> Dear Prof Clarke,
Interesting topic. would you be interested in something on Wenders?
ie specifically on "Paris ,Texas" or "Million Dollar Hotel" -or even
on the use of the old Esplanade(with its subsequent fate as a
postmodern facade on the Postdamer Platz in Berlin ) from "Himmel
über Berlin"?
and then thee is the hotel/pub" settings of the NZ "lads" movie :
"Stickmen"....
All being well, I'll be in Yorkshire at the end of June and could
look in to Leeds for consulting, if so desired.
Best Regards,
Yours,
Stan Jones
> Call for Contributions
>
> Moving Pictures/Stopping Places:
> Hotels & Motels on Film
>
> “One of the major changes in the cinema and in real
> American life has been the shift from the train and the
> hotel to the car and the motel, from a nation confidently
> progressing together on a preordained track to an anxious
> collection of isolated individuals frantically free to make
> individual journeys in any direction. A hotel is a society in
> miniature; a house is a symbol of family and continuity; the
> motel has become a metaphor for angst and alienation.”
> (Philip French)
>
> David B. Clarke & Valerie Crawford Pfannhauser are
> planning an edited volume on the theme of cinematic
> hotels & motels. We are aiming to put together a proposal
> to submit to our preferred publisher by mid June, 2003 &
> are currently seeking expressions of interest. We are
> looking to receive short (c. 200 word) abstracts from
> interested parties by late May, 2003. We intend to
> produce a multi-disciplinary volume with ample illustration,
> along the lines of _The Cinematic City_ (Routledge,
> 1997).
>
> Without aiming to be prescriptive, the kind of themes we
> anticipate covering include:
>
> *the thematic/visual/symbolically significance of
> hotels/motels in film; hotels/motels & film genre;
> hotels/motels as a part of the cityscape; hotels/motels &
> film production
>
> *the emotional/affective/ideological valency of
> hotels/motels in film; physical, geographical, psychological,
> spiritual & metaphorical mobility in relation to modernity
> & postmodernity; freedom, escape, anonymity, restraint;
> futuristic & nostalgic visions; utopia & dystopia
>
> *the hotel/motel as a point of departure; as part of a
> journey, a transitory or ephemeral space; as a terminus; as
> a frontier space; as a metaphoric foil to the status or state
> of mind of the characters; as places of transition,
> transgression, & discovery, often sexual or sexualized
>
> *the leading role played by hotels/motels; the functionality
> of space in cinematic narratives (e.g. the hotel lobby);
> changes in the symbolism of hotels/motels (from the luxury
> hotel to the cheap motel)
>
> *similarities & differences to the role of hotels/motels in
> other art forms & media
>
> Interested parties should send a 200-word abstract either
> by mail (to D. B. Clarke, School of Geography,
> University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK) or email (to
> [log in to unmask]) by 31 May, 2003. We will
> aim to confirm the final list of contributors by mid June,
> 2003.
>
> Please feel free to circulate this e-mail
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave Clarke
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Stan Jones,
Dr.M.S.Jones,
Senior Lecturer in Screen and Media,
The University of Waikato,
Hamilton,
New Zealand
ph. 0064/7/8562889/8362
fax 0064/7/8384767
www.waikato.ac.nz/film/
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