Intermediality in contemporary avant-garde cinema: Blurring media boundaries in Jean-Luc Godard’s films Cover Image

Intermediality in contemporary avant-garde cinema: Blurring media boundaries in Jean-Luc Godard’s films
Intermediality in contemporary avant-garde cinema: Blurring media boundaries in Jean-Luc Godard’s films

Author(s): Loukia Kostopoulou
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Semiotics / Semiology, Theoretical Linguistics, Semiology, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: intermediality; avant-garde cinema; Jean-Luc Godard; Film Socialisme; First Name Carmen

Summary/Abstract: 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).

  • Issue Year: V/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 15-34
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English