Understanding Cinema: the Avant-gardes and the Construction of Film Discourse

Authors

  • Thais Hernández Campillo Universidad de Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz
  • Thais Nogueira https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9622-6527
  • Bárbara Carvajal Hernández Universidad de Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz
  • María Legañoa Ferrá Universidad de Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz

Keywords:

Cinema, surrealism, historical avant-gardes, formalism, film literacy, technology

Abstract

This essay highlights the role of historical avant-gardes in shaping film discourse. This role was vital for the recognition of cinema as an art form, as well as for the constitution of a visual and textual discourse that came to be reflected in the Institutional Mode of Representation – Hollywood film from the 1920s to the 1940s. To realize the importance of artistic movements in the creation of new paradigms for art at large, it is necessary to understand their principles and the context in which a new way of looking and reflecting on the world came about. The promotion of authentic and efficient film literacy requires focusing on the era in which cinema began. Only by examining the 19th century more deeply can we perceive what lies beyond that invention of the Lumière brothers. The essay shows that cinema was not only inscribed in the times from which it emerged but that it also launched a new paradigm that the arts of the 20th century were yet to discover..

Published

2010-10-01

How to Cite

Hernández Campillo, T., Nogueira, T., Carvajal Hernández, B., & Legañoa Ferrá, M. (2010). Understanding Cinema: the Avant-gardes and the Construction of Film Discourse. Comunicar, 18(35), 43–51. Retrieved from https://revistacomunicar.com/ojs/index.php/comunicar/article/view/C35-2010-06

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