Processo per un «apocrifo» pirandelliano

Abstract

Luigi Pirandello showed a special interest in cinema since he first saw a Lumière film in 1896. Unlike the majority of Italian intellectuals, who usually disregarded cinema, in many cases for fear that this new type of entertainment could become a real competitor against literature and particularly drama, Pirandello immediately thought of the possibility of writing a novel based on the world of cinema. This original idea made the great Sicilian writer establish closer bonds with the film industry at the beginning of the 20^th century, a period when his choices were fully influenced by his personal life experiences.