The plague of obsolescence

Kiersten Jakobsen

doi:10.1386/sfs.3.1.71_1

ISSN: 2042-7824
E-ISSN: 2042-7832

The plague of obsolescence
By Kiersten Jakobsen¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Stanford University
Source: Short Film Studies, Volume 3, Issue 1, Aug 2012, p. 71 - 74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.3.1.71_1
- Published online: 09 Aug 2012

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In The Cage, youth brings decay home, yet once it convinces the patriarch to embrace the possibility of recuperation, the mechanism the impotent father adopts becomes obsolete. This article analyzes The Cage's allegorical and political nuance by way of a passively perched camera that fails to zoom, track or pan.

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Keyword(s): André Bazin; deep focus; mise-en-scène; montage; realism; staging in depth

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