Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:12:08 -0600
From: Jeffrey Skoller <jasko-AT-nwu.edu>
Subject: Re: clarification re cinematic space and gender


>> >> >Can anyone direct me to articles which extensively discuss the issue of
>> >> cinematic space and gender
>>
>> I'm not clear, but the impression I got from the original post was for
>> something quite explicitly about representational space and
>> masculine/feminine modes of space. Alas I don't think I have any
>> references at hand.
>
>Yes, Adrian--that's what I meant.  I'm looking for something along the
>lines of the work on Chantal Akerman's early films which suggest
>the mise en scene of, say, _Jeanne Dielmann_ or _Je Tu Il Elle_, is in
>some way feminist or feminine (not to say I agree or disagree with this
>suggestion or the could-be essentialist implications of making such
>an assertion)...
>
>I have been unable to find work which mentions these issues in depth.
>
>kathy
>kburde1-AT-umbc.edu

You might look at the early issues of the journal Camera Obscura back when
they still were interested in such questions. They wrote extensively on
advanced feminist film such as Akerman, Rainer, Duras et al. Check also
work on Babette Mangolte in those issues. An important filmmaker of that
period, she was also Akerman's, Rainer's, Potter's, Joan Jonas' et
al.cinematographer--she shot Jeanne Dielmann. Mangolte also teaches cinema
at UC San Diego. You could contact her there. I'm sure she would have much
to say about such issues as her recent work has been on landscape.

Jeffrey Skoller






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