Over the last decade, a realist tendency has made its mark on the world cinema map. What are its main aesthetic and political characteristics? How does it relate to the realist canon and world cinema history? What are the different facets of this phenomenon as expressed in diver…
Over the last decade, a realist tendency has made its mark on the world cinema map. What are its main aesthetic and political characteristics? How does it relate to the realist canon and world cinema history? What are the different facets of this phenomenon as expressed in diver…
Drawing on foundational realist theories and recent takes on the body and the senses, this title examines the fascinating work of Carlos Reygadas, Tsai Ming-liang and Gus Van Sant.
"This book presents the bold and original proposal to replace the general appellation of 'world cinema' with the more substantive concept of 'realist cinema'. Veering away from the usual focus on modes of reception and spectatorship, it locates instead cinematic realism in the w…
"Une forme cinématographique du politique conforme à ce dont elle prétend traiter, finit par entrer en contradiction avec elle-même et se supprimer comme autonome, trouvant sa vérité dans son autre. Accomplissant l'esprit de la "distanciation" brechtienne, le film sabote la poli…
E. Barot prend pour fil conducteur de ce texte la question brechtienne du "réalisme", selon une perspective issue des dialectiques de Marx et de Sartre, et étudie les oeuvres des groupes Medvedkine, de Francesco Rosi et de Peter Watkins pour déterminer la notion même de film pol…
Explores classical and contemporary theories of cinematic realism to assess their overall key concepts and intellectual configurations. Explores classical theories of cinematic realism more deeply through an analysis of Lukacs/Bergson/time and Kracauer/Husserl/Space. Offers some…
Explores classical and contemporary theories of cinematic realism to assess their overall key concepts and intellectual configurations. Explores classical theories of cinematic realism more deeply through an analysis of Lukacs/Bergson/time and Kracauer/Husserl/Space. Offers some…
'Realism' is a pervasive term in discussions of contemporary developments in literature and film. By drawing on different theories of realism, the authors explore how the term may be used as a helpful concept in order to analyse and evaluate current trends in cultural production…
Biographical note: Dorothee Birke, FRIAS, Freiburg; Stella Butter, Universität Mannheim. Biographical note: Dorothee Birke, FRIAS, Freiburg; Stella Butter, University of Mannheim. 'Realism' is a pervasive term in discussions of contemporary developments in literature and film.…