Intermediality in contemporary avant-garde cinema: Blurring media boundaries in Jean-Luc Godard’s films
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33919/dasc.22.5.2Keywords:
intermediality, avant-garde cinema, Jean-Luc Godard, Film Socialisme, First Name CarmenAbstract
Drawing on the premises of avant-garde cinema (experimentation, transformation, liminality), this paper seeks to examine how intermediality functions as a form of experimentation in contemporary avant-garde cinema. It also bring new insights regarding the nature of the medium and the impact on the spectator. Examples will be drawn from Jean-Luc Godard’s films First Name: Carmen (1983) and Film Socialisme (2010).
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