Rewind 007 | Enrico Ghezzi | Mi e sembrato di vedere un gatto
"I thought I saw a pussy-cat" is the famous quote that Tweety says every time Sylvester The Cat tries to approach him, with a movement that is supposed to be swift, but rather evident and heavy. Enrico Ghezzi, invited by Mario Fortunato within the Ratti Lectures\u2019 series, uses this quote to address what he calls "the double imposture" of cinematographic image. Through a concatenation of ideas and references ranging from literature and history to television, Ghezzi narrates the illusion behind the only apparently mobile and limitless image of cinema. This double illusion, however, allows the world to watch itself happen: "XX century is considered the age of images, but it was in fact the age of recording". Thus, the history of cinema becomes the history of mankind that records and watches itself. This idea eventually reveals the paradoxical hypothesis that every moment, including the one to come, is only the repetition of something that has already happened. 02.12.2007 Archive Fondazione Antonio Ratti\nLanguage: Italian\nTo download the english translation visit: http://www.fondazioneratti.org/pressKit/90/rewind_007_enrico_ghezzi