[Frameworks] reflexivity and Dziga Vertov

[John MacKay]

Hi Jaime,

and of course, please cite as you'd like!

Your second question is tricky: I wrote this piece up for a guidebook to
Russian cinema, but it was rejected (as too complex), so I just decided to
get it up on the web anyway. It's the only piece on MWMC that seriously
integrates archival material, to my knowledge, but touches on only some of
the film's many aspects. To answer more directly, though: writing it took
very little time, but I've been researching Vertov for over a decade.

The new book (which I'm finishing now) is a critical biography that
addresses all periods of his life and work, and Vertov reception as well;
I've published a lot on Vertov already. Send on any other questions you
might have, and good luck with the paper!
Yours,
John

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:15 PM, jaime cleeland <ethnomite at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> John, thank you for that link.  Is it possible that I quote from it ?  I
> am a undergrad student at Bangor University, Wales.  The paper is for an
> assignment for a class on documentary theory.
> Secondly, can I ask you how long did it take you to research and write
> your paper ?  I am interested because I see that there is much original
> thought that carries the work.
> Thirdly, what is your new book ?
>
> Jaime
>
>
>   On Monday, 24 November 2014, 17:57, John MacKay <johnmackay65 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Self-reflexivity in Vertov is a very complex topic, not least in relation
> to the questions of how and when he ended up taking recourse to
> self-reflexivity, and why he never thematizes it in his manifesta and other
> theoretical writings. I've got a lot about this in my upcoming book on
> Vertov, but here's something that looks at the film and its reflexivity
> from a somewhat different angle:
>
> https://www.academia.edu/4090580/_Man_with_a_Movie_Camera_An_Introduction_
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Francisco Torres <fjtorrespr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> ''...the reflexive mode'' - that seems to apply to documentaries, and
> TMWAMC may not be a documentary but something else. Maybe something like an
> essay....
>
>
> 2014-11-23 20:48 GMT-04:00 Jonathan Walley <walleyj at denison.edu>:
>
> I’m not sure anything’s ever been written about DV/MWMC that *didn’t*
> address his/its reflexivity. Any source you consult will have something to
> say about it. Some recommended sources include:
>
> http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520056305
> http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199388707.do
> http://books.google.com/books/about/Documentary.html?id=qtZ91DNvgBMC
>
> This doesn’t mention TONS of scholarly essays on Vertov and MWMC. Lots to
> work with.
> JW
>
> Dr. Jonathan Walley
> Associate Professor
> Department of Cinema
> Denison University
> walleyj at denison.edu
>
>
> On Nov 23, 2014, at 4:08 PM, jaime cleeland <ethnomite at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello,  I am writing an academic essay about 'Man with the Movie Camera'
> .  Any pointers on the reflexive mode within the film would be helpful.
>
> Jaime
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