Modern Supernatural and the Beginnings of Cinema

This study sees the nineteenth century supernatural as a significant context for cinema's first years. In addition to examining the use of supernatural themes by pioneering filmmakers like Georges Melies and George Albert Smith, it also engages with the representations of cinema's ghostly past in Guy Maddin's recent online project Seances (2016).

Acest studiu vede supranaturalul secolului al XIX-lea ca fiind un context semnificativ pentru primii ani ai cinematografiei. In plus fata de examinarea utilizarii temelor supranaturale de catre cineasti pionieri precum Georges Melies si George Albert Smith, aceasta se angajeaza si cu reprezentarile trecutului fantomatic al cinematografiei in recentul proiect online Seances (2016) al lui Guy Maddin.