ernesto QuadroneSection 3Cinema at War  147Luca MazzeiThe War, from Up Close  156Nino SalvaneschiThat Poor Cinema...  160Renato GiovannettiFamilies of Soldiers  164Luigi LucatelliWar for the Profĳit of Industry  168Renato GiovannettiThe War and Cinematograph  171g. pr.Max Linder Dies in The War  173Lucio d’AmbraCinema of War  176Saverio ProcidaSection 4Politics, Morality, Education  183Silvio AlovisioThe Motion Pictures and Education  197Domenico OranoThe Intuitive Method in Religious Education  205Romano CostettiThe Cinema and Its Influence on the Education of the People  213Giovanni Battista AvelloneThe Cinematograph in the Schools  217Francesco OrestanoSpeech at the People’s Theatre  224Vittorio Emanuele OrlandoCinema for the Cultivation of the Intellect  237Angelina BuracciEducational Cinema  244Ettore FabiettiSection 5Film, Body, Mind  255Silvio AlovisioCollective Psychology  268Pasquale RossiAbout Some Psychological Observations Made During Film Screenings  273Mario PonzoConcerning the Efffects of Film Viewing on Neurotic Individuals  278Giuseppe d’AbundoThe Ongoing Battle between Gesture and Word  286Mariano Luigi PatriziThe Cinematograph in the Field of Mental Illness and Criminality: Notes  290Mario Umberto Masini, Giuseppe VidoniCinema and Juvenile Delinquency  297Mario PonzoSection 6The Aesthetic Side  307Silvio Alovisio and Luca MazzeiProblems of Art: Expression and Movement in Sculpture  318Corrado RicciScenic Impressionism  321Sebastiano Arturo LucianiThe Aesthetics of Cinema  325Gofffredo BellonciThe Poetics of Cinema  329Sebastiano Arturo LucianiManifesto for a Cinematic Revolution  333Gofffredo BellonciTheatre and the Cinema  339Antonio GramsciThe Futurist Cinematography  341F.T. Marinetti, Bruno Corra, Emilio Settimelli, Arnaldo Ginna, Giacomo Balla, Remo ChitiIn the Beginning Was Sex…  346Antonio GramsciRectangle-Film (25 x 19)  348Emanuele ToddiThe Proscenium Arch of My Cinema  353Anton Giulio BragagliaMy Views on the Cinematograph  359Lucio d’AmbraMeditations in the Dark  368Michele BiancaleSection 7Theory in a Narrative Form  373Luca MazzeiColour Film  381Roberto TanfaniAt the Cinema  386Luigia CortesiA Phantom Pursued  390Alberto LumbrosoMiopetti’s Duel  398Aldo BorelliPamela-Films  405Guido GozzanoFeature Film  411Pio VanziMe, Rirì, and Love in Slippers  421Luciano DoriaA Cinematic Performance  427Federigo TozziLife, a Glass Theatre  434Pier Maria Rosso di San SecondoThe Shears’ Reflection  444Guido GozzanoSources  450Author Biographies  455General Bibliography  490Acknowledgements  505About the Editors  507Index of Names  508Index of Concepts  513Index of Films  517

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