The last days of humanity
a film by enrico ghezzi and alessandro gagliardo
“Not enough thought has been given to the real rupture that brought the cinema into history, into what we are accustomed to think of as the history of humanity. The cinema is the first moment in which the world sees itself again. Then we know that it’s fake, that it’s a trick, that they are single frames, but while the photograph is a frozen instant, with the cinema we see a horse again, the world sees itself again and this in itself is a fulfilment that we didn’t imagine...”
Italy · 2022 · Digital · Color · B/W · 196'
o.v. Italian, English, French, Spanish sub En · It
more info here
The last days of humanity
a film by enrico ghezzi and alessandro gagliardo
“Not enough thought has been given to the real rupture that brought the cinema into history, into what we are accustomed to think of as the history of humanity. The cinema is the first moment in which the world sees itself again. Then we know that it’s fake, that it’s a trick, that they are single frames, but while the photograph is a frozen instant, with the cinema we see a horse again, the world sees itself again and this in itself is a fulfilment that we didn’t imagine...”
Italy · 2022 · Digital · Color · B/W · 196'
o.v. Italian, English, French, Spanish sub En · It
more info: here and here