Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Essay
- The Cambridge Companion to the Essay
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology: 440 Years of Essays
- Introduction
- Part I Forms of the Essay
- Part II The Work of the Essay
- Part III Technologies of the Essay
- 13 The Essay and the Novel
- 14 Lyric, Essay
- 15 The Photograph as Essay
- 16 The Essay Film
- 17 The Essay Online
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …?
16 - The Essay Film
from Part III - Technologies of the Essay
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2022
- The Cambridge Companion to the Essay
- The Cambridge Companion to the Essay
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology: 440 Years of Essays
- Introduction
- Part I Forms of the Essay
- Part II The Work of the Essay
- Part III Technologies of the Essay
- 13 The Essay and the Novel
- 14 Lyric, Essay
- 15 The Photograph as Essay
- 16 The Essay Film
- 17 The Essay Online
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …?
Summary
This chapter traces the history of the essay film from its origins in D. W. Griffith and Sergei Eisenstein (and theorizations by writers such as Hans Richter and Alexandre Astruc) to its manifestations in contemporary experimental cinema and video art installations such as John Akomfrah’s Vertigo Sea. The author argues that the essay film is uniquely positioned to incorporate and respond to political and social crisis.
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- The Cambridge Companion to The Essay , pp. 246 - 262Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022