| Description |
1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: of film and the essayistic -- Toward the essay film. "On thoughts occasioned by ..." Montaigne to Marker -- Of the history of the essay film: from Vertov, to Varda -- Essayistic thinking. About portraying expression: the essay film as inter-view -- To be elsewhere: cinematic excursions as essayistic travel -- On essayistic diaries: or, the velocities of non-place -- Of the currency of events: the essay film as editorial -- About refractive cinema: when films interrogate films. |
| Summary |
"Why have certain kinds of documentary and non-narrative films emerged as the most interesting, exciting, and provocative movies made in the last twenty years? Ranging from the films of Ross McElwee (Bright Leaves) and Agnes Varda (The Gleaners and I) to those of Abbas Kiarostami (Close Up) and Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir), such films have intrigued viewers who at the same time have struggled to categorize them. Sometimes described as personal documentaries or diary films, these eclectic works are, rather, best understood as cinematic variations on the essay. So argues Tim Corrigan in this stimulating and necessary new book. Since Michel de Montaigne, essays have been seen as a lively literary category, and yet--despite the work of pioneers like Chris Marker--seldom discussed as a cinematic tradition. The Essay Film, offering a thoughtful account of the long rapport between literature and film as well as novel interpretations and theoretical models, provides the ideas that will change"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Experimental films -- History and criticism.
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Experimental films. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Corrigan, Timothy. Essay film. New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199781690 (DLC) 2011006312 (OCoLC)696100363 |
| ISBN |
9780199781799 (electronic book) |
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0199781796 (electronic book) |
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9780199781690 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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0199781699 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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9780199781706 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0199781702 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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