Cinema-Interval

by Minh-ha,Trinh T.

• ISBN13: 9780415922012
• ISBN10: 0415922011
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-09-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"An image is powerful not necessarily because of anything specific it offers the viewer, but because of everything it apparently also takes away from the viewer." --Trinh T. Minh-ha Vietnamese filmmaker and feminist thinker Trinh T. Minh-ha is one of the most powerful and articulate voices in independent filmmaking. In her writings and interviews, as well as in her filmscripts, Trinh explores what she describes as the "infinite relation" of word to image.Cinema-Intervalbrings together her recent conversations on film and art, life and theory, with Homi Bhabha, Deb Verhoeven, Annamaria Morelli and other critics. Together these interviews offer the richest presentation of this extraordinary artist's ideas. Extensively illustrated in color and black and white,Cinema-Intervalcovers a wide range of issues, many of them concerning "the space between"--between viewer and film, image and text, interviewer and interviewee, lover and beloved. As an added bonus, the completescripts of Trinh's filmsSurname Viet Given Name NamandA Tale of Loveare also included in the volume. Cinema-Intervalwill be an essential work for readers interested in contemporary film art, feminist thought, and postcolonial studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Illustrations, Filmography, and Distribution	ix
Beware of Wolf Intervals	xi
PART I UPWARD: DIVING IN, NON-SEEING
A Scenography of Love with Deb Verhoeven	3	(14)
Painted Power with Homi Bhabha	17	(16)
The Undone Interval with Annamaria Morelli	33	(18)
Jumping into the Void with Berenice Reynaud	51	(24)
The Veil-Image with Margaret Kelly	75	(18)
PART II MIDWAY: RETURNING TO THE SCRIPTS
A Tale of Love (Filmscript)	93	(58)
Shoot for the Contents (Filmscript)	151	(30)
PART III DOWNWARD: SURFACING, NON-KNOWING
Two Spirals with Linda Tyler	181	(14)
Sarah Williams
Toroa Pohatu
Tessa Barringer
The Off-Screen Voyeur with Kim Hawkins	195	(6)
Flowers Repression with Paul Kalina	201	(8)
Speaking Nearby with Nancy Chen	209	(18)
Character Zone with Gwendolyn Foster	227	(20)
Scent, Sound, and Cinema with Mary Zournazi	247	(22)
Index	269