This thoughtful exploratory study deals with three seminal issues in
film theory, notably the relationship of image and sound, early
manifestations of the moving image, and new connections between the
voice and the use of the body in contemporary cinema. The contributors
discuss, among aothers, the period at the end of the nineteenth century,
with the exploration of medical discourses linked to the appearance of
the cinema; the archaeological approach to voyeurism, which would become
one of the recurrent concepts of cinematographic studies; the
introduction of audiovisual technologies in contemporary theatre and the
ways in which they have affected the actor's body.