The great black spider on its knock-kneed tripod reflections of cinema in early twentieth-century Italy /

Syrimis, Michael, 1962-

The great black spider on its knock-kneed tripod reflections of cinema in early twentieth-century Italy / Michael Syrimis. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012. (Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2012). - 1 online resource (xiv, 357 pages) : illustrations, digital file. - Toronto Italian studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Film aesthetics of a heroic Futurism -- An aesthetics of war : the (un)problematic screening of Vita futurista -- Velocità : between avant-garde and narrativity -- Forse che sí forse che no : technological inflections of a decadent text -- Through a 'futuristic' lens: D'Annunzio's cinematic re-visions -- The humoristic image in Pirandello's Si gira ... -- Cinema as humour : the Oltre and the Superfluo.

The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod traces the encounter of Italy's writers with cinema, and in doing so offers vibrant new perspectives on the country's early twentieth-century culture.



9781442698352


Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944 --Criticism and interpretation.
D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938 --Criticism and interpretation.
Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936 --Criticism and interpretation.


Motion pictures--History--Italy--20th century.
Motion pictures and literature--History--Italy--20th century.


Electronic Books.

PN1993 / .G743 2012