4. What to Do with Cinema Memory?
- Richard Maltby2,
- Daniel Biltereyst3,
- Philippe Meers4
Published Online: 20 APR 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9781444396416.ch4
Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Book Title
Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies
Additional Information
How to Cite
Kuhn, A. (2011) What to Do with Cinema Memory?, in Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies (eds R. Maltby, D. Biltereyst and P. Meers), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444396416.ch4
Editor Information
- 2
Flinders University, South Australia
- 3
Department of Communication Studies, Ghent University, Belgium
- 4
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Publication History
- Published Online: 20 APR 2011
- Published Print: 8 APR 2011
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405199490
Online ISBN: 9781444396416
- Summary
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Keywords:
- cinema memory, and what to do with it - revolving around social act of cinema-going, than around films;
- nature of cinema memory, how it works - a kind of cultural experience, form of discourse;
- discursive processes of cinema memory - using textual and psychoanalytic procedures;
- reveries and stories, entering public domains - form of writing, artwork and film-making;
- remembered scenes or images from films - distinctive in three respects;
- allusions to The Mummy signal, aspects of cinema memory - with interest in research;
- second feature of Type A memories - remembered scenes or images, isolation from film's plot;
- Type A cinema memories, and Victor Burgin - research on inner and phenomenological world;
- Type B memories, and ‘anecdotal’ rhetoric - story in first person singular, one-off event;
- deeper understanding of cinema memory works - rhetorically, psychical and cultural processes
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Remembered Scenes/Images
Situated Memories of Films
Memories of Cinemagoing
References