
Cinema, ambiente e territorio
Edited by: Elena dell’Agnese and Antonella Rondinone | Publisher: Unicopli, 2011
It is well known that cinema is a fundamental vehicle in the construction of our geographical imaginations, in the elaboration of strong images of desired or feared places, of topophilias, of landscape stereotypes. Less analyzed is the function that entertainment cinema can play as a vehicle for ecological information, to raise awareness of environmental issues, as an educational warning for everyday practices. However, cinema is often inspired by environmental issues, emphasizes the fear of catastrophes related to this or that “natural” event, or presents potential future consequences due to the mismanagement of resources. But even when it does not put the environment in the forefront, cinema speaks of the environment,