1915, the prophetic nature of film becomes apparent: soldiers leaving for World War I are photographed using a slow shutter speed. Their marching prevents the human forms from being captured in their entirety, the buildings shine through them as if theyd already fallen. As if they were already ghosts, the city already desolate. – an extract from Kristian Blombergs article on film first published in Eurozine partner journal Nuori Voima (Finland). Click through to the new Eurozine Review to access the article in full (and for more on gender and social movements + code-switching and culture shocks during the short twentieth century, among other matters):
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