From Theater to Cinematography

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From Theater to Cinematography is written by Lisa Sarti and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1267925191 (ISBN 10) and 9781267925190 (ISBN 13).

From Theater to Cinematography: The Disquiet of Modernity in Pirandello and His Contemporaries investigates visual perception from the mid-nineteenth century until 1929, tracing the developments and controversies that would lead to the first talking films. Defining the `performative' space of mass entertainment as a conflict between street amusement and legitimized "art" theatre, I call attention to how visual spectacles in the city square blurred and subverted categories of class and aesthetics. Central to the inquiry is the aggressive way the cinematograph replaced theater as the leading entertainment in Europe and America. More specifically, the situation in Italy is closely examined, in particular the ambivalence of Pirandello with respect to film.