ABSTRACT
[…] It is certain that among all of today’s inventions, the cinematography takes the cake for having the most profound and intense impact on psychic life. Even the influence of the book, which has been a strong force as a vehicle of impression, pales in comparison to the cinema screen, especially because the organs make feelings more lively, more evident, more rapid. After reality, the cinematograph remains the most faithful and effective source of emotions. The optic nerve is the principle entryway and sight tends somehow to overwhelm all the other senses.
