Abstract
Drawing upon the recent writing by Agnes Pethő, the text examines the films Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror in terms of intermediality. The main focus is on the tableaux vivants that re-enact photographs by Claude Cahun, which according to Pethő are the supreme examples of intermedial intensity. The duality of traditional categories of ‘animation–live action’ is examined through the writing of Tomas Lamarre. The crossing of time period and authorship is highlighted as an intensity of intermediality in film, which points to the potential significance of an artist animating the historical archive in film.
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Films
Confessions to the Mirror. 16 mm, col, 68 min, Directed by Sarah Pucill. 2016.
Johnny Panic. 16 mm, col, 46 min, Directed by Sandra Lahire. 1999.
Lady Lazarus. 16 mm, col, 25 min, Directed by Sandra Lahire. 1991.
Looking For Langston. 16 mm, b/w, 42 min, Directed by Isaac Julien. 1989.
Magic Mirror. 16 mm, b/w, 75 min, Directed by Sarah Pucill. 2013.
Night Dances. 16 mm, col, 21 min, Directed by Sandra Lahire. 1995.
Phantom Rhapsody. 16 mm, b/w, 21 min, Directed by Sarah Pucill. 2010.
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Sarahpucill.co.uk (links to texts on all films including Magic Mirror, Confessions to the Mirror).
Wikipedia Sandra Lahire (links to the Living on Air Trilogy).
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Pucill, S. (2018). “Coming to Life” and Intermediality in the Tableaux Vivants in Magic Mirror (Pucill, 2013) and Confessions to the Mirror (Pucill, 2016). In: Smith, V., Hamlyn, N. (eds) Experimental and Expanded Animation. Experimental Film and Artists’ Moving Image. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73873-4_12
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