Names are what you see when you look at things

Pena Morado, Alex

Names are what you see when you look at things

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Pena Morado, A. Names are what you see when you look at things. 2018. url: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Comparativecinema/article/view/347266

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Abstract

Starting from an analysis of the opposition of word and image, as proposed by Jean-Luc Godard in his works, we can detect the ever-present tension in the mise-en-scène of a literary text. When word precedes the creation of a film, it becomes a force that limits the filmmaker's possibilities, as well as directing the viewer's gaze. However, films such as those of Hollis Frampton and Guy Sherwin show language development as an enriching experience that makes it possible for people to discover the surrounding world, at the same time as it provides the viewer with a liberating tool with which to subvert the same power discourses that are produced by words.