What is Cinema?

What is Cinema?

It is a virtual artifact, as yet an imperfect Art Form because it tends to cannibalize upon other Arts, Social /Linguistic signs and symbols. It is unique among Muses, the latest; it uses six ‘dimensions’. The basic two that are called ‘Aspect Ratio’ lead onto the third called ‘Depth’. These three visual dimensions are linked to an Aural dimension of ‘Sounds’ and a Linguistic one that we can call ‘ Semiological Dimension’. As Cinema unfolds in Analogue Time there is, therefore, a ‘Temporal Dimension’ to it.

This combination of Son et Lumiere chiaroscuro when projected under ideal conditions, in a dark, sound-proof hall, powerfully grips the imagination of each individual Man, Woman & Child among the  ‘Mindless Paying Public’ and the discerning, critical viewer finds the experience compellingly engaging. This accounts for the popularity of Cinema even in its trivialized avatara as TV.

Rahatavalokit 11. 09. ‘13