Anotace
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Cinema represented and influenced the 20th century in many profound ways. The modes of perception, experience and relation to time and space have been largely altered by it. Of all the art forms, film is the most prominent when it comes to the last century. It saw the light of day at the same time when major changes were occuring in society, technology and human experience in general. Generally speaking, based on the thoughts of Walter Benjamin, cinema represents a new way of experiencing the world, distinct from the way people were experiencing it for centuries. The new film-like experience of 20th century's human beings is formed, first of all, by schocks. Schock-experiences have become basic elements of modern human life. And it is the very art form of film - by its internal structure, by the way movies are created and put together, i.e. by their form and not necessarily content - that confronts the viewer with a series of schocks. As such, it corresponds to the way modern human beings experience the world, especially in large cities. New technology induces shocks on humans, forces their mode of perception and experience to change, and thus requires also a new mode of (philosophical) reflection. Perhaps it is just now, from the 21st century's perspective, that the full meaning, sphere of influence and transormative power of film can be elucidated. To complete this task, we will look into the texts of some of the most innovative and inspiring thinkers that directed their attention towards cinema: Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, Gilles Deleuze, Miroslav Petříček, Karel Thein and others.