Dear Burt Hatlen; The Art of the Moving Picture, by Vachel Lindsay MacMillan 1915 and 1922 reprint edition Liveright 1970 is a very interesting book. I have not read it through but noticed several interesting points. The author proposes Imagist film, saying, "Poetry(Chicago) has given us a new sect: the Imagists........... The Imagists impulse need not be confined to verse...... An Imagist film would offer a noble challenge to......" In other part, he says,"Caligari is undoubtedly the most important film since that work of D'Annunzio, Cabiria...." Cabiria is a film produced by D'Annunzio in1914. I do not know if Pound saw it. But could Pound have ignored D'Annunzio? Hideo Nogami > -----Original Message----- > From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Burt Hatlen > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 1:29 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Pound and Movies > > > Pounders, > > I've been thinking about the parallels between Pound's poetics > and the film aesthetic of the 1920s, and I'm looking for > information on what movies Pound may have seen during this period > and what he might have thought/said about them. I'm also > looking for critical commentary on the relationship between > Pound's poetic methods and film technique. Kenner in The Pound > Era and Max Nanny in his book on Pound and the electronic age > mention that in developing his concept of "montage" Eisenstein > points to the Chinese ideogram as a model, and the analogy with > Pound's poetic method is obvious; but neither Kenner nor Nanny > explores the relationship between Pound's poetic methods and > actual films of the time. Any tips would be much appreciated. > > Burt Hstlen >