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Film museum practice and film historiography : the case of the Nederlands Filmmuseum (1946-2000) / Bregt Lameris.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.42.N48 L36 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lameris, Bregt, author.
- Series:
- Framing film (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Framing film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nederlands Filmmuseum--History.
- Nederlands Filmmuseum.
- EYE Film Instituut Nederland.
- Desmet, Jean, 1875-1956.
- Desmet, Jean.
- Motion pictures--Netherlands--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- History.
- Netherlands.
- Physical Description:
- 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Rich in detail, this is a study of the interrelationships between film historical discourse and archival practices. Exploring the history of several important collections from the EYE Film Museum in Amsterdam, Bregt Lameris shows how archival films and collections always carry the historical traces of selection policies, restoration philosophies, and exhibition strategies. The result is a compelling argument that film archives can never be viewed simply as innocent or neutral sources of film history.
- Contents:
- Part I Collections 29
- 1 Private Collectors 35
- Three collection strategies 36
- The Desmet Collection: a diorama in time 37
- The Uitkijk Collection: film as art 40
- 2 Blind Choices: Parameters and Repetitions 45
- Film titles and filmmakers: the film canon 45
- Production year: early film 51
- Production country, national films 54
- 3 Eyes Wide Open: Duplicates 59
- Aesthetic value 61
- From wonder to resonance 64
- Canonical selection 66
- Eclectic consequences 70
- Part II Preservations 73
- 4 Passive Preservation: An Historical Overview 79
- Nitrate and the paradigm of reproducibility 79
- Nitrate and perishability 85
- Nitrate films and uniqueness 88
- 5 Impressions: Restoration of the Film Image 95
- Black-and-white film art 95
- Colour restorations: impressions or imprints? 99
- 6 Reconstructions 109
- The director's version 110
- Shown versions 112
- Archival versions 114
- New versions 117
- Unity in parts 119
- Academics and the 'original' 120
- Part III Presentations 125
- 7 Film Museum Exhibition Spaces 131
- The art museum dispositif 131
- Two film museum traditions 138
- Towards a historical sensation 145
- 8 Framing Programmes 151
- Film as art or from 'the old box'? 153
- Transitions 163
- Educational discoveries 167
- 9 Performances 179
- Music and lectures 180
- Materiality and projection 186
- The musealisation of projection techniques 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9089648267
- 9789089648266
- OCLC:
- 972773018
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