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Transmission du trauma et intermédialités cinématographiques dans Ararat (Atom Egoyan, 2002)
In Ararat (2002), Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan does not seek to depict the horrors of the Armenian Genocide—that "unthinkable" event that defies direct representation. Instead, the film is a work of fiction centered on the transmission of…
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Dyslinear mise-en-fiction of surveillance images in Dragonfly Eyes by Xu Bing
The film Dragonfly Eyes (Xu Bing, 2018) constructs a linear fictional narrative – a classic love story between two young workers – led by the soundtrack, which unfolds alongside images from multiple surveillance cameras installed in China. The…
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Dossier #21
Contemporary Mini-Series or the Powers of the In-Between
The production of mini-series continues to grow, initiated by both television channels and streaming platforms, and increasingly supported by actresses and actors from the film industry. Miniseries such as …
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"Small Axe" by Steve McQueen : towards a limited seriality
In 2020, British filmmaker Steve McQueen brought together under the name Small Axe a collection of five autonomous films that have as common elements a place (London, Brixton district), a community under construction (from Jamaican immigration),…
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Politics and Aesthetics of Film Montage
From Cinema to Installation
Against a deluge of images, certain forms of montage, compilation and spatialization allow for a critical engagement with images. Doreen Mende looks back at the approaches of Soviet women editors and the artist Harun Farocki, who distinguished…