Mythopoetic Cinema : On the Ruins of European Identity / Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ravetto-Biagioli, Kriss, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Political aspects--Europe--History and criticism.

Motion pictures.

Europe--In motion pictures.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In Mythopoetic Cinema, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli explores how contemporary European filmmakers treat mythopoetics as a critical practice that questions the constant need to provide new identities, a new Europe, and with it a new European cinema after the fall of the Soviet Union. Mythopoetic cinema questions the perpetual branding of movements, ideas, and individuals. Examining the work of Jean-Luc Godard, Alexander Sokurov, Marina Abramović, and Theodoros Angelopoulos, Ravetto-Biagioli argues that these disparate artists provide a critical reflection on what constitutes Europe in the age of neoliberalism. Their films reflect not only the violence of recent years but also help question dominant models of nation building that result in the general failure to respond ethically to rising ethnocentrism.In close readings of such films as Sokurov's Russian Ark (2002) and Godard's Notre Musique (2004), Ravetto-Biagioli demonstrates the ways in which these filmmakers engage and evaluate the recent reconceptualization of Europe's borders, mythic figures, and identity paradoxes. Her work not only analyzes how these filmmakers thematically treat the idea of Europe but also how their work questions the ability of the moving image to challenge conventional ways of understanding history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. FLOATING ON THE BORDERS OF EUROPE

2. O MEGALEXANDROS

3. IN BALKAN

4. NOTRE MUSIQUE

EPILOGUE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780231544108

0231544103

OCLC:

1001486212