The Incredible Stillness of Being: Motionless Pictures in the Films of Ken Burns

The Incredible Stillness of Being: Motionless Pictures in the Films of Ken Burns

Ken Burns' chronicles of the varieties of American experience derive their eloquence not only from their collages of diary entries, newsreel footage and popular songs of the past, but from the stopped time of their motionless pictures. The aggregate of photographs in itself constitutes a collec...

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Veröffentlicht in:American studies (Lawrence) 1996-04, Vol.37 (1), p.117-133
1. Verfasser: Tibbetts, John C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Baseball
Burns, Ken
Cameras
Civil wars
Culture
Daguerreotypes
Documentary films
Metaphor
Motion picture directors & producers
Movies
Photographic film
Still photography
United States history
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Zusammenfassung:Ken Burns' chronicles of the varieties of American experience derive their eloquence not only from their collages of diary entries, newsreel footage and popular songs of the past, but from the stopped time of their motionless pictures. The aggregate of photographs in itself constitutes a collective metaphor for the unity-out-of-diversity dynamic of America itself.
ISSN:0026-3079
2153-6856