I am interested in narrative much in the way Bruno Latour has described it,
as a way of bringing nature back into history, of providing a 'warmth' to
non-human regimes of culture like the evolution of scientific knowledge
as seen through its instrumentality, etc.. Narrative as a cataloguing of
quirks,
features, or causal nodes arranging in a continuum. A Filmic adaptation of
this might
be something like Gilliam's 'Lost in La Mancha' which makes itself out of a
failure of narrative to 'perform' correctly.. Also the use of the failed
Orson Welles
Quixote lends it a level of themic complexity, or historical resonance. Why
do Film and Don Quixote have such a rough mating? Definitely a
Literary/Philosophical
angle there with respect to narrative, Don Quixote being roughly the world's
first modern novel..
PS
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From: "Elizabeth Nolan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 10:43 AM
Subject: KOREAN Films
> I have no answers for you reference narratives, but I would appreciate
> know the source of your comments and what readings you might recommend
> otherwise.
>
> Interestingly, San Diego is having a mini Korean Film Festival this
> week including
> LIBERA ME
> MUSA
> A DAY
> BUTTERFLY
> ART MUSEUM
> THE ISLE
>
> I saw LIBERA ME (arsonist drama / action) which had a poor showing
> (fire is not a popular topic here in San Diego this month). MUSA is a
> 14th century epic about delivering a princess to the homeland. Both
> have very good production values, and scenes unfamiliar in many
> standard Hollywood films. The action and cinematography are good. The
> stories are lacking as I think these are a showcase of technical
> talents.
>
>
> Elizabeth
>
> In
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 22:27:48 +0800
> > From: Zhang Jia Jun <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Models of Literary Narrative and Film Studies
> >
> > Does anyone know of any materials out there who deal with the possible
> > applications of narrative theory, used mainly with regards to literary
> > studies, in the domain of film studies as an alternative? I have
> > learnt of
> > at least 3 models, the mimetic(that narrative imitates reality), the
> > commentary/inflective/reflective(that narrative comments on reality
> > while
> > presenting it partially), and also, the parodic(that narrative inverts
> > reality and seeks to challenge it often). Of course, this hardly does
> > justice to narrative theory, but I am seeking to use narrative theory
> > and
> > its limits to study some resurgent genres of film in South Korean
> > cinema,
> > especially the high school horror flick genre/action genre for one
> > case. The
> > films involve naturally the three films of "Whispering Corridors"
> > series,
> > including the current 3rd instalment of "Wishing Stairs".
> >
> > Kevin
> >
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