Sold in carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, is saved by fulvio, a roman spy. The story concerns a girl cabiria who is separated from her parents during the punic wars in the third century b. I think what ebert is getting at here is the ancient kind of story cabiria tells. It is also one of the most seen and most influential of all films released anywhere in any period. For an old tower, a fresh identity as a film museum. In a case of life imitating art, dannunzio appropriated the salute as a neoimperial ritual when he led the occupation of fiume in 1919. Italian film star bartolomeo paganos maciste played a key role in his nations narratives of identity during world war i and after. Ielts general training reading task type 6 matching. Cabiria is a 1914 silent movie from the early years of italys movie industry, directed by giovanni pastrone 18831959. When this film was made in 1914 it was decades before the birth of modern bodybuilding. Cabiria 1914 young sicilian girl cabiria lidia quaranta and her nurse, croessa gina marangoni, survive a devastating volcanic eruption, only to be taken by phoenicians to carthage. Giovanni pastrones cabiria was famous in its day, a global boxoffice success, but has fallen into neglect. Maciste allinferno san francisco silent film festival. Cabiria, sottotitolato visione storica del terzo secolo a.
Giovanni pastrones 1914 monumental italian production of cabiria 1914 was a hugely influential film. Chapter 1 the silent era and the fascist period, pp. This is an extract from a general training reading text on the subject of the history of cinema. In this class, we look at representations of rome in literary works such as shakespeares julius caesar and stephen saylors roma sub rosa mystery novels and in films and television series including cabiria 1914, spartacus 1960, and hbos rome 20052007.
When the feature film was first marketed, it meant a special film, a film with something that could be featured in advertising as something out of the ordinary run. The length of cabiria is staggering originally 212 hours in italy and just over two hours here considering most audiences were used to sitting and concentrating on a plot for only twenty minutes at most. C a jovem cabiria e raptada por piratas e vendida como escrava em cartago. The term feature was an inheritance of the vaudeville program. One of the most famous examples is cabiria 1914, directed for the itala company of. Neorealist films became influential worldwide, arguably the most important film movement in the history of cinema, at the time. The introductory titles have been typographically reset and are more pleasingly readable. This is normally the task of a professional film distributor, who would determine the marketing strategy for the film, the media by which a film is to be exhibited or. Film distribution ultimate pop culture wiki fandom. Overview of cabiria, 1914, directed by giovanni pastrone, with letizia quaranta, umberto mozzato, bartolomeo pagano, at turner classic movies. The movie is set in ancient sicily and carthage during the period of the second punic war 218202 bc.
The maciste films of italian silent cinema by jacqueline. For that reason, such zooms toward, away, or lateral tracking shots were originally called cabiria movements. Cabiria is a roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Pages in category films set in 1914 the following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. After having finished in 158994 the tetralogy about henry vi, edward iv, and richard iii, bringing the story down to 1485, and then circa.
Between 1912 and 1914 is when the tracking shot was started. Cabiria, the heroine of the film, is threatened with this fiery fate. Probably the most talked about film of 1916, intolerance remains a kind of enigma to film historians. Etna, heinous religious rituals in carthage, the alpine trek of hannibal. Quando ela seria oferecida em sacrificio ao deus moloch, e salva pelo nobre fulvius axilla e seu escravo maciste. In 1914 the itala film company of turin, italy, released the historical epic cabiria, a film that was to alter the landscape of early italian cinema. Ten years later, after many wars and alliances, carthage falls to the romans and cabiria returns home with fulvio. Of these years the most popular and common shot was in the italian film cabiria 1914.
The girls nurse finds two fellow romans and begs them to find and rescue cabiria before she is sacrificed in the fire. Fulvio axilla, a roman spy, and his slave, maciste, rescue her and she ends up in the care of queen sophonisba. Director giovanni pastrone who worked, in thisinstance, under the pseudonym piero fosco obsessed over historicalaccuracy and grand cumulative detail. The movie feels old, and by that i mean older than 1914. As a result, costume films were one of the earliest genres of italian cinema. Cabiria is sold in carthage to be sacrificed in the temple of moloch. However, the sheer scale of this first film prevented the completion of the entire project, so the moment when the screen expands takes on extra importance because it is the biggest moment of the film. Answers for the history of early cinema ielts reading. But once the film begins, the remastered transfer is virtually identical to the highquality 1990 home video presentation on laserdisc and videotape by kino. Cabiria 1914 ranking among the most ambitious and influential of all silent films,cabiria 1914 is a dazzling epic about a sicilian slave girls journeyduring the second punic war. The text preceding this extract gave a general overview. The image of moloch is modeled on a representation of the childdevouring demon found in the 1914 italian silent film cabiria. Cabiria has been digitally remastered for its 2000 release on home video. One of them, italia film, was owned by a former accountant named giovanni pastrone, who in 1914 invested heavily in the production of a historical epic titled cabiria.
