The Permanent Seminar keeps a holiday home on Facebook, and as our work heats up with the weather it is sometimes the best place to go for the very latest updates as they pass the desk of its editor. The Facebook site also has a new design, so please do give it a look...
With Spring comes an exciting new release from our partners at Amsterdam University Press, part of Permanent Seminar’s book series, “Film Theory in Media History.” Jean Epstein: New Translations and Critical Essays, a sparkling collection edited by Sarah Keller and Jason Paul, can now be found on UK bookshelves (July 15th for the Americas), and...
“The Impact of Technological Innovations on the Theory and Historiography of Cinema” conference in Montreal at Cinémathèque Québécoise included round table events featuring members of The Permanent Seminar, as well as several papers. Roundtable discussion: On Apparatus Theory and its relevance in an era of multi-screen ubiquity. Moderated by Francesco Casetti. Nov. 3rd, 9:00-11:35@Norman-McLaren Roundtable discussion: What are...
In the fall of 2010, the Permanent Seminar on History of Film Theories helped to sponsor a conference entitled Sergei Eisenstein’s Unpublished “Notes for a General History of Cinema”. This event was held September 30 – October 2, 2010, at Columbia University, New York, NY . The conference served as a platform for the critical...
In cooperation with the Permanent Seminar, the Udine International Film Studies Conference, 23-26 March, 2009, was on the theme: In The Very Beginning and At The Very End. The goal was to study how early cinema was defined and framed in relation to the artistic and cultural phenomena of its times under as many national...
Author: Giovanni Papini Original Title: La filosofia del cinematografo Journal: “La Stampa” (Turin) Volume: XLI Date of Publication: 18 May 1907 Pages: 2 Nationality: Italian Original Language: ITA In just a short period, in every large town in Italy we have seen the almost miraculous multiplication of motion picture theatres. In Florence alone, the city where...
Author: Emilio Scaglione Original Title: Il cinematografo in provincia Journal: “L’Arte Muta” (Naples) Issue: 6-7 Date of Publication: 15 Dec 1916 Pages: 3 Nationality: Italian Original Language: ITA From the moment since motion pictures have replaced bingo almost every evening, life in provincial towns has disappeared. […]. The motion picture theatre has filled provincial life...
Author: Mario Ponzo Original Title: Di alcune osservazioni psicologiche fatte durante rappresentazioni cinematografiche Journal: “Records of the Royal Academy of Science of Turin published by the academic secretaries of the two classes” Volume: XLVI Date of Publication: 1911 Pages: 6 Nationality: Italian Original Language: ITA According to Wundt and his school of thought, the main principle...
Author: Francesco Orestano Original Title: Il cinematografo nelle scuole Journal: Istituto Nazionale “Minerva” Date of Publication: 1914 Pages: translation pages 5-11 Nationality: Italian Original Language: ITA GENERAL OBSERVATIONS Scholastic educational motion pictures complete and raise to the highest level of efficiency and resourcefulness that positive method which, invoked and prescribed by great educators for centuries,...
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