The long take : art cinema and the wondrous / Lutz Koepnick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koepnick, Lutz P. (Lutz Peter), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Aesthetics.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Physical Description:

viii, 284 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]

Summary:

In The Long Take, Lutz Koepnick posits extended shot durations as a powerful medium for exploring different modes of perception and attention in our fast-paced world of mediated stimulations. Grounding his inquiry in the long takes of international filmmakers such as Be9la Tarr, Tsai Ming-liang, Abbas Kiarostami, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Michael Haneke, Koepnick reveals how their films evoke wondrous experiences of surprise, disruption, enchantment, and reorientation. He proceeds to show how the long take has come to thrive in diverse artistic practices across different media platforms: from the work of photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto to the screen-based installations of Sophie Calle and Tacita Dean, from experimental work by Francis Alffs and Janet Cardiff to durational images in contemporary video games. Deeply informed by film and media theory, yet written in a fluid and often poetic style, The Long Take goes far beyond recent writing about slow cinema. In Koepnicks account, the long take serves as a critical hallmark of international art cinema in the twenty-first century. It invites viewers to probe the aesthetics of moving images and to recalibrate their sense of time. Long takes unlock windows toward the new and unexpected amid the ever-mounting pressures of 24/7 self-management.

Contents:

1 To Cut or Not to Cut 33

2 Images of/as Promise 65

3 "It's Still Not Over" 78

4 The Long Goodbye 113

5 Funny Takes? 139

6 The Wonders of Being Stuck 166

7 (Un)Timely Meditations 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Koepnick, Lutz P. (Lutz Peter), author. Long take.

ISBN:

9780816695881

0816695881

9780816695843

0816695849

OCLC:

982091326