World Cinema and the Essay Film : : Transnational Perspectives on a Global Practice / / Brenda Hollweg, Igor Krstić.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Hollweg, Brenda,; Krstić, Igor,
• MitwirkendeR: Avezzù, Giorgio,; Barriga, Susana,; Blümlinger, Christa,; Bohr, Marco,; Canet, Fernando,; Elsaesser, Thomas,; Feldman, Ilana,; Fidotta, Giuseppe,; Greenhalgh, Cathy,; Hollweg, Brenda,; Kilroy, Peter,; Krstic, Igor,; Minh-ha, Trinh T.,; O’Farrell, Tim,; Piotrowska, Agnieszka,; Rascaroli, Laura,; Tianqi Yu, Kiki,; Trinh Thi, Nguyen,; Wang, Bo,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 40 B/W illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on the Contributors --; Introduction --; PART ONE CINEPHILIC DIALOGUES --; 1. The Essay Film and its Global Contexts: Conversations on Forms and Practices --; 2. Essay Films about Film: The ‘Filmed Correspondence’ between José Luis Guerin and Jonas Mekas --; PART TWO MOBILITIES AND MOVEMENTS --; 3. Accented Essay Films: The Politics and Poetics of the Essay Film in the Age of Migration --; 4. Cottonopolis: Experimenting with the Cinematographic, the Ethnographic and the Essayistic --; 5. The World Essay Film and the Politics of Traceability --; PART THREE LABORATORY OF MEMORIES --; 6. Memory as a Motor of Images: The Essayistic Mode in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Variations of Uncle Boonmee --; 7. ‘Time Turning into Space’: Innocence of Memories’ Prismatic Istanbul --; 8. Lovers in Time: An Essay Film of Contested Memories --; PART FOUR LANDSCAPES OF TRAUMA --; PART FOUR LANDSCAPES OF TRAUMA 9. No Man’s Zone: The Essay Film in the Aftermath of the Tsunami in Japan --; 10. ‘Image-writing’: The Essayistic/Sanwen in Chinese Nonfiction Cinema and Zhao Liang’s Behemoth --; PART FIVE ARCHIVAL EFFECTS --; 11. Indigenous Australia and the Archive Effect: Frances Calvert’s Talking Broken as Essay Film --; 12. Between Autobiography, Personal Archive and Mourning: David Perlov’s Diary 1973–1983 in Tel Aviv --; AFTERIMAGES: A PHOTO-ESSAY --; Strangely Real: A Reassemblage from the Film Forgetting Vietnam --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474429269; 9783110780420
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474429269?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Brenda Hollweg, Igor Krstić.

Explores the essay film as a global film practiceWorld Cinema and the Essay Film examines the ways in which essay film practices are deployed by non-Western filmmakers in specific local and national contexts, in an interconnected world. The book identifies the essay film as a political and ethical tool to reflect upon and potentially resist the multiple, often contradictory effects of globalization. With case studies of essayistic works by John Akomfrah, Nguyen Trinh Thi and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, amongst many others, and with a photo-essay by Trinh T. Min-ha and a discussion of Frances Calvert’s work, it expands current research on the essay film beyond canonical filmmakers and frameworks, and presents transnational perspectives on what is becoming a global film practice.Key features Includes well-known and fresh voices of essay film practice from around the world Features examples from essay film practice as researchContains interviews with non-western filmmakers, in-depth case studies of global essay film practice and self-reflexive essays by scholars and film practitioners Includes case studies of works by:John AkomfrahNoël Burch and Allan SekulaFrances CalvertToshi FujiwaraGrant GeeAmos GitaiCathy GreenhalghJosé Luis GuerínJonas MekasAngela MelitopoulosLuc MoulletNguyen Trinh ThiDavid PerlovAgnieszka PiotrowskaApichatpong Weerasethakul and Zhao Liang