Nothing happens : Chantal Akerman's hyperrealist everyday /

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Through films that alternate between containment, order, and symmetry on the one hand, and obsession, explosiveness, and a lack of control on the other, Chantal Akerman has gained a reputation as one of the most significant filmmakers working today. Her 1975 film Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Margulies, Ivone (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, ©1996.
Subjects:
Akerman, Chantal > Criticism and interpretation.
Akerman, Chantal
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
SCIENCE > History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chantal Akerman's Films: The Politics of the Singular
  • 1. Nothing Happens: Time for the Everyday in Postwar Realist Cinema
  • 2. Toward a Corporeal Cinema: Theatricality in the '70s
  • 3. The Equivalence of Events: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
  • 4. Expanding the "I" Character in Experimental Feminist Narrative
  • 5. "HER" and Jeanne Dielman Type as Commerce
  • 6. Forms of Address Epistolary Performance, Monologue, and Bla Bla Bla
  • 7. The Rhythm of Cliche: Akerman into the '90s
  • To Conclude: It Is Time.

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