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OverviewWhy 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 Agnès 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 this. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy Corrigan (Professor of English and Cinema Studies, Professor of English and Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780199781706ISBN 10: 0199781702 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 11 August 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Introduction: Of Film and the Essayistic Part I: Toward the Essay Film Chapter One: ""On Thoughts Occasioned by. . ."" Montaigne to Marker Chapter Two: Of the History of the Essay Film: from Vertov to Varda Part II: Essayistic Modes Chapter Three: About Portraying Expression: The Essay Film as Inter-view Chapter Four: To Be Elsewhere: Cinematic Excursions as Essayistic Travel Chapter Five: On Essayistic Diaries, or the Cinematic Velocities of Public Life Chapter Six: Of the Currency of Events: The Essay Film as Editorial Chapter Seven: About Refractive Cinema: When Films Interrogate Films Works Cited Index"Reviews<br> For media artists, scholars and students of cinema, Corrigan's reflections offer a passionate and convincing testimony to the transformative power of the essay film. Not since I read Roland Barthes' Mythologies have I come across a book that provides such a strong articulation of the visual thinking process. --Lynne Sachs, filmmaker<p><br> Timothy Corrigan writes persuasively and vividly in offering up this coherent overview of the sprawling international phenomenon of the essay film. By providing a concise historical context, which ranges from Michel Montaigne to Michael Moore, he allows us to see the continuum and value of this idiosyncratic and vital form of expression. --Ross McElwee, Director, Sherman's March<p><br> Inventively and insightfully, Timothy Corrigan establishes the essay film as a cinematic form of 'thinking out loud.' His eloquent book provides something similar: it is a richly productive meditation on meanings that interweaves voices, subjectivities, and resona Author InformationTimothy Corrigan is Professor of Cinema Studies, English, and History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of New German Film and A Cinema without Walls and an editor of Critical Visions in Film Theory. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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