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On the cinematic essay, Nate, I would recommend hunting down Philip Lopate's "In Search of the Centaur: The Essay-Film," included in his collection TOTALLY TENDERLY TRAGICALLY (Anchor Books, 1998). Lopate has a huge investment in the literary essay (as both a writer and editor), and his exploration of the "essay film" is completely informed by that background, for better and for worse. All in all, it's the most thoughtful piece on the subject that I'm aware of. Best, Jonathan Rosenbaum At 06:00 PM 6/10/2003 +0100, you wrote: >There is one message totalling 28 lines in this issue. > >Topics of the day: > > 1. cinematic essay > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 15:52:19 -0400 >From: Nathan Andersen <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: cinematic essay > >Hi all, > >I read with high interest a piece in Film Comment (Jan/Feb) on "Essay >Films" (e.g. Sans Soleil, Bowling for Columbine, The Gleaners and I, >Lessons of Darkness, Night and Fog, etc.). I have also heard them called >"Cinematic Essays" or described as documentaries with a point of view (but >that seems too open, as it would include all documentaries except maybe >instructional type videos; and I wonder whether it is useful to consider >the kind of film I have in mind a subgenre of the documentary). > >Does anyone know of other good written materials on this "genre" (if it is >one)? Or of other good (and available) examples? > >Thanks, > >Nate > >-- >Nathan Andersen >Assistant Professor of Philosophy >Collegium of Letters >Eckerd College >4200 54th Ave. S. Phone: (727) 864-7551 >St. Petersburg, FL 33712 Fax: (727) 864-8354 >U.S.A. E-mail: [log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >End of FILM-PHILOSOPHY Digest - 8 Jun 2003 to 10 Jun 2003 (#2003-177) >*********************************************************************