Jean epstein’s visual thinking: face, fluid and animism

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2019.2.32488

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Jean Epstein. Film aesthetics. Time. Animism.

Abstract

Jean Epstein’s writings and films often exalt the camera eye and the intelligence of the film machine. In addition to this enthusiasm for the device, typical of the European vanguards of the early 20th century, we have tried to identify the basis for the author’s visual thinking. The paper focuses on the figuration of the human face, the logic of the fluid and the animistic principle. The analysis of these elements, present in the writings and films, allows to understand the axis of Epstein’s poetics and aesthetics: the relation between cinema and time.

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Edson Pereira da Costa Júnior, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP)

Professor e pesquisador. Pós-doutorando em Artes Visuais pela Escola de Comunicações e Artes da USP. Doutor em Meios e Processos Audiovisuais pela ECA-USP, com passagem pela Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3.

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2019-12-18

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Júnior, E. P. da C. (2019). Jean epstein’s visual thinking: face, fluid and animism. Revista FAMECOS, 26(2), e32488. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2019.2.32488

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Vol. 26 No. 2 (2019)

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