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I made a remix video. This is my first time editing. I reinterpret clips from Citizen Kane(1941), The Lady from Shanghai(1949), The Structure of Crystal(1949), Last Year at Marienbad(1961), Mirror(1975), and The Double Life of Véronique(1991) to explore Gilles Deleuze’s concept of the “crystal-image”. In these films, the…
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In Memoria (2021), Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul draws audience into a serene, surreal realm defined by sound. Starting with an intriguing yet straightforward premise, a woman perceives a booming noise unheard by others. From the sound, the film gradually transforms into a profound exploration…
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In the article “Ideological Effects of the Basic Cinematographic Apparatus,” Baudry explains that cinema imitates “perspective artificalis” and that projection transforms differentiated frames into a continuity of movement, immersing the viewer in an illusion. He argues that ideology is reproduced through the apparatuses of…
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Thomas Elsaesser and Malte Hagener’s discussion on “Digital Cinema and Film Theory Digital Cinema” seems less captivating and less original than earlier chapters, which resemble a literature review that weaves together the theories of Lev Manovich, Vivian Sobcheck, Jay David Bolter, Richard Grusin, and…
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According to Metz and Baudry’s spectator theory, the spectator is anchored in the cinema, making eye contact with the screen. They argue that the camera lens resembles perspective, linking viewing to the Renaissance period and providing viewers with a vanishing point for observation. Nevertheless,…
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Some details in the Venezia 70 Future Reloaded(2013) exhibit some interesting points. Firstly, the curriculum depicted in the film illustrates how Chinese film scholars evaluate Western classics. The appreciation list features Triumph of the Will(1935), The Sound of Music(1965), Forrest Gump(1994), and Transformers(2007), which…
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Dimitris Eleftheriotis’s insights on the traveling gaze and Greek subjectivity in film enhance our understanding of transnational cinema(national cinema). Elftheriostis points out that, compared to Ulysses Gaze(1995), the long shot of Istanbul’s urban landscape in A Touch of Spice(2003) demonstrates a command over the…
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Just as bell hooks advocates “an oppositional gaze” that highlights the unique experiences of African American women compared to white women, in “Difference: A Special Third World Women Issue,” Trinh T. Minh-ha emphasizes that the challenges faced by women in developing countries differ from…
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By metaphorizing and comparing film to a window and frame, Thomas Elsaesser and Malte Hagener categorize film into two modes: window/frame and closed/open forms. However, their intent is to suggest a way to overcome the long-standing and deeply rooted opposition between realists and constructivists.…
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