CIN105Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: The Postmodern Condition, Identity Politics, Social Movement
July 7, 2016
CIN LECTURE 16: POSTMODERNISM
• Emphasizing the textual (a range of filmmaking modes)
Classical Film Classicism
Art Film Modernism
Radical Film Political Modernism
Postmodern Film Postmodernism
• The POSTMODERN CONDITION
Loss of faith in certain philosophical traditions
The secularization of society-religion is no longer the all-encompassing truth,
artists become much more cynical
Widespread acceptance of social movements and identity politics
• Factors Contributing to the “POSTMODERN CONDITION”
Loss of faith in certain philosophical traditions
Social movement politics and identity politics
Enormous demographic shifts
The rise of multicultural capitalism
The continuous expansion of consumer markets
The rapid development of/ongoing integration of different media
The proliferation of screens
living in an environment of MEDIA SATURATION
DISPOSABLE ENTERTAINMENT
• Rejection of universalism
• Realistic vs. digital life
• Audience relationship with postmodernism is relative
• Everything is relative to the TRUTH—there are multiple perspectives and multiple truths
• There is no unified body of knowledge because everyone believes that they are correct in
their own perspectives—Postmodernism does not deny this
• From Frederic Jameson’s “Postmodernism and Consumer Society” “In a world in
which stylistic innovation is no longer possible, all that’s left is to imitate styles…”
• Art Elements
PASTICHE involves the mixing of styles
In the 1950’s, “Star Wars” title crawl was borrowed from “Flash Gordon”
Mixing of multiple styles, including WWII scenes during the fight scene at the
end of the original “Star Wars”
Intertextual citations
Intermixture of “high art” and “low culture”
Spirit of reverence and irony
Self-Reflexivity
• Modernist Architecture taking things back to its most basic and minimal elements
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Document Summary
Cin lecture 16: postmodernism: emphasizing the textual (a range of filmmaking modes) Postmodern film postmodernism: the postmodern condition. The secularization of society-religion is no longer the all-encompassing truth, artists become much more cynical. Widespread acceptance of social movements and identity politics: factors contributing to the postmodern condition . Loss of faith in certain philosophical traditions. The rapid development of/ongoing integration of different media. Living in an environment of media saturation. In the 1950"s, star wars title crawl was borrowed from flash gordon . Mixing of multiple styles, including wwii scenes during the fight scene at the end of the original star wars . Self-reflexivity: modernist architecture taking things back to its most basic and minimal elements. July 7, 2016: postmodernist architecture complicates modernist design; loudly proclaims the idea that we can take a whole bunch of different styles, put them together, and come up with something new (different time periods, aesthetic traditions, etc. )
