André Bazin, The Space of Myth

André Bazin, The Space of Myth
A conference at Yale February 14-15, 320 York Street, HQ 276

While often described as the art of time, for André Bazin cinema brings audiences and ideas together thanks to “that realism of space without which motion pictures do not constitute cinema.” In hundreds of texts he discusses how the cinema of reality captures the singularity of local situations, social and political, and, in the best cases, claims worldwide acceptance by excavating myths. According to Bazin, the space of films is singular, but its mythical geology is universal. This conference examines these two significant terms, Space and Myth, as they apply to cinema and as they often interact. Ten international Bazin scholars will present short papers to be debated by seven discussants and by all attendees. We invite you to be among these.

Presenters:Dudley Andrew, Yale University (Organizer)
Ludovic Cortade, NYU
Colin Burnett, Washington University, St. Louis
Feroz Hassan, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Hervé Joubert-Laurencin, University of Paris X (Nanterre)
Marco Grosoli, Universidade Nova, Lisbon
Angela Dalle Vacche, Georgia Tech and NYC
Blandine Joret, University of Amsterdam
Sam Di Iorio, Hunter College and CUNY
Daniel Morgan, University of Chicago

Discussants: Michael Cramer, Sarah Lawrence College
Philip Rosen, Brown University
Jeremi Szaniawski, University of Massachusetts
Prakash Younger, Trinity College
Tadas Bugnevicius, Columbia University
Sally Shafto, Framingham State University
Chang-Min Yu, National Univ. of