The Essay Film by Timothy Corrigan
From Montaigne, After Marker
A concise study of the essay film as a flexible cinematic mode that blends documentary, experimental, and narrative practices, tracing its lineage from the literary essay to contemporary moving-image work. Through theoretical framing and close readings, it identifies hallmarks such as subjectivity, reflexivity, digression, and montage, showing how personal voice and image-thinking transform private reflection into public inquiry. Surveying landmark and global examples, it argues this form is less a genre than a way of knowing—politically engaged, historically attentive, and adaptive in the digital age.
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- Published
- 2011
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 224-240
- Original Language
- English
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