Thais

&quot;Futurism&quot;wasanavant-gardeartisticmovement,createdin1909(asyoucanseeyourgrandfatherswerelonghairedanddangerousyoungstersforawhile)thatdemandsarejectionoftraditionandthepastwhileexaltingtechnicalinnovations,especiallythemechanicalones,presentandfuture.Thisavant-gardeartisticmovement(literatureandmusicgenres)foundgreatacceptanceinItalywheremanyartistsdevelopedtheFuturismpostulates.<br/>　　HerrAntonGiulioBragagliawasanotableItalianFuturistwhobeganexperimentingwithphotographyandpublishedanimportantmanifestoasatheoreticalbasisforFuturistphotography,&quot;FotodinamismoFuturista&quot;.InadditiontohiscareerassetdesignerHerrBragagliahadashortbutintensefilmcareer,&quot;Thais&quot;beinghisdebutasaFuturistdirector.<br/>　　Inanycase&quot;Thais&quot;isafilmthatcombinesinastrangewayclassicismandthe(Futurist)modernism,aparadoxsinceweknowthattheFuturistswerepeoplewhorejectedtraditionandthe&quot;Thais&quot;storyisaveryconventionalone.Ittellsofa&quot;femmefatale&quot;whotoyswithandusesheradmirersforhercapriciouspurposeswiththeexpectedtragicending.ClassicismcanbeseentoointhebeautifulimagesfromevocativelandscapessequencesastheferryattheriverorBianca'sracetotheabyss(&quot;Naturalism&quot;reminiscences?...)orHerrCharlesBaudelaire'spoems(&quot;Impressionism&quot;reminiscences?)Onlyattheendofthefilmdoweseethe&quot;Futurist&quot;influencesinthehighlystylizedandgeometricaldécorsinwhichourheroinesuffersherparticularpunishment,asequenceinwhichHerrBragaglia'stalentasasetdesignerisputtogoodeffect.<br/>　　ForthosereasonsforthisGermanCount&quot;Thais&quot;isakindofinterestingfilmcatalogueofmanyartisticmovements(curiousartisticduality)strangelymixed,adisplayofthespiritofthoseinnovativeearlyyearsthatgrantsthefilmanartisticandremarkablebalanceasawhole.