Rites of realism : essays on corporeal cinema PDF
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Ritesof Realism R I T E S O F R E A L I S M Essays on Corporeal Cinema Edited by I VONE MARGULI ES DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS DurhamandLondon2003 Thefollowingarereprintedbypermission:‘‘Lamorttouslesaprèsmidi,’’byAndré Bazin, Qu’est-ce que le Cinéma? vol.1, Paris, Editions du Cerf,1958, © Cahiers du Cinéma, Editions de l’Étoile; ‘‘L’Ecran du fantasme (Bazin et les bêtes),’’ by Serge Daney,LaRampe©1983,EditionsGallimard;‘‘HistoryoftheImage,ImageofHis- tory:SubjectandOntologyinBazin,’’byPhilipRosen,WideAngle9:4(winter1987– 88):7–34,©OhioUniversity,Athens,CenterforFilmandVideo,reprintedbyper- missionofJohnsHopkinsUniversityPress;‘‘InSearchoftheRealCity:Cinematic RepresentationsofBeijingandthePoliticsofVision,’’byXiaobingTang,inChinese Modern©DukeUniversityPress,2000;‘‘PasolinionTerraSancta:TowardsaTheology ofFilm,’’byNoaSteimatsky,YaleJournalofCriticism,2:1(1998):239–58,©1998,Yale UniversityPressandJohnsHopkinsUniversityPress;‘‘WhyIsThisAbsurdPicture Here?Ethnology/Equivocation/Buñuel,’’byJamesLastra,October89(summer1999): 51–68,©1999October,reprintedbypermission;‘‘Dreyer’sTextualRealism,’’byJames Schamus,©1988,MuseumofModernArt,NewYork,reprintedbypermission. ©2002DukeUniversityPress.Allrightsreserved.PrintedintheUnitedStatesof Americaonacid-freepaper:.TypesetinBembobyTsengInformationSystemsInc. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataappearonthelastprintedpage ofthisbook. ForMarkCohen Contents Acknowledgments ix BodiesTooMuch IvoneMargulies 1 BazinianContingencies DeathEveryAfternoon AndréBazin TranslatedbyMarkA.Cohen 27 TheScreenofFantasy(BazinandAnimals) SergeDaney TranslatedbyMarkA.Cohen 32 HistoryofImage,ImageofHistory:SubjectandOntology inBazin PhilipRosen 42 TheObjectofTheory MaryAnnDoane 80 CulturalIndices NoLongerAbsolute:PortraitureinAmericanAvant-Garde andDocumentaryFilmsoftheSixties PaulArthur 93 InSearchoftheRealCity:CinematicRepresentationsof BeijingandthePoliticsofVision XiaobingTang 119 PrivateReality:HaraKazuo’sFilms AbéMarkNornes 144 MikeLeigh’sModernistRealism RichardPorton 164 WhyIsThisAbsurdPictureHere?Ethnology/Heterology/Buñuel JamesF.Lastra 185 Retracings ExemplaryBodies:ReenactmentinLoveintheCity,Sons, andCloseUp IvoneMargulies 217 PasolinionTerraSancta:TowardsaTheologyofFilm NoaSteimatsky 245 EcstaticEthnography:MayaDerenandtheFilmingofPossession Rituals CatherineRussell 270 FilmicTableauVivant:Vermeer,Intermediality,andtheReal BrigittePeucker 294 Dreyer’sTextualRealism JamesSchamus 315 SelectedBibliography 325 Contributors 333 Index 337 Acknowledgments Alongthewayinthisanthologymanydeservethanks. MarkCohen,myclosestreader,askedtherightquestions,pointedout the missing links, and made me sure of the project’s worth. His love, warmth, and support are, as always, essential.Talks with Noa Steimatsky oftengotmeclosertomyowninterests,evenwhenthegrandambitionsof atopicsuchasrealismandcinemathreatenedtoscatterthemorepointed focus of this anthology. Catherine Russell’s readings of the introduction and the essayon reenactment helped me enormously,with a last push to finish.TimCorriganwas,asusual,asharpreader,andhiscommentswere especially helpful in shaping the book’s introduction. My thanks also to MichaelGitlin,whowasincrediblyhelpfulinthepreparationof illustra- tionsforthebook. I would like to thank Elaine Charnov, David James, David Desser, Bill Nichols,SteveFagin,TomGunning,PaulArthur,andRichardPorton,who suggestedcontributorsforthisanthology’smanyshiftingguises.Iamalso thankful for Ella Shohat’s friendship and advice over so many years. She hasmademefeelathomeinNewYork. RichardPeñaattheFilmSocietyof LincolnCenterfacilitatedmycon-
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