Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema

This thesis examines how a series of contemporary narrative filmmakers use minimalism paradoxically to enhance, detract from and interrogate the realism of their films, in order to critique current cinematic practices and investigate new approaches to the centuries-old dilemma of how reality can be...

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Main Author: McGrath, Sean Kenta
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1069
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description This thesis examines how a series of contemporary narrative filmmakers use minimalism paradoxically to enhance, detract from and interrogate the realism of their films, in order to critique current cinematic practices and investigate new approaches to the centuries-old dilemma of how reality can be represented on screen. This thesis is a creative doctoral project, comprising of an exegesis and a feature-length documentary/fiction film, This Used To Be Here.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-10692017-02-20T06:40:02Z Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema McGrath, Sean Kenta This thesis examines how a series of contemporary narrative filmmakers use minimalism paradoxically to enhance, detract from and interrogate the realism of their films, in order to critique current cinematic practices and investigate new approaches to the centuries-old dilemma of how reality can be represented on screen. This thesis is a creative doctoral project, comprising of an exegesis and a feature-length documentary/fiction film, This Used To Be Here. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1069 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle McGrath, Sean Kenta
Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema
title Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema
title_full Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema
title_fullStr Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema
title_full_unstemmed Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema
title_short Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema
title_sort beyond slow: the problem of realism in contemporary minimalist cinema
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1069