Nada Acontece: O Cotidiano Hiper-realista de Chantal Akerman

by Ivone Margulies

Chantal Akerman criou uma obra livre e rigorosa, com filmes que alternam contenção, ordem e simetria, de um lado, com obsessão e rompantes, de outro. Neste livro, Ivone Margulies apresenta o primeiro estudo sobre a cineasta belga, procurando investigar o que acontece quando “nada acontece” nos seus filmes, bem como oferecer uma breve genealogia da associação entre a duração prolongada e a temática do cotidiano no cinema europeu pós-guerra. Investiga o interesse no cotidiano, que se estende do cinema neorrealista do pós-guerra até a reescrita feminista da história da mulher nos anos 1970. A análise da autora revisa a desgastada oposição entre realismo e modernismo no cinema, define a estética do hiper-realismo minimalista em contraste com o anti-ilusionismo de Godard e revela como são inadequadas as caracterizações populares dos filmes de Akerman como simplesmente modernistas ou feministas.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Art, Feminism, Criticism, Theory

352 pages, Hardcover

First published February 9, 1996

Reviews

[fioo ! ♡ ∗ ˚ ˖࣪ ∗ ‎˖ ݁ . ° · ˚ ₊ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chantal Akerman is god. That's it. That's my statement.

[Harris]

There's a WHOLE lot in here. Way more than I was expecting tbh. I'm constantly reading above my reading level.

Akerman has slowly become one my very favorite directors, if not my #1. This book explores her relationship with Deleuze and Guattari, especially how their concept of a minor literature influenced her. The author is unfortunately very careful not to go too far drawing parallels of her work with Kafka, which I would have enjoyed reading. There's a lot of Lefebvre as well, and a great discussion of his shortcomings, as he was so interested in the quotidian. It's a fabulous book. It's also a shame that this book was written before Akerman made her Proust movie.

Worth the read if you're floored by Akerman's movies - and who wouldn't be? other than those who claim "nothing happens."

[Chris Burkhalter · Rating 5 out of 5]

If anyone has written a more comprehensive and sensible piece on Chantal Akerman, I haven't read it. (Which is to say, no such thing has been published.)

[César Castillo Vega · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un completo ensayo en torno a las características fundamentales del cine de Akerman, que permite no solo recorrer las obras sino también profundizar en sus efectos y en sus distinciones con otras y otros directores que han trabajado los mismos problemas.