IMAGES COMING TO LIFE: PETER WATKINS' 'EDVARD MUNCH' (1974) AND JEAN-LUC GODARD'S 'PASSION' (1982) (Ozywianie obrazow: 'Edvard Munch' (1974) Petera Watkinsa i 'Pasja' (1982) Jean-Luca Godarda

• Authors: Mazierska Ewa
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to show how Watkins and Godard reconstruct the creation of paintings from ages past. The authoress notices that these directors, literally and metaphorically put the painting in motion, using techniques available to the film maker. At the same time as they analyse the paintings, they perform an auto analysis of sorts. Especially for Watkins, the analysis of life and work of Edvard Munch is a medium through which he reaches his own identity and subjectivity, a way of looking at one self as the 'other'. Godard's aim is to show the viewer that film consists of images that do not have to form a coherent narrative. The vanguard character of these films is explained by the period of their creation: from mid 70s till early 80s. These two films are a swan song of cinematic modernism, with its roots in the high arts, and conviction that cinema is the rightful heir of fine art.

Keywords

EN

MUNCH EDVARD; WATKINS PETER; GODARD JEAN-LUC

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filmowy
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 65
• Pages: 117-128
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mazierska Ewa

• Ewa Mazierska, School of Journalism, Media and Communication University of Central Lancashire, Harris 220, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA064618