The Essay Film: Dialogue, Politics, Utopia (Nonfictions)

The Essay Film: Dialogue, Politics, Utopia (Nonfictions)

With its increasing presence in a continuously evolving media environment, the essay film as a visual form raises new questions about the construction of the subject, its relationship to the world, and the aesthetic possibilities of cinema. In this volume, authors specializing in various national cinemas (Cuban, French, German, Israeli, Italian, Lebanese, Polish, Russian, American) and critical approaches (historical, aesthetic, postcolonial, feminist, philosophical) explore the essay film and its consequences for the theory of cinema while building on and challenging existing theories. Taking as a guiding principle the essay form's dialogic, fluid nature, the volume examines the potential of the essayistic to question, investigate, and reflect on all forms of cinemaâ€•fiction film, popular cinema, and documentary, video installation, and digital essay.

A wide range of filmmakers are covered, from Dziga Vertov (Man with a Movie Camera, 1928), Chris Marker (Description of a Struggle, 1960), NicolÃ¡s GuillÃ©n LandriÃ¡n (Coffea ArÃ¡biga, 1968), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Notes for an African Oresteia, 1969), Chantal Akerman (News from Home, 1976) and Jean-Luc Godard (Notre musique, 2004) to Nanni Moretti (Palombella Rossa, 1989), Mohammed Soueid (Civil War, 2002), Claire Denis (L'Intrus, 2004) and Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life, 2011), among others. The volume argues that the essayistic in filmâ€•as process, as experience, as experimentâ€•opens the road to key issues faced by the individual in relation to the collective, but can also lead to its own subversion, as a form of dialectical thought that gravitates towards crisis.
Country USA
Brand Wallflower Press
Manufacturer Wallflower Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 24 b&w illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780231166089
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wallflower Press
Manufacturer	Wallflower Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	24 b&w illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780231166089
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Essay Film: Dialogue, Politics, Utopia (Nonfictions)

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