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Retro, faux-vintage, and anachronisme: When cinema looks back

  • Stefano Baschiera
    ,
  • Elena Caoduro
  • Queen's University Belfast
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Abstract

This article explores the definition of ‘vintage cinema’ and specifically reevaluates the fetishism for the past and its regurgitation in the present by providing a taxonomy of the phenomenon in recent film production. Our contribution identifies three aesthetic categories: faux-vintage, retro and anachronistic; by illustrating their overlapping and discrepancies it argues that the past remains a powerful negotiator of meaning for the present and the future. Drawing on studies of memory and digital nostalgia, this article focuses on the latter category: anachronism. It furthermore unravels the persistence of and the filmic fascination for obsolete analogue objects through an analysis of Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013).

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
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Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 143-163

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

NECSUS European Journal of Media Studies (Volume 4, Issue 2)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 05/12/2015

Publication status

Published - 05/12/2015

ISSN

2215-1222

Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/622333

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