Johnson, BL (2016) Art Cinema and The Arbor: Tape-recorded Testimony, Film Art and Feminism. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 13 (2). pp. 278-291. ISSN 1743-4521
Abstract
In this article I discuss the award winning work of artist and filmmaker Clio Barnard, specifically focusing on her 2010 docu-fiction film The Arbor. Analysing the verbatim techniques so central to the film (techniques that originated in theatre), this article suggests that Barnard’s visual arts background inspired and informed her textual mixing of verbatim, lip sync, re-enactment and digital imaging, the result of which is a radical and feminist art-film. Focusing on the site-specific location of The Arbor as well as the significance of emotional, textual and temporal layering, this article also suggests that while Barnard’s work seeks, on the surface, to question the relationship between representation and the real in the genre of documentary, The Arbor also provokes and invites a radical reimagining of the hitherto male dominated legacy of British art cinema by bringing the voices and visions of women, past and present, into the contemporary frame.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, Edinburgh University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of British Cinema and Television. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Andrea Dunbar; art cinema; class; Clio Barnard; docu-fiction; feminist film-makers; representation; documentary; The Arbor; verbatim. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2016 14:15 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2018 20:20 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2016.0313 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.3366/jbctv.2016.0313 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94320 |