TY - BOOK ID - 16153709 TI - Early Film Theories in Italy, 1896-1922 AU - Casetti, Francesco AU - Mazzei, Luca AU - Alovisio, Silvio PY - 2017 SN - 9789089648556 9089648550 9048527104 PB - Amsterdam University Press DB - UniCat KW - Motion pictures KW - Motion pictures and the arts KW - History. KW - Philosophy. KW - Aesthetics. KW - Social aspects KW - Italy KW - Intellectual life KW - Arts and motion pictures KW - Moving-pictures and the arts KW - Arts KW - Cinema KW - Feature films KW - Films KW - Movies KW - Moving-pictures KW - Audio-visual materials KW - Mass media KW - Performing arts KW - History and criticism KW - early film theories, social impact of cinema, cinema and philosophy, cinema and psychology, cinema and war. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16153709 AB - 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. ER -