Multiple responses re: Films whose first images are hard to identify

From: Justin Horton [[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 10:09 AM
To: H-NET List for Scholarly Studies and Uses of Media
Subject: Re: Films whose first images are hard to identify

In her essay "What My Fingers Knew," Vivian Sobchack describes such a
moment in THE PIANO.

Justin Horton
Georgia State University


On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Bell-Metereau, Rebecca L
<[email protected]>wrote:

> From: Curtis, Robin [[email protected]]
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> Moderator's note: Try Amistad. Good question.
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> From: Curtis, Robin [[email protected]]
> Hi all,
> I'm wondering if you can help me out in thinking of films whose opening
> image offers a perceptual challenge to the viewer? Films such as these are
> difficult to make out in the sense that you only slowly begin to understand
> what it is that you are looking at.
> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any tips you might have!
> Best wishes,
> Robin Curtis
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> Prof. Dr. Robin Curtis
> Theorie und Praxis audiovisueller Medien
> Medien- und Kulturwissenschaft
> Heinrich- Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
> Universitätsstr. 1
> 40225 Düsseldorf
> Gebäude 23.02. Raum 02.26
> Tel. 0211 81 13067
> Fax 0211 81 11406
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Georgia State University

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