Stillmoving

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AvJon Inge Faldalen

2026

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This two-volume work explores a static long take, termed a still Einstellung, as well as coexistent still and moving imagery by Lumière, Welles and the MPEG compression codec, to contemplate the kind of image it generates. Jon Inge Faldalen’s volumes are a theoretical exploration of the concept of Einstellung. The author keeps the original German term, capitalizing on the ambiguity inherent in this type of image phenomenon; in this case, the long take, or at least a continuous unbroken take, effected by an immobile camera whose captured content could potentially contain perceptible movements produced by entities within the composition framed. The author embraces neologisms in order to capture specific aesthetic-technical phenomena more accurately than has hitherto been possible. Stillmoving I is a theoretical exploration of the concept of Einstellung. The author asks whether this image is a still image, or a moving image, or both, or neither, or, finally, what Faldalen terms stillmoving. Underlying these deliberations is the question of how cinema represents or mediates stillness. It unfolds over three chapters that examine the concept of still Einstellung in relation to slow cinema scholarship throughout the last two decades, in relation to approaches referred to as stillmoving scholarship, and in relation to reflections and shadows.Stillmoving II continues the work of the first volume, exploring the concept of Einstellung through a small set of specific case studies, including Louis Lumière’s Quai de l’Archevêché (Lumière operator, 1896), André Bazin’s analysis of the kitchen scene in The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942), and James Benning’s Stemple Pass (2012), as well as what the author calls “digital imagenesis,” which concerns the MPEG compression codec.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-02-19
Höjd:160 x 236 x 44 mm
Vikt:1 160 g
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Thinking Media
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
EAN:9798765129012

Utforska kategorier

Film inom Kultur
Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Jon Inge Faldalen is Associate Professor of Media and Screen Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the founder of the multi-million kroner research and teaching initiative Screen Cultures (2019-2024) at the University of Oslo. His research is primarily in the disciplines of Screen Studies and Cinema and Media Studies. Since 2003, he has interviewed hundreds of filmmakers, including the late Theo Angelopoulos and Abbas Kiarostami, Frederick Wiseman, Roy Andersson, Judd Apatow, Miranda July, Hirokazu Koreeda, David Lynch, Jafar Panahi, Ulrich Seidl, Abderrahmane Sissako, Joachim Trier, Liv llmann, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Ruben Östlund.

Recensioner i media

Theoretically ambitious and analytically astute, the two volumes of Stillmoving represent a major work of film theory. Bristling with sharp observations, the books demonstrate a remarkable range through their engagements with filmmakers from Louis Lumière to James Benning. Through their impressive scope, persistent inquisitiveness and richly fraternizing attitude toward the history of film theory, the volumes promise to be an indispensable contribution to the tradition of serious cinema scholarship.

Innehållsförteckning

Stillmoving IAcknowledgmentsTen theses learnt from a foundational figure of styleIntroduction: Still EinstellungInterlude: Einstellung1. STILL STILL AT STAKE: FROM SLOW CINEMAS TO A STILL CINEMAStill Einstellung In Slow Cinema Scholarship (2000-2020) – And What Is Still At Stake?2. A BOTH/NEITHER BENEATH BETWEENS? FROM STILL MOVING TO STILLMOVING (Part 1)Still Einstellung In Still Moving Scholarship (2000-2020) – And What Is Still At Stake?3. STILL EINSTELLUNG: STILLMOVING IMAGENESIS (DISCOURSE, 2014) A First ContributionIndexStillmoving IIAcknowledgementsForeword: Disarming of the Eye—And Camera(Still) Einstellung And/As Ethics Of Recognition1. A BOTH/NEITHER BENEATH BETWEENS? FROM STILL MOVING TO STILLMOVING (Part 2)Still Einstellung In Still moving Scholarship (2011-2020) – And What Is Still At Stake?2. THE FIRST EINSTELLUNG OF FILM WAS STILLLouis Lumière And Film Frames That “Coincide Exactly” And Are “Rigorously Identical”Case Study I: Quai de l’Archevêché (Lumière Operator, 1896) Early Contemplative Film3. AS IF SWADDLING STILLNESS: WHAT CINEMA IS AS WELLCase study II: The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942) André Bazin And “The Immobility Of The Sequence Shot”The Magnificent Ambersons Beyond BazinConclusion: STILLMOVING – A DIFFERENT KIND OF IMAGECase Study III: The MPEG Compression CodecIndex