11/5/2023 0 Comments Meta meaning moviesWhen the dialogue with the audience members takes priority over their fascination, there’s no doubt we’re dealing with cinema that talks about cinema: meta-cinema. Since the days of Georges Méliès’ “The Magic Lantern” (1903), many more movies have started breaking the spell of forced realism – the “rule” of classical cinema according to which the artifice had to be hidden as much as possible, so that the spectator could enjoy the story as a perfectly real and natural reflection of daily life. Meta-cinema (from Ancient Greek “meta” meaning “beyond” but also “about itself or about other things of the same type” + “cinema”) is a very ancient and widespread mode of filmmaking which fulfills the deepest wish of cinema to talk about itself. Today’s session will be focused on the experience of meta-cinema, with reference to very famous movies falling under this category. Here and now, on the cusp of a new, rich Festival’s edition, what better time to start a nice immersion therapy into the world of filmmaking? That is some twisted logic which, nonetheless, holds some undeniable truth: 2019 Cannes Film Festival’s around the corner and its official selection has recently been announced, showing off an intriguing lineup, with names the likes of Terrence Malik (“A Hidden Life”), Pedro Almodovar (“Pain and Glory”), Marco Bellocchio (“Il Traditore”) and Xavier Dolan (“Matthias & Maxime”). And if you dare say CANNES in MAY, which comes after APRIL, when SPRING begins, wait for me to automatically say CANNES FILM FESTIVAL. Some meta-cinema notions for a full immersion therapy into the world of moviemaking.
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