PHL 710 Lecture Notes - Susan Sontag, Paris Photo
1 Aug 2013
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Panofsky said of theatre, that theatre is of elitist whereas film is democratic; for panofsky the film is democratic because not only is it subject matter of people, but people are who are filmed. The most filmic expression is documentary, which is following people and taking what happens in real life and gives details. Susan sontag believes both film and theatre can be democratic. What makes film democratic is the recourse of film or any other art form for what she calls radicalism. Radicalism not only what makes film an art, it makes it democratic. It is a violation of convention (what happens usually), but it cannot be a rejection of all convention other wise we would not understand it. The true artist for sontag says for everyone who can"t, he says watch me: radicalism own special temperament and talents, he says he can show what no one else can"t. Art today embraces radicalism, it makes it very individualistic.
