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- Abstract:
- This dissertation argues for the political and aesthetic significance of a group of contemporary realist films that employ a non-presentational, lacunary aesthetic. Through close analyses of the aesthetics of offscreen space in slow cinema, I argue that contemporary forms of realist filmmaking are as concerned with setting limits on what can be represented and commodified as they are with recording, representing, and producing reality. Along the way, I offer new readings of Bazinian and Lacanian film theory in order to develop a framework for thinking cinematic realism in the post-analogue era, one that moves beyond a fascination with immediacy and direct presentation.
- Notes:
- Thesis (Ph. D.)--Brown University, 2021
Citation
Theus, Tyler A.,
"Affirmed at the Margins: Lacunary Realism in Contemporary Film and Film Theory"
(2021).
Modern Culture and Media Theses and Dissertations.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:vvpynhyb/
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