Attraction, Formalism and Film History: A conversation with Tom Gunning
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https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v11n2.1068Keywords:
Film history, cinema of attractions, media archaeology, racism, methodology for film historyAbstract
Interview with Tom Gunning, in which he talks about his cinephile and intellectual career, his academic trajectory, as well as his first years of research. Gunning also highlights dialogues with other colleagues of his generation, such as Noël Burch, David Bordwell, Thomas Elsaesser and Laura Mulvey. The concepts of cinema of attraction, the role of a formalistic analysis in film history and the issue of racism in the work of D.W. Griffith are some of the topics covered.
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Filmografia
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Comprimento de Onda [Wavelength; curta-metragem]. Dir. Michael Snow. Michael Snow. 1967. 45 min.
Demolição de um Muro [Démolition d'un mur; curta-metragem]. Dir. Louis Lumière. Prod. Louis Lumière. 1896. 45 sec.
Dez Minutos Para Viver [Ten Minutes to Live; longa-metragem]. Dir. Oscar Micheaux. Oscar Micheaux. 1932. 58 min.
Dirty Gerdie from Harlem U.S.A. [longa-metragem]. Dir. Oscar Micheaux. Prod. Bert Goldberg. 1946. 65 min.
Eletrocutando um Elefante [Electrocution of an Elephant; curta-metragem] Dir. Edwin Porter. Prod. Edison Film Company. 1903. 74 sec.
Empire [longa-metragem]. Dir. Andy Warhol. Prod. Andy Warhol. 1965. 485 min.
Estandarte do Invicto [The Symbol of the Unconquered; longa-metragem]. Dir. Oscar Micheaux. Prod. Oscar Micheaux. 1920. 54 min.
Intolerância [Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages; longa-metragem]. Dir. D.W. Griffith. D.W. Griffith Corp. 1916. 197 min.
Morte! [Go Down, Death!; longa-metragem]. Dir. Spencer Williams. Alfred N. Sack. 1944. 53 min.
Nos Limites dos Portões [Within Our Gates; longa-metragem]. Dir. Oscar Micheaux. Prod. Oscar Micheaux. 1920. 79 min.
O Encouraçado Potemkin [Bronenosets Potyomkin; longa-metragem]. Dir. S. Eisenstein. Mosfilm. 1925. 71 min.
Os Enteados de Deus [God's Step Children; longa-metragem]. Dir. Oscar Micheaux. Prod. Oscar Micheaux. 1938. 70 min.
O Nascimento de uma Nação [The Birth of a Nation; longa-metragem]. Dir. D.W. Griffith. D.W. Griffith Corp. 1915. 193 min.
O Triunfo da Vontade [Triumph des Willens; longa-metragem]. Dir. Leni Riefenstahl. Reichsparteitag-Film. 1935. 114 min.
Olympia [longa-metragem]. Dir. Leni Riefenstahl. Olympia-Film. 1938. 226 min.
O Sangue de Jesus [The Blood of Jesus; longa-metragem]. Dir. Spencer Williams. Amegro Films. 1941. 56 min.
The Greaser’s Gauntlet [curta-metragem]. Dir. D.W. Griffith. Biograph. 1908. 17 min.
The Struggle [longa-metragem]. Dir. D.W. Griffith. D.W. Griffith Corp. 1931. 77 min.
