Global Art Cinema : New Theories and Histories

"Art cinema" has for over fifty years defined how audiences and critics imagine film outside Hollywood, but surprisingly little scholarly attention has been paid to the concept since the 1970s. And yet in the last thirty years art cinema has flourished worldwide. The emergence of East Asian and Latin American new waves, the reinvigoration of European film, the success of Iranian directors, and the rise of the film festival have transformed the landscape of world cinema. This book brings into focus art cinema's core internationalism, demonstrating its centrality to understanding film as a global phenomenon. The book reassesses the field of art cinema in light of recent scholarship on world film cultures. In addition to analysis of key regions and films, the essays cover topics including theories of the film image; industrial, aesthetic, and political histories; and art film's intersections with debates on genre, sexuality, new media forms, and postcolonial cultures. Global Art Cinema brings together a diverse group of scholars in a timely conversation that reaffirms the category of art cinema as relevant, provocative, and, in fact, fundamental to contemporary film studies. CONTENTS......Page 16 FOREWORD......Page 6 COTRIBUTORS......Page 20 INTRODUCTION: THE IMPURITY OF ART CINEMA......Page 28 PART I. DELIMITING THE FIELD......Page 54 1. BEYOND EUROPE: ON PARAMETRIC TRANSCENDENCE......Page 56 2. THE FANTASTIC TRAJECTORY OF PINK ART CINEMA FROM STALIN TO BUSH......Page 73 3. TOWARD AN INCLUSIVE, EXCLUSIVE APPROACH TO ART CINEMA......Page 87 4. UNTHINKING HETEROCENTRISM: BISEXUAL REPRESENTABILITY IN ART CINEMA......Page 100 5. INTERACTIVE ART CINEMA: BETWEEN "OLD" AND "NEW" MEDIA WITH UN CHIEN ANDALOU AND EXISTENZ......Page 117 PART II. THE ART CINEMA IMAGE......Page 132 6. ART/CINEMA AND COSMOPOLITANISM TODAY......Page 134 7. BETWEEN AUDITORIUM AND GALLERY: PERCEPTION IN APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL'S FILMS AND INSTALLATIONS......Page 150 8. PASOLINI'S EXQUISITE FLOWERS: THE "CINEMA OF POETRY" AS A THEORY OF ART CINEMA......Page 167 9. FROM INDEX TO FIGURE IN THE EUROPEAN ART FILM: THE CASE OF THE CONFORMIST......Page 189 10. SURREALISM IN ART AND FILM: FACE AND TIME......Page 206 PART III. ART CINEMA HISTORIES......Page 224 11. THE VOLCANO AND BARREN HILL: GABRIEL FIGUEROA AND THE SPACE OF ART CINEMA......Page 226 12. THE ESSAY FILM AS A CINEMA OF IDEAS......Page 243 13. THE CLOUD-CAPPED STAR: RITWIK GHATAK ON THE HORIZON OF GLOBAL ART CINEMA......Page 263 14. NOTES ON ART CINEMA AND THE EMERGENCE OF SUB-SAHARAN FILM......Page 277 15. DISENTANGLING THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CIRCUIT: GENRE AND IRANIAN CINEMA......Page 288 PART IV. GEOPOLITICAL INTERSECTIONS......Page 308 16. EUROPEAN ART CINEMA, AFFECT, AND POSTCOLONIALISM: HERZOG, DENIS, AND THE DARDENNE BROTHERS......Page 310 17. OFFERING TALES THEY WANT TO HEAR: TRANSNATIONAL EUROPEAN FILM FUNDING AS NEO-ORIENTALISM......Page 328 18. ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO: SECOND AND THIRD CINEMA IN THE FIRST PERSON......Page 345 19. TSAI MING-LIANG'S HAUNTED MOVIE THEATER......Page 359 20. TRAVELING THEORY, SHOTS, AND PLAYERS: JORGE SANJINÉS, NEW LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA, AND THE EUROPEAN ART FILM......Page 376 CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 392 A......Page 398 B......Page 399 C......Page 400 F......Page 401 G......Page 402 J......Page 403 M......Page 404 N......Page 405 R......Page 406 S......Page 407 V......Page 408 Z......Page 409 A Collection Of New Essays On Films From A Range Of Geopolitical Locations, Global Art Cinema Reassesses The Field Of Art Cinema In Light Of 1) A Flourishing International Cinema And 2) Growing Scholarly Interest In The Category Of Art Cinema And Developments Within World Film Culture. Introduction : The Impurity Of Art Cinema / Rosalind Galt, Karl Schoonover -- Beyond Europe : On Parametric Transcendence / Mark Betz -- The Fantastic Trajectory Of Pink Art Cinema From Stalin To Bush / Sharon Hayashi -- Toward An Inclusive, Exclusive Approach To Art Cinema / David Andrews -- Unthinking Heterocentrism : Bisexual Representability In Art Cinema / Maria San Filippo -- Interactive Art Cinema : Between Old And New Media With Un Chien Andalou And Existenz / Adam Lowenstein -- Art/cinema