Fictions of analysis: detail, visual intrigue, and “hermeneutic archeology” in Tren de sombras (1997)

Authors

  • Luiz Carlos Oliveira Jr.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.1285

Keywords:

Suporte fílmico. Investigação óptica. Hermenêutica estética.

Abstract

The article focuses on what one might call a “fiction of analysis”: a narrative that concentrates on the investigation of an image or a set of images, which are examined through a curious, hyperbolic gaze, willing for optical intrigue and surprising discoveries. We will see how this form of gaze, typical of Western visual modernity, manifests itself in Tren de Sombras (Jose Luis Guerin, 2007), whose cinematographic precursors can be traced back to Blow Up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) and The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (Raul Ruiz, 1978). The aim is to show how these films elaborate an experimental model for visual investigation and meta-filmic analysis.

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Published

18-05-2017

How to Cite

Oliveira Jr., L. C. (2017). Fictions of analysis: detail, visual intrigue, and “hermeneutic archeology” in Tren de sombras (1997). E-Compós, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.1285

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Cinema