ITA240Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Segundo De Chomón, Stramilano, Mount Vesuvius
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An international story: even before the beginning of the domestic production of fiction films, which occurred only in. Beginnings: between 1896 and 1905, the majority of films produced and exhibited in italy were of foreign origin, between 1896 and 1904, the very mobile and efficient lumiere film operators shot more than 100. Their films revealed choices of touristic and political relevance constant with the desire for popularity and the recognition of the new medium"s educational value: the filmmakers focused on inaugurations, public commemorations and military parades in turin and rome. In naples, filmmakers opted for the picturesque angle rather than the political or archaeological view, showing volcanic eruptions (vesuvious and mt etna) and scenes from nature. Jerusalem delivered, 1911) adapted from the epic poem by torquato tasso; marcantonio e. Cleopatra (anthony and cleopatra, 1913: the first italian film to be depositors for copyright, l"inferno made dante intelligible to the world"s masses in 54 scenes.
