16 Then and now: cinema as history in the light of new media and new technologies Laura Mulvey peaking aficonado of Bran Cinema bt by no nes ‘expe Lam gong to ey to heya ths eapter by comer tag oie comet ss hat [hope eat othe desion of ‘he Brian Canes reas has wl comune ane, ore general perspective. Tam pricy interned i mye ‘ih the earn hisvokime are quests of sry: hehe {oye Bra snce Cine Nanda soy of Brian Cnet ell These escusins int, rae questions about "pola ene and “enema” newbie interslte th oy Thine aio en uenced, in ny rele ere y road urls beeen the Brain and the Bash His experince of the 1960s and 70s The sae he high pot of Cow Na Bat the Brash erson ofa radial cinema (tuned apt Aheconjnctre between cn a lt polis ape sm Temporancusy i many diferent pare of the word ee ite, then stretching. parteulary i i feist fri the Te ike wo lca the cal apa of bh cinemas win ier quesions «pola, cual and economic change hat Ive tten place since that pred. Kgs sat vat ying that iia o cmp Cems Noy an oustanding cont orto wal cinema, wh de ater minor ow pea, exper Ine Gremas my owe experience in my com. Home, ther deren viulations rae common us that are oc fp inerest de asa pater In these eres, The similar pattern may he found tthe chose elms exween Tet poles an the enema i the 16 and ene of“Tu Now Baty Cee Jos, lsovientaon and dsilusion that followed, concentra lowe all inthe SOx. gap, cher, i aesthetic ad pie ‘ntnaty developed shat esa tins edge toe wy dat ‘nema movement ‘ofthe 1990s conceved of hemsce Steer that hey dio no yt Flt wo he ln, a {il vd, moment before the eau From th pater, ice So cna ine Thee eon er ‘hate changed ad are to do wih de experience of temporal ‘the problem of epoch ar someting sens bt ii to tee ‘fiz These ate aes that pertape can ontye ped By he resent within the police kegacy of Tom doce 2d {ice to find a way towards tvs iserprcion, Uae Brin vero ofthe sory, the cinema of the Bran "rena see’ drety rate the rela Between ed no find ctr wha meaning hee cinema histones might hae {or the present. To reterate the perepion of sup of fon of eons, tht i sigan hee, That how Ander; none the expeiencs af rel apiation, an he Tomy tat characte the history ofthe sranegarde ron (G/T de O/H? And how cathe contemporary es ff Marian Cinema conte to mare general pul Shout cinema and igor? ist of al thei enema ofthe 196s, ot ony in Bin ant al i eewhere,telong wo a moment of pte ops nen Asana Xaver int ume, ha mpd, the ce ton came to funciona signe peo aed yl o a ‘pian eeology. Not only di ths cheat the desi fae tter word bt ea seemed flora mean fs Asweall now, forthe modem tradon, the nema wate art Ferm an ei specie io the twee entry that ‘oul prove he formal ue within whi ey ste of aes esthetics could ind expr (As a precoror to he preset Teplice been noticed how Eeguenty dhe rata 2 thes ofthe 19 ook ck to an tthe forma moment [he cnemeonerin conjunetare a the 20 Thi ae Sal he cue both er and Fanos) By the sco hal of ‘he overed centr, the nema could mediate between moder ty paliferston of ager the pretence of the sole othe Secale ani mornin somnntaent ora representation Thro» pleads aesthetic xray, to deny image rane oven) a athe And af ote, tf th gre te Ena of selteorence an selfconscloes that mathe the ‘al nema of the prod ‘AsXinier as pointed ont, Gnepia, tre of enema a sich, imate thee connecions Bele! Inthe ema meres th ine adel pla change. So, a commento socal Wan formation, cweatlor the pli anda commitment othe ‘Sheds place In embling that tranaormation, precious o he Talo avant gate, work togetber in 190 rats. In {ilarnonement te einen bal go be feo fom ie inane Sn conseniona wappings in order to become sof nd ol toh psa and sethee destin. One Is