Organic Cinema

Film, Architecture, and the Work of Béla Tarr

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

238 Seiten

2021
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80073-009-0 (ISBN)

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The “organic” is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an answer, this concise and innovative study locates organicity in the work of Béla Tarr, the renowned Hungarian filmmaker and pioneer of the “slow cinema” movement. Through a wholly original analysis of the long take and other signature features of Tarr’s work, author Thorsten Botz-Bornstein establishes compelling links between the seemingly remote spheres of film and architecture, revealing shared organic principles that emphasize the transcendence of boundaries.

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein received his doctorate from Oxford University and his habilitation degree from the EHESS in Paris. He has authored and edited numerous volumes in philosophy, cultural studies, film, and other fields. He is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait.

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Introduction

Chapter 1. Cinema, Architecture, Literature

Chapter 2. Central Europe

Chapter 3. What is “Organic?”

Chapter 4. The Melancholy of Evolution

Chapter 5. Where is the Center?

Chapter 6. Modernism and Postmodernism

Chapter 7. Organic Harmonies

Chapter 8. Back to Humanism?

Chapter 9. Politics of Harmony

Chapter 10. The Spiritual

Chapter 11. Organic Places

Chapter 12. The Organic Camera Shot

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.03.2021
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-80073-009-8 / 1800730098
ISBN-13	978-1-80073-009-0 / 9781800730090
Zustand	Neuware