Abstract

CUARTEROLO, Andrea. THE SCIENTIFIC CINEMA IN ARGENTINA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY: BETWEEN EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.47, pp.51-73. ISSN 2236-3459 .  https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-3459/47763.

The first scientific Argentine films were custom-made products shot by the same production companies, and with the same formal, thematic and market strategies that those of commercial cinema. Thus, far from being a material accesible only to specialists, these films were often exhibited in movie theatres, promoted in magazines and newspapers of the time and some of them even became bockbusters. From the analysis of some of the most relevant films on the subject, we will show that just as cinema became an integral part of the medical-scientific world of the time, so too science became an important component of the entertainment industry from the very same origins of the medium.

Keywords : educational cinema; scientific cinema; hygiene cinema; cinema of attractions.

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