And Cosmopolitanism Today / Brian Price -- Between Auditorium And Gallery : Perception In Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Films And Installations / Jihoon Kim -- Pasolini's Exquisite Flowers : The Cinema Of Poetry As A Theory Of Art Cinema / John David Rhodes -- From Index To Figure In The European Art Film : The Case Of The Conformist / Angelo Restivo -- Surrealism In Art And Film : Face And Time / Angela Dalle Vacche -- The Volcano And The Barren Hill : Gabriel Figueroa And The Space Of Art Cinema / Patrick Keating -- The Essay Film As A Cinema Of Ideas / Timothy Corrigan -- The Cloud-capped Star : Ritwik Ghatak On The Horizon Of Global Art Cinema / Manishita Dass -- Notes On Art Cinema And The Emergence Of Sub-saharan Film / Philip Rosen -- Disentangling The International Festival Circuit : Genre And Iranian Cinema / Azadeh Farahmand -- European Art Cinema, Affect, And Postcolonialism : Herzog, Denis, And The Dardenne Brothers / E. Ann Kaplan -- Offering Tales They Want To Hear : Transnational European Film Funding As Neo-orientalism / Randall Halle -- Abderrahmane Sissako : Second And Third Cinema In The First Person / Rachel Gabara -- Tsai Ming-liang's Haunted Movie Theater / Jean Ma -- Traveling Theory, Shorts, And Players : Jorge Sanjinés, New Latin American Cinema, And The European Art Film / Dennis Hanlon. Edited By Rosalind Galt, Karl Schoonover. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. CONTENTS 16 FOREWORD 6 COTRIBUTORS 20 INTRODUCTION: THE IMPURITY OF ART CINEMA 28 PART I. DELIMITING THE FIELD 54 1. BEYOND EUROPE: ON PARAMETRIC TRANSCENDENCE 56 2. THE FANTASTIC TRAJECTORY OF PINK ART CINEMA FROM STALIN TO BUSH 73 3. TOWARD AN INCLUSIVE, EXCLUSIVE APPROACH TO ART CINEMA 87 4. UNTHINKING HETEROCENTRISM: BISEXUAL REPRESENTABILITY IN ART CINEMA 100 5. INTERACTIVE ART CINEMA: BETWEEN "OLD" AND "NEW" MEDIA WITH UN CHIEN ANDALOU AND EXISTENZ 117 PART II. THE ART CINEMA IMAGE 132 6. ART/CINEMA AND COSMOPOLITANISM TODAY 134 7. BETWEEN AUDITORIUM AND GALLERY: PERCEPTION IN APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL'S FILMS AND INSTALLATIONS 150 8. PASOLINI'S EXQUISITE FLOWERS: THE "CINEMA OF POETRY" AS A THEORY OF ART CINEMA 167 9. FROM INDEX TO FIGURE IN THE EUROPEAN ART FILM: THE CASE OF THE CONFORMIST 189 10. SURREALISM IN ART AND FILM: FACE AND TIME 206 PART III. ART CINEMA HISTORIES 224 11. THE VOLCANO AND BARREN HILL: GABRIEL FIGUEROA AND THE SPACE OF ART CINEMA 226 12. THE ESSAY FILM AS A CINEMA OF IDEAS 243 13. THE CLOUD-CAPPED STAR: RITWIK GHATAK ON THE HORIZON OF GLOBAL ART CINEMA 263 14. NOTES ON ART CINEMA AND THE EMERGENCE OF SUB-SAHARAN FILM 277 15. DISENTANGLING THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CIRCUIT: GENRE AND IRANIAN CINEMA 288 PART IV. GEOPOLITICAL INTERSECTIONS 308 16. EUROPEAN ART CINEMA, AFFECT, AND POSTCOLONIALISM: HERZOG, DENIS, AND THE DARDENNE BROTHERS 310 17. OFFERING TALES THEY WANT TO HEAR: TRANSNATIONAL EUROPEAN FILM FUNDING AS NEO-ORIENTALISM 328 18. ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO: SECOND AND THIRD CINEMA IN THE FIRST PERSON 345 19. TSAI MING-LIANG'S HAUNTED MOVIE THEATER 359 20. TRAVELING THEORY, SHOTS, AND PLAYERS: JORGE SANJINÉS, NEW LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA, AND THE EUROPEAN ART FILM 376 CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 392 INDEX 398 A 398 B 399 C 400 D 401 E 401 F 401 G 402 H 403 I 403 J 403 K 404 L 404 M 404 N 405 O 406 P 406 Q 406 R 406 S 407 T 408 U 408 V 408 W 409 Y 409 Z 409 A Collection Of New Essays On Films From A Range Of Geopolitical Locations, Global Art Cinema Reassesses The Field Of Art Cinema In Light Of 1) A Flourishing International Cinema And 2) Growing Scholarly Interest In The Category Of Art Cinema And Developments Within World Film Culture. The Editors Have Assembled A Stimulating Group Of Essays That Cover The Major Issues In Global Art Cinema, Including The Trend Toward Both Increasing Local Autonomy And Increasing Globalization; New Theorizations Of The Film Image; Revised Industrial, Legal, And Exhibition Histories; And The Renewed Debates About National, Postcolonial, And Regional Cinema Cultures. The Book Brings Together A Diverse Group Of Authors, Including Reigning Authorities And Rising Stars, In A Timely Conversation That Reaffirms The Study Of Art Cinema As A Relevant, Provocative, And Even Fundamental Undertaking.