Paul Virilio - Guerra e Cinema

The systematic use of cinematic techniques in the conflicts of the 20th century proves how cinema, since its inception, has conceptually and technologically fueled war and militaristic nationalisms.

Originally written in 1983, War and Cinemadraws on various films and combat images to create a historical inventory of the technical and ideological exchanges between the arms industry, photography, and cinema. A critical and essential reflection on the persuasive power of war imagery, demonstrating in an erudite and original manner how the control of media perception became more decisive than the events on the battlefield.