<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article focuses on the intermedial relationship between cinema and painting, viewed as a self-referential process, and tries to determine various ways in which this type of signifying process can be used to “encode” various messages (within the work itself), or become an integral part of this (meta)communicative operation. Starting from a broad definition of intermedial references and continuing with a brief recontextualized detour through Gérard Genette’s taxonomy of transtextual instances, the author narrows down a specific technique that exemplifies this type of “codifying” procedure, namely the <italic>tableau vivant</italic>. In accordance with Werner Wolf’s proposed terminology, he attempts to determine the metareferential potential of this extra-compositional self-referential technique. The case studies focus on films by Peter Greenaway and Lars von Trier.</p></abstract>

The article focuses on the intermedial relationship between cinema and painting, viewed as a self-referential process, and tries to determine various ways in which this type of signifying process can be used to “encode” various messages (within the work itself), or become an integral part of this (meta)communicative operation. Starting from a broad definition of intermedial references and continuing with a brief recontextualized detour through Gérard Genette’s taxonomy of transtextual instances, the author narrows down a specific technique that exemplifies this type of “codifying” procedure, namely the tableau vivant. In accordance with Werner Wolf’s proposed terminology, he attempts to determine the metareferential potential of this extra-compositional self-referential technique. The case studies focus on films by Peter Greenaway and Lars von Trier.

Decoding <italic>Tableaux Vivants</italic>: the Metareferential Potential of Painterly References in Cinema

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies

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Decoding : the Metareferential Potential of Painterly References in Cinema

The article focuses on the intermedial relationship between cinema and painting, viewed as a self-referential process, and tries to determine various ways in...

Decoding Tableaux Vivants: the Metareferential Potential of Painterly References in Cinema

Pubblicato online: 03 apr 2021

Pagine: 99 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2021-0007

Parole chiave
metareference, self-reference, intermediality, metacinema, picturality

© 2021 Cristian Eduard Drăgan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Decoding Tableaux Vivants: the Metareferential Potential of Painterly References in Cinema

Pubblicato online: 03 apr 2021

Pagine: 99 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2021-0007

Parole chiavemetareference, self-reference, intermediality, metacinema, picturality

© 2021 Cristian Eduard Drăgan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
metareference, self-reference, intermediality, metacinema, picturality