Italian futurist cinema

This is just another manipulative scene from an Italian futurist movie. So ignore it, or you’ll be manipulated!

Italian futurist cinema is yet another odd film movement that people say was “important,” when in fact it was created to flood the cinema with more unnecessary films.

The most curious thing about this movement is that the vast majority of these films have been lost, and the only one that remains is a strange film called Thaïs (strange because the images of the film on Wikipedia are strange).

History

Italian Futurist cinema emerged as part of a broader movement, Futurism. Wikipedia say that the main goal of Italian Futurist cinema was to make Italians forget the mistakes Italy had made in the past, but in reality, its goal was to manipulate people with its bizarre scenes and fast pace.

In 1916, the 1916 Manifesto of Futuristic Cinematography was signed by Filippo Marinetti and other Italian artists. And so Italian Futurist cinema had begun. Filmmakers began releasing film after film after film! Italian Futurist cinema was a huge success. Millions of Italians were manipulated every month! But the movement began to decline. If the movement’s original goal had been to manipulate Italians, then the filmmakers of the movement betrayed that goal.

Filmmakers started making a lot of movies, but not to manipulate people. Filmmakers started making a lot of movies simply so that future encyclopedias would feature their films, allowing people in the future to see just how prolific these filmmakers were. For this reason, the movement came to an end in 1919 (or around that time).

Prominent filmmakers of the movement

Anton Giulio Bragaglia

He was the one who directed the aforementioned film Thaïs. Before becoming a filmmaker, he was just another unremarkable Italian guy with a mustache, but after he became a filmmaker, he actually gained some fame. He directed other films besides Thaïs, but, like the other films of Italian Futurist cinema, his films have been lost.

Riccardo Cassano

Well... He was an Italian director.... And that's it. Seriously, nothing else is known about this guy (even his Wikipedia article is tiny). Even the Italian Wikipedia article about this guy is short!

Arnaldo Ginna

He was already a filmmaker even before the advent of Italian Futurist cinema, but (as might be expected) his films from that period have been lost. When Italian Futurist cinema emerged, he made a few films, but those too have been lost. He lived a remarkably long life (he died at the age of 92).

Ivo Illuminati

“I am not a member of the Illuminati!!!”

– Ivo Illuminati, after being asked for the thousandth time if he is a member of the Illuminati

He was one of the few filmmakers in that movement who didn't have such a big mustache. Like all the other filmmakers in this movement, he made many films, but the vast majority of them have been lost. One of the “important” films he made was a movie called Il re, le torri, gli alfieri, but that film has been lost, so you won't be able to watch it to see why it's important.

Film of Italian futurism

Yes, we’re going to list the films from this movement, even though most of them have been lost. (Note: This movement produced several films, but the vast majority have been completely lost. However, a few frames from the films listed below have been found.)

• A life that isn't all that futuristic (Original title: Vita Futurista)
• A dramatically dramatic drama in Olympus (Original title: Un dramma nell'Olimpo)
• My Corpse (Original title: Il mio cadavere)
• The king, the rock ‘n’ roll, the bishop (Original title: Il re, le torri, gli alfieri)
• The Wicked Enchantment (Original title: Il perfido incanto)

See also

• Cinema of Attractions, a ridiculous cinematic movement that emerged before Italian Futurist cinema