Essi non sono più che strani automi che recitano non si sa quale macabra commedia : Un punto sulla Neuropatologia

Most of the histories of Italian cinema quote the famous fragment from La Neuropatologia (Negro and Omegna, 1906-1908) in which professor Negro stimulates an hysteric attack on a masked patient (and then puts it to an end). However, something seems not to work while viewing such episode, since the spectator feels the presence of a manipulating direction, which should not be there considering the documentaristic nature of the work. These doubts on Negro’s documentaristic claims are there to remain in the viewing of other fragments.