temped to spec [ie uate cies’ prs ait ovine ansfonnave eee ete eerrar oN? [gal mpiraton. Annette Bicheton' noes the convergence ence the inca, pla raaion and modern tet dey ted wih (he ina wat corm These links ete cinemas ranformatve potent and poli {at pit are esp marked bya tlelogieal ew of Mory hd aeacice sowie ot oni with exo cbt wih allocala pois movements olay ean five a moving no tre then lo ed tower in pion of -History Ale seflerting this por of hr teak, Susan Blcons has relocated the cola of co ‘ian foe the specie hint f the sci coves a ‘at rom on” by a amir Many of phase the decline of he ‘dustin! workingles (prt Ford), pltalzabon, neotbe hth afc he ony hen idrsses the probe fap in hed or a hewtook Nw pce eget natn, gaming ‘ate 105 ae eal san he wa “Shape has but completely pase aay” He emphasize the i= ‘ual cones conldton, ad wiser dfn, of ne toric defeat af bone and deli general- Ont cul fo erhae the “postmoderrejeedon Of hnry ding the 1950. Iharked and expres te beak ete heed adhe 0 ‘iswreton nt rae ofthe loge ‘ir the sequen on eter an ated or pol level? 1 impel ode the eat nan Hy om Pest pun chang ding he st cae sng, perms ads micas ding ‘Changed The hina the emblem of went cen ser ‘old ataly aged By te ine of ts undedth Dirty any olds mechanic echnlogy hal been overtaken by Be, "Seernic ad digi echnolglen bic ve a igh pricw ks sing prove Beste theft peop il go athe cinema Ila numbers and dubs wil corte 1 8030, mo of them ake ily to he inode tthe cinema election, iteram lesion, sought spear te 1,08 om de, Soh apeiing ante 7, Ad alone ier goin eon By the 1205 sigil o llected She proction o magen sswellathedifdon. Soy asthe dea ced 18 oneal ‘ri alongad, step wth, lhe res enone above {ior them gan to acquire Is on don etmeen the hen ‘tell reonsng a projection andthe now” af a complex ‘aston to be ecologic and proliferating media Hf hee ‘anh ik leet a ramework or ctor fr conemporsry ‘ula sapiation, cs loge pet to yw conde beter uly descendent night ner lamenort or mecphor win Iehich the potie of toil om ant dont might be Tht oF imagined. The nema nis present configuration, Saning longed memory ath ne aig eapact Saigo cdr vara for ncqotming tov te ide “San tack Mors continues he paragraph half quoted above in gach wy ao get that aeampe to meqotte aces the Ate ae indeed, of plead imporance inthe prevent cow Junctue Haw pricey thie ask might be anderahen Hs Imeresing, ‘To look backyard fom etd hori lol nigh steko be ingly notalge to Marto the other nd, nowalge for historical eealgy e posmodeih AS Buck ore putsie‘lee ad ork ou wa how thc rable inorder ore Sha hp any gcd ery Ar age tte ay aang ie trom the century There retro tnough orks meapho Neves working through the rubble of Fistor” revenge Areas of significance’ both of which pnt finn toward a {nttectal and pita rection fr now, bt one ch invoice ‘king hickmut the formar looking ltrs of moder This would neal invove moving Beyond the Keo ie nllcance of "Histor. wh the connotations of faed progres ‘ivi evoked by Skin DuclAors, and abo lxjond te ans Soa ct fps dena Wi hn perpen “Throwghowt the cis collected Into ths book, dere i a securing seahebe and political aie! the way that the Now Iwan Cinema ofthe He hs fesse the hee of na [Nina As ita Nagi sayin her nroictn: It om pa ‘eto aera nt te new fle mana 9 rong Mar ‘link with rain ins of the pasta that hey share 3 num Uber features and tendencies” Kea Xaver, an Bens sd Teta Nagi again, inher chapter Took closely andrea a ‘Bie hei nk "They note th tte, i 9 ns oD fenblemate Gnome Now subj. paricary the st he poverty sriken Novas of Bra) Ad Ue ows (he sans of Fo} tmspite of weir mportane collecive empha onthe diet ‘herent warnete about the return to