Epistolary Entanglements in Film, Media and the Visual Arts

Teri Higgins is an independent scholar who received her Ph.D. from the University of Otago in 2013. Her thesis, Attention to Detail: Epistolary Discourse and Contemporary Cinema inspired the idea for this edited collection. Catherine Fowler is Professor in Film and Media at Otago University. She is the author of a BFI Classic on Jeanne Dielman and of a book on Sally Potter. Her essays on artists’ moving images have been published in journals including Screen, Cinema Journal and Framework.

• Acknowledgments, Doing (Audio-Visual) Things with Words - From Epistolary Intent to Epistolary Entanglements: an Introduction, Section One: Correspondence, 1. (Louise Coopey) Performance and Power: The Letter as an Expression of Masculinity in Game of Thrones, 2. (Catherine Fowler) 'My dearest little girl, I just got your letter and I hope that you will continue to write to me often'. Epistolary Listening in News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1976), 3. (Shiamin Kwa) Dead Letters: Epistolary Hauntology and the Speed of Light in Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, 2016), Section Two: Intimacy, 4. (Teri Higgins) Attention to Detail: Epistolary Forms in New Melodrama, 5. (Sean Redmond) The Spiritual Intimacies of The Red Hand Files: How Long Will I be Alone?, 6. (David Molina) Video Authenticity and Epistolary Self-Expression in Letter to America (Kira Muratova, 1999), 7. (Hito Steyerl) Epistolary Affect and Romance Scams: Letter from an Unknown Woman, Section Three: Self Expression, 8. (Rochelle Simmons) Delivering Posthumous Messages: Katherine Mansfield and Letters in the Literary Biopic Leave all Fair (John Reid, 1983), 9. (Jenna Ng) The Interactive Letter: Co-Authorship and Interactive Media in Emily Short's First Draft of the Revolution, 10. (Emre Ça.layan) Epistolary Distance and Reciprocity in José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas' Filmed Correspondences, 11. (Susan Best) Instagram and the Diary: The Case of Amalia Ulman's Excellences & Perfections (2014), Section Four: Testimony, 12. (John Trafton) Civil War Epistolary and the Hollywood War Film, 13. (Christine Sprengler) Epistolarity and Decolonial Aesthetics in Carola Grahn's Look Who's Talking (2016), 14. (Sunka Simon) Epistolary Relays in Fatih Akin's Auf der anderen Seite (On the Edge of Heaven) (2007).