This book celebrates the golden age of silent cinema. In ""Cinema
Muto"", Jesse Lee Kercheval examines the enduring themes of time,
mortality, and love as revealed through the power of silent film.
Following the ten days of the annual Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in
Italy, this collection of ekphrastic poems are love letters to the
evocative power of silent cinema. Kercheval's poems elegantly
capture the allure of these rare films, which compel hundreds of
pilgrims from around the world - from scholars and archivists, to
artists and connoisseurs - to flock to Italy each autumn. ""Cinema
Muto"" celebrates the flickering tales of madness and adventure,
drama and love, which are all too often left to decay within
forgotten vaults. As reels of Mosjoukine and D. W. Griffith float
throughout the collection, a portrait also emerges of the simple
beauty of Italy in October and of two lovers who are drawn together
by their mutual passion for an extinct art. Together they revel in
recapturing 'the black and white gestures of a lost world.'
""Cinema Muto"" is a tender tribute to the brief yet unforgettable
reign of silent film. Brimming with stirring images of dreams,
desire, and the ghosts of cinema legends gone by, Kercheval's verse
is a testament to the mute beauty and timeless lessons that may
still be discovered in a fragile roll of celluloid.
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