Antonio Somaini, « Cinématique, Cinématisme and "the Urphänomen of Cinema" », in Andreas Beyer - Guillaume Cassegrain (Hg.), Mouvement. Bewegung. Über die dynamischen Potenziale der Kunst, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2015, pp.203-216 (original) (raw)

The essay examines Sergei Eisenstein's exploration of movement in cinema through his concepts of cinématique and cinématisme, as well as the idea of the "Urphänomen of cinema." It discusses how Eisenstein analyzes the fundamental cinematic phenomenon of evoking movement in viewers by drawing comparisons between film and various artistic forms throughout history. By referencing examples from a broad spectrum of the arts, Eisenstein argues for the necessity of understanding cinematic representation through a retrospective lens that encompasses non-cinematographic montage.