[ecrea] new book: The Discovery of the Film Actor in Europe: Acting, Film Experience and Osentation during the ‘Seconde Epoque’

This book entitled /The Discovery of the Film Actor in Europe: Acting, 
Film Experience and Osentation during the ‘Seconde Epoque’ /portrays the 
revolution that occurred in production, distribution and performance 
with Asta Nielsen’s films in 1910. Mattia Lento delineates the 
characteristic features of the “seconde époque” cinema, i.e. the 
european films of the 1910s, a period in which the cinematic institution 
is engaged in the valorization and negotiation of the novelty created by 
the actor.

The advent of the actor had hitherto been considered either as a natural 
consequence of the increasing importance of narration, or confused with 
the birth of the diva. Combining historical-empirical research, film 
analysis, film and theater theory, this book aims to shed a new light on 
a process hitherto underestimated and on a historical moment too often 
considered as a pure moment of transition between early cinema and 
classical narrative film. In addition, on the basis of a historical 
investigation, this research wants to offer new tools of analysis of 
film acting, which take into consideration not only the action, but also 
the mediation and reception of the performance.

More information here:

http://www.edizioniets.com/scheda.asp?n=9788846749116&from=homepage

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