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Retro, faux-vintage, and anachronism: When cinema looks back.
- Source :
- NECSUS European Journal of Media Studies; Fall2015, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p143-163, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This article explores the definition of 'vintage cinema' and specifically reevaluates the fetishism for the past and its regurgitation in the present by providing a taxonomy of the phenomenon in recent film production. Our contribution identifies three aesthetic categories: faux-vintage, retro and anachronistic; by illustrating their overlapping and discrepancies it argues that the past remains a powerful negotiator of meaning for the present and the future. Drawing on studies of memory and digital nostalgia, this article focuses on the latter category: anachronism. It furthermore unravels the persistence of and the filmic fascination for obsolete analogue objects through an analysis of Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- OBSOLESCENCE
MOTION pictures
DIGITAL technology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22151222
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- NECSUS European Journal of Media Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 115097143
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5117/NECSUS2015.2.BASC