Passage of Bodies, Refuge of Specters

Gaze and Listening in La terminal by Gustavo Fontán

Authors

  • Eduardo A. Russo Instituto de Producción y Enseñanza del Arte Argentino y Latinoamericano (IPEAL). Facultad de Artes. Universidad Nacional de La Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/2525085Xe055

Keywords:

documentary, film, gaze, listening, image

Abstract

The documentary feature film La Terminal (2023) represents a landmark case of the deepening of cinema as an art of looking and listening. Filmed at the bus station in La Falda, province of Córdoba, Argentina, the documentary is part observation film and part filmed survey to blur these modalities, offering the viewer a platform that explores the limits of what is observable in visual terms, in relation to storytelling, representation, and even figuration in the cinematic image. In terms of listening, the sound spectrum, and especially the voices that punctuate its journey, introducing narrative elements, propose a border experience with the challenges of experimental cinema, while still retaining its own territory: the poetic exploration of reality.

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Published

2024-12-11

How to Cite

Russo, E. A. (2024). Passage of Bodies, Refuge of Specters : Gaze and Listening in La terminal by Gustavo Fontán. Arkadin, (13), e055. https://doi.org/10.24215/2525085Xe055

Issue

No. 13 (2024): Arkadin 13

Section

Tema central

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