The Argument (with annotations)

The Argument (with annotations) (2017)

What begins as an enquiry on things that mean other things itself becomes a thing that means other things, too. And whatever exactly that thing is, the latest by one of Canada’s most ingenious auteurs is another astounding feat of cerebral and cinephilic dexterity.

Data lansării
2017-09-08
Durată
20 min
Regizor
Daniel Cockburn

Distribuție

Curiozități

The Argument (With Annotations) is a 2017 Canadian-British short experimental drama film written, directed, and edited by video artist Daniel Cockburn. The short's first half attempts to deceive the audience into thinking it is a non-fictional video essay, revealing itself mid-way to be a work of fiction, the essay actually the work of the film's protagonist, an elderly professor (Clare Coulter). Submitted as Cockburn's thesis for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Film studies at York University, the film had its world premiere at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival, and has been warmly received by critics.

Production

Cockburn completed his first feature, You Are Here (2010), the success of which led to brief stints overseas as an artist-in-residence and a guest professor. Cockburn returned to York University to begin working towards his Master of Fine Arts degree in 2014, making the short films Sculpting Memory (2015) and The Argument (With Annotations), the latter also being submitted as his master's thesis.

Cockburn originally conceived of the project as a "lecture-performance," like All the Mistakes I've Made:As I worked on it I realized I'd prefer to make it a short film, and to cast someone else in the speaking role. Because it is essentially two films back-to-back, I needed to give the first one time to develop, for the audience to sink into it; then I needed the second half to be of a pretty similar duration.As the edit progressed, "get it unde…

Citește pe Wikipedia · Text din Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Date din Wikidata.

Recomandate