dest there ‘but an hommage tthe carer cinema of social constiowsness. rom ahi penpecte, the "reworking. of national allegory (Savers tem) might rprenent mone evar a ep ing the rasp cna work hog he ube Th ‘snot conta an nea, nosaige etm to wpa Than as ove Nd 9 SHOHY hopes. But cond acknowledge the prblens posed by hire {acura ed ocnglae dns euler, pal i the preg ‘coe rma pola and economic change woe te cu a aon apy ed Prominin keeping th he real ay fH, become ae Fain in which contemporary demas ean be reovked and ee ‘mein de Brat Cn ttn Wale Sls 1998) ep Keeping with er eracng. of Clauer Rochas "Aeshede of rac ars psn ok ply snd hep Seamer nd of wil ronan nd yet sone te age ha ce ht Ca Nn pontmodernty wed tation to proce a seare of mule St aening ofthe here andthe diachronic thewe rele ‘Guttoudy perbape tentate resmertbed by 4 crema that rol Hike suse hag sce bythe eel tres hat Time change. erkape ny approach alee By Be ek of aioe across the get den tan, The ey inteeting aed ein, tem arta era ny aie at dep Image into the alley and the arworld. "Theres no dalogue wth the radial rantgue ofthe Se and the so came, Term to dramatize th es The Brita vance the Os tnt Ms ranged eros gallery and perfomance wor, er uchthin the eds modernist athe, to fein reorkig ‘aerate, co experimental doce. The jour Afi ‘brought dierent rand of ivdependent nd experi eth togethers Ad in Keng Nth te adel iemaona pt tion af the tie, the coer of ec was take re late Koch's Osi da mate sonia sein Gur (Aoi Non, 160 Uinetly though intereing work coved ‘bedoneon's more indi bl tough the 10, he move ment fellin the fice of to, quite connect cent Tn 1979 Manguee Thatcher became re Mines, ein confident acral Comer Gonement that ey ely xt of the ning hat had kept the ts eae ane, Ot ‘he her hand n 198 fourth T cael cme on thea 4 poke bie wo encoenge expeinental work» Channel Font ‘Seemed fore at lest open at ey pate for aa ‘era retention seach er anne’ Bt the ne Dimi fered by eleven vas ako emblemate of the decline ‘tn format and alter exhbaon spces paps ‘combination of these Beto that conte daly the Heh atic cineams experience of caer ‘The pala ‘Font parla omni, nen ough se of Aeon sd dbovictaion tht foes around the spec plane that it Firs woman Prine Miniter cel tok dani the wok ‘hist ad moat curing teteon ovement, A of eu ‘uorienaion asthe economies pie np gaa: on seemed ob js wo gto grasp Tat 1 concide by rtuming Wo the question of nema in be present climate of eit etna an perl conte Inion to the Wifi of egotatag aco the oes die Praca theo cal sapect of the nes jen legeter ere: Fit of al. the Birth of the cinema slowed he ‘orld e seni ll he deal of oeshanial moement, i ‘imseent socal ad seed mln, Ofer Be wal sein Now so witha seme of woe the acme ‘hema eto ofthe Went century offers, tao mich 3 toe ya sein the word te presen uta lescope ta he pase” Now ane th te simple our oii baton ea Sop an tha about the comple of min ages wi he ‘ae pce for reflection on tne tht hs angen lee the {il phlogeph Rather than the voy eden ccd vith projected cinema fen dace by ein 2 more “pen Tie cinema, in Rnmmond Bllours prise, should emerge ‘Grea can become 4 mater allegory forthe ontemporary ec to bxng the “rabble of history ip clove and "eset the Teas of agicane” at i cao prone a sory tprecente tne chine’ wih we do. The clos "Ines ye thre evidently a Maye bt ti neil eo ‘fie moment but abo, and pes more crcl offers a ‘ore alata imginae, means fr retectng on me ll BP I iights none acon ina bileren cco enn, ‘Blows flection on ow te were clare a pin fn how ges let inthe sabenem of hoy. tm se Comat of thought abo tempore, dee gape andl contin ‘cute Brain tenance’ nema ow election Siri ee rar an Toy son, ne Aer