I have no idea what "memory seen in its not locability" means, but one
of the most sophisticated use of flashbacks can be found in John
Boorman's Point Blank (1967). Point Blank experiments with the
resonating power of violence numbers, as Walker (Lee Marvin) is
repeatedly rethinking and reliving previous sequences. The violence
follows a feedback pattern. Actions, shapes, colors, and sentences
repeat and amplify. The opening of windows repeats, actions of smashing
bottles and guns in faces reverberate. Near the end of a movie a simple
punch cannot fall alone; it is accompanied by every other smack in the
rest of the film in a full pounding. Shapes of women lying in bed
repeat and reflect. The saffron color of Walker’s robe and his sister
in-law's dress is exaggerated in subsequent scenes in Mal’s saffron
colored headboard, shirt, and lover’s dress. "I want my money" and
“trust me” build up and become increasingly loaded as they echo. Most
of this scene composition occurs as the imaginings of Walker in the form
of flashbacks. Though beautifully constructed, "Out of Sight" fell
short in failing to reproduce Henry Berman's innovative editing on Point
Blank.
Aaron Smuts
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Subject: Hi to everyone, i'd like to introduce myself to the list
Hi to everyone on this list
i'm very glad to have the opportunity to discuss about the wide range of
topics in this list.
I'm Michele faggi, i'm from Florence, italy
and i'm working on a degree thesis about The relationship between
Nicolas roeg and noir cinema.
The approach is philosophycal and is a sort of "evolution" of the
flashback form in cinema, from b-noir (lewis, ulmer and others) to
contemporary noir.
The center of the thesis is Nicolas roeg.
One of the key is memory seen in its not locability.
I'm looking books about flashback, not only cinema books,.
someone knows books that analyze the "philosophical" idea (or form) of
flashback ?
i'll very happy to discuss this and to receive some help :-))
please to meet you
hear you soon
Michele
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