In Tom Gunning's article, he seems to enjoy the anticipation of the spectacle using words for early cinema (pre 1906) like, carnival and vaudeville. Also noting that Leger "celebrated" cinema's ability to "show something". And then compares it to current spectacles in films like car chases...even calling effects--"tamed attractions". The "attractions" in films remaining a reason audiences go to the movies every bit as compelling as to get into the story, like literature, or to follow the plot of theater.
With new audiences he holds out hope for the avant-garde, since the possibilities for spectacle are limitless in "realistic illusion" and "magical illusion" with postmodern technology.
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