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A strange mirror : realism, ambiguity and absence in the work of Harmony Korine
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-169).
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| author | Smit, Alexia Jayne |
| author2 | Marx, Lesley |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-169). |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8123 A strange mirror : realism, ambiguity and absence in the work of Harmony Korine Smit, Alexia Jayne Marx, Lesley Film Studies Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-169). This dissertation examines the work of Harmony Korine with a particular focus on his use of realism as a disruptive critical tool. My study combines a theoretical and an analytical project. My aim is to defend Korine's works against charges of naive realism by revealing the limits of a structuralist approach to Korine's realism and arguing, instead, for the adoption of the phenomenologically grounded, realist criticism of Andre Bazin. I use Bazin' s observations about the referential or indexical relationship between the camera and the physical world and his definition of 'phenomenological realism' to argue for a privileged and fruitful relationship between Korine's realism and the physical or affective dimensions of the cinematic image. I supplement this discussion with a critical application of theories of affect forwarded by such theorists as Vivian Sobchack and Laura U. Marks, as well as theories of the grotesque. In addition, my thesis extends the links that Bazin draws between the restraint defining phenomenological realism and a productive ambiguity to argue that, rather than presenting an unsophisticated realist approach, Korine's realism operates as the primary critical tool in a confrontation with dominant sign systems and, ultimately, with the limitations of both verbal and filmic language. 2014-10-06T11:25:47Z 2014-10-06T11:25:47Z 2007 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8123 eng application/pdf Centre for Film and Media Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Film Studies Smit, Alexia Jayne A strange mirror : realism, ambiguity and absence in the work of Harmony Korine |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A strange mirror : realism, ambiguity and absence in the work of Harmony Korine |
| title_full | A strange mirror : realism, ambiguity and absence in the work of Harmony Korine |
| title_fullStr | A strange mirror : realism, ambiguity and absence in the work of Harmony Korine |
| title_full_unstemmed | A strange mirror : realism, ambiguity and absence in the work of Harmony Korine |
| title_short | A strange mirror : realism, ambiguity and absence in the work of Harmony Korine |
| title_sort | strange mirror realism ambiguity and absence in the work of harmony korine |
| topic | Film Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8123 |
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