Naslov
Strategies of Representing Memory in Film

Autori
Petković, Rajko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Re-Thinking Humanities and Social Sciences – Politics of Memory

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 06.09.2012. - 09.09.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
memory; modernism; animation; strategies of representation; symbolism

Sažetak
Representing memory on film has always been one of the cornerstones of the art of cinema, especially in modernist films. The first attempts to depict memory on screen were through the use of flashback, which was the technical device providing the basis for both the compositional unity of the film and psychological motivation of the character. La roue (1923), the landmark film by Abel Gance, emphatically linked images both horizontally and vertically, using various expressive means, including superimpositions, to indicate the transient nature of memory. Alain Resnais, the maverick French New Wave director, has constantly examined the process of representing memory, from the collective traumatic memory in Night and Fog to the personal act of remembering in Hiroshima mon amour. After analyzing these landmarks of French film, the paper will focus on the role of memory in some of the most significant representatives of the modernist cinema, ranging from the multiple use of flashbacks in Ivan's Childhood, interspersing reality and memory in The Thin Red Line to the complex intermingling of memory and personal identity in Nolan's Memento. The last section of the paper is devoted to some of the most celebrated classics of animated film, from Norstein's Tale of Tales to Caroline Leaf's The Street, recalling the statement by Paul Wells that “animation's embrace and literal creation of 'time' passed” is one of the fundamental qualities of this unique, but much neglected art form. The focus of the paper is on the various strategies of representation, ranging from the symbolism of Tarkovsky's films to the intrinsic representation of memory inherent to the animation medium.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Znanost o umjetnosti

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