[en] Developing an intertextual dialog about first silent cinema and history, Sergei Glotov (Finland/Luxembourg), in his “What Makes a Film a Love Letter to Cinema? The case of The Artist”, answers his question by mentioning three qualities a film that wants to be a love letter needs to have: referentialism (quotes films of the past), nostalgia (its gaze is aimed towards the past), and self-reflexiveness (it is about cinema itself). The author adds that “the choice of the film is motivated by a) the director himself (and not a film critic) dubbing it a love letter to cinema, b) the film’s accolades and international success, and c) it being a French film, since this essay is part of an e-book of French cinema”. The paper examines how The Artist positions itself in the context of film history and how it represents the past and silent cinema. Overall, the author concludes that a love letter to film celebrates film history through cinematic quotations, glamorizes the past, and offers a sneak peek inside the film production.
Disciplines :
Performing arts
Author, co-author :
GLOTOV, Sergei ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Education and Social Work (DESW) > Teaching and Learning
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
What Makes a Film a Love Letter to Cinema? The case of The Artist
