@article{ART003312583},
author={Yun-Yeong Lee},
title={The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2026},
volume={77},
pages={36-64}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yun-Yeong Lee
TI - The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2026
VL - 77
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 36
EP - 64
SN - 1229-0246
AB - Discourses on the crisis or “death” of cinema have existed since the dawn of film history, persisted throughout the 20th century, and continue in various forms to this day in 2025. Louis Lumière, one of the founders of cinema, remarked shortly after making his invention that “cinema is an invention without a future.” This essay posits three major conflicts that have persisted throughout the history of cinema. One concerns the mode of film viewing, another that of film production, and the last the tension between technological innovation and aesthetic justification. The first deals with the issue of a movie theater, the second with that of computer graphics and digital images, and the last the challenges posed internally to cinema by the development of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence films. These issues can be considered by introducing three conceptual pairs, that is, cinematographic system versus kinetoscopic system, cinema made by shooting versus cinema made by drawing, and technical invention versus aesthetic invention. By carefully applying these categories to the future of cinema while fully considering its historical development, they may provide meaningful implications for the current situation, which is confusing due to complex phenomena and distracting discussions.
KW - aesthetic invention;artificial intelligence films;cinema made by drawing;cinema made by shooting;cinematographic system;digital cinema;kinetoscopic system
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Yun-Yeong Lee. (2026). The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 77, 36-64.
Yun-Yeong Lee. 2026, "The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.77, pp.36-64.
Yun-Yeong Lee "The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 77 pp.36-64 (2026) : 36.
Yun-Yeong Lee. The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”. 2026; 77 36-64.
Yun-Yeong Lee. "The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 77(2026) : 36-64.
Yun-Yeong Lee. The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 77, 36-64.
Yun-Yeong Lee. The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2026; 77 36-64.
Yun-Yeong Lee. The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”. 2026; 77 36-64.
Yun-Yeong Lee. "The Future of Cinema, “An Invention Without a Future”" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 77(2026) : 36-64.