Cabiria is sold to the priests of carthage who intend to sacrifice her to the god molech. Silent no soundtrack from the wikipedia entry for cabiria. Distribuito da mondadori video, san paolo audiovisivi il. Pirates, battles, nobles being sold into slavery, frustrated love affairs happily resolved. Neorealist films became influential worldwide, arguably themost important film movement in the history of cinema, at the time. Cabiria, made in italy in 1914 by giovanni pastrone, had a huge impact on cinema, encouraging countless directors worldwide among them americas d. By todays standards, but especially so considering the time in which it was made. The incredible sets created with such care and labor, the amount of extras, the scope of its story are all great achievements and are what makes the.
Inspired by grand opera and italys imperialist victory in the libyan war 19111912, the italian movie industry produced dozens of historical epics in the period just before world war i. Film distribution is the process of making a movie available for viewing by an audience. It is the crop of early italian features, all epics, birthed in 1914, that influenced americas griffith and demille. In the film the idol of moloch, set up in a punic temple, has a giant bronze furnace in his chest, into which hundreds of children are thrown. The italian industry, which had pioneered the feature film with spectacular films likequo vadis. The maciste films of italian silent cinema by jacqueline reich. I have a laserdisc of a battered version with dubbed sound, a version released in 1931 and cut to 123 minutes, but now here was the original film.
This is normally the task of a professional film distributor, who would determine the marketing strategy for the film, the media by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing, and who may set the release date and other matters. In scandinavia, the swedish cinema had a brief period of glory, notably with powerful epic films and comedies. Media in category damaged goods 1914 film the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. But danger lurks, and hatred between rome and carthage can only lead to war. Faced with total hollywood domination, few film industries proved competitive. Diva films created a standard modern drama with a female star. Jacqueline reich traces the racial, class, and national transformations undergone by this italian strongman from african slave in cabiria 1914, his first film, to bourgeois gentleman, to alpine soldier of the great war, to colonial officer in italys. This film has been characterised as the first epic film ever made and has inspired among others cecil b. The metamorphosis of maciste in italian silent cinema jstor. The film is set in ancient sicily, carthage, and cirta during the period of the second punic war 218202 bc. The birth of a nationthe birth of a nation, directed by d. Although french, german, american and british pioneers have all been credited with the. Silent films dont have much of an audience these days. The most influential and successful of these was cabiria, the visually spectacular film which set the standard for bigbudget featurelength movies around the world and opened the way for d.
General training reading sample task matching features. It is said that it is after seeing this film that griffith decided to turn his limited project the mother and the law into intolerence. Graduated in journalism 2016 and in audiovisual communication 2017 from the university nebrija madrid, she is currently studying for a masters degree in reporting and journalistic research for television at the ceusan pablo university tracor, the communication arts. Learning outcomes on completion of the course students should be able to. Project muse the maciste films of italian silent cinema. Completed in 1925, maciste allinferno ran afoul of the censors reputedly. On my last night at cannes 2006, i climbed to the fifth floor of the palais du cinema to see a 180minute silent epic made in 1914. It follows a melodramatic main plot about an abducted little girl, cabiria, and features an eruption of mt. Silent italian epic which introduced the prolific maciste character and was an inspiration to other great silent films like intolerance and metropolis. Cabiria is a 1914 italian epic silent film, directed by giovanni pastrone and shot in turin. It is generally accepted that cinemas first dolly shotscompositions where the camera was moved toward, away, or alongside of their objectappeared in the 1914 italian feature cabiriawatch the full film here.
Webm audiovideo file, vp8, length 2 h 3 min 27 s, 480. General training reading sample task matching features note. Damaged goods is a 1914 american film directed by thomas ricketts. The association of gabriele dannunzios name with the film reminds us of his dictum, the cinema should give spectators fantastic visions, lyric catastrophes and marvels born of the most audacious imagination, though, in fact, dannunzios actual contribution to. Sofonisba was a character played by actress italia almirantemanzini in the film cabiria 1914. Originally, gance meant for it to be part of a series of six film which would encompass napoleons entire life. David wark griffith 18751948 in 1914 and released the following year, may be the most controversial feature film ever released in the united states. Solveig solveig was a character played by actress myrtle stedman in the film peer gynt 1915. With italia almirantemanzini, lidia quaranta, bartolomeo pagano, carolina catena. The italian industry, which had pioneered the feature film with spectacular films like quo vadis. The tracking shot was originally called the cabiria movements until in later years when they decided to call it what it was, and that is the tracking shot. Cabiria is a massive film and a massive production. William shakespeare completion of the histories concurrent with his writing of these fine romantic comedies, shakespeare also brought to completion for the time being, at least his project of writing 15thcentury english history.