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Rethinking the question of the image-flow in contemporary cinema: Configurations and poetic effects
Repenser la question de l’image-flux dans le cinéma contemporain: Configurations et effets poétiques
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Abstract This paper reconsiders the complex and somewhat ambivalent relationships between the cinematographic image and the globalized world as it is characterized by flows (of images, among other flows). For this purpose, the paper examines different aesthetic forms that contemporary cinema gives to the ima... view more
This paper reconsiders the complex and somewhat ambivalent relationships between the cinematographic image and the globalized world as it is characterized by flows (of images, among other flows). For this purpose, the paper examines different aesthetic forms that contemporary cinema gives to the image-flow – taking into account the editing as well as the framing resources –, based on a multiple corpus of both blockbusters and author films. The analysis aims at bringing out the poetic and affective effects of these representations of the flow. In particular, the paper suggests that contemporary cinema offers a new tragic vision of the flow, which it links to the melancholic or depressive affect.... view less
Keywords
globalization; film; dramaturgy; aesthetics; film research; cinema
Classification
Other Media
Free Keywords
image, flow, contemporary cinema
Document language
French
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 197-214
Journal
ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies, 11 (2018) 1
Issue topic
10th Anniversary
ISSN
1775-352X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed