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The Camera Shot and the Gun Sight
- Author(s):
- Anne Eakin Moss (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Film-Philosophy, Film Studies, Soviet and Russian history and culture
- Subject(s):
- Motion pictures, History, Motion picture studios, Motion pictures--Political aspects, Motion pictures--Philosophy, Motion pictures, Soviet, California--Los Angeles--Hollywood
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Film (history and studio), Film and politics, Film theory, Soviet film, Studio-era Hollywood
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/ent4-ep23
- Abstract:
- This article examines the link posited by Virilio and others between the camera shot and gun shot, arguing that this link operates differently in the context of Soviet vs. Western fantasies of agency, community and technology. Comparing THE LOST PATROL (USA 1934, John Ford) with TRINADTSAT (THIRTEEN, UdSSR 1936, Mikhail Romm), it asks what kind of relationship films from this era strove to establish between the viewer and the gun shot on screen. The ideological and stylistic differences between the films make visible divergent fantasies of agency, community and technology.
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- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.28937/1000108349
- Publisher:
- Felix Meiner Verlag GmbH
- Pub. Date:
- 2019-12-3
- Journal:
- Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung,ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung 10/2/2019: Blockchain
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 2
- Page Range:
- 25 - 38
- ISSN:
- 2366-0767,1869-1366
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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