Issue 12
Vanishing Points

Looking at the Little Events: The Case of Chris Marker and David Perlov.

Marta Montiano
Lumière
Bio

Published 2011-07-01

Keywords

  • Observation,
  • collection,
  • everyday life,
  • domestic,
  • intimacy

Abstract

This article reflects on some of the manifestations of the contemporary documentary, focusing on the work of Chris Marker and David Perlov. The text presents the notion of cinema as an everyday task of observation, aimed at capturing a series of shots that reflect reality, in the form of collections. The theory suggests that to film everyday life is to organize reality into images that function as tiny archives of information about the world.

References

BERGER, John (2001). Mirar. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili.

COMOLLI, Jean-Louis (2002). Filmar para ver. Escritos de teoría y crítica de cine. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Simurg.

ORTEGA, María Luisa y WEINRICHTER, Antonio (Eds.) (2006). Mystère Marker. Pasajes en la obra de Chris Marker. Madrid: T & B Editores y Festival Internacional de Cine Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

PEREC, Georges (2009). Lo infraordinario. Madrid: Impedimenta.