Beschreibung
In Theses on Feuerbach, Marx writes, The philosophers have only interpreted the world differently; the point is to change it. This collection examines how filmmakers have tried to change the world by engaging in emancipatory politics through their work, and how audiences have received them. It presents a wide spectrum of case studies, covering both film and digital technology, with examples from throughout cinematic history and around the world, including Soviet Russia, Palestine, South America, and France. Discussions range from the classic Marxist cinema of Aleksandr Medvedkin, Chris Marker, and Jean-Luc Godard, to recent media such as 5 Broken Cameras (2010), the phenomena of video-blogging, and bicycle activism films.
Autorenportrait
Lars Kristensen is a Lecturer in Media, Aesthetics, and Narration at University of Skövde. He has published mainly on cross-cultural issues related to Russian cinema and is the editor of Postcommunist Film: Russia, Eastern Europe and World Culture (Routledge, 2012) and co-editor, with Eva Näripea and Ewa Mazierska, of Postcolonial Approaches to Eastern European Cinema: Portraying Neighbours On-Screen (I.B. Tauris, 2014).
Inhalt
List of Figures
IntroductionEwa Mazierska and Lars KristensenPART I: PAST ACTIVISM
Chapter 1. Between socialist modernisation and cinematic modernism: the revolutionary politics of aesthetics of Medvedkins cinema-trainGal Kirn
Chapter 2. Politics and Aesthetics within Godards Cinema Jeremy Spence
Chapter 3. Marker, Activism and Melancholy: Reflections on the Radical 60s in the later films of Chris Marker.Jon KearChapter 4.Marx Immemorial: workers and peasants in the cinema of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle HuilletManuel Ramos Martinez
Chapter 5. In the Heat of the Factory: The Global Fires ofThe Hour of the FurnacesBruce WilliamsPART II: PRESENT ACTIVISM
Chapter 6.Contemporary political cinema: the impossibility of passivityWilliam Brown
Chapter 7.Cultural resistance through film: The case of Palestinian cinemaHaim Bresheeth
Chapter 8. The Contemporary Landscape of Video-Activism in BritainSteve Presence
Chapter 9. Marxist Resistance at Bicycle Speed: Screening the Critical Mass MovementLars Kristensen
Chapter 10.Tales of a video bloggerMichael Chanan
Chapter 11. Recovering the Future: Marxism and Film AudiencesMartin Barker
Notes on Contributors Index
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