From Repas de bébé to Tarnation

  • Elizabeth Czach
Palavras-chave: Documentário, Filmes caseiros, Performance, Ética.

Resumo

This paper examines some ethical issues arising from the re-contextualization of home movies in documentary film. Drawing upon Paul Arthur's observation that home movies engender a specific 'performative exchange' the author argues that the 'access' home movie subjects grant filmmakers (predominately family members filming each other) often exceeds other subject/filmmaker relationships. The familiarity between filmmaker and subject in home movies raises significant ethical concerns when those 'private' films are recontextualized in a film meant for 'public' viewing. Jonathon Caouette's Tarnation (2003), a film that makes extensive use of home movies and home video, is discussed as illustrating of some of these ethical issues.

Publicado
2016-06-02
Seção
Dossiê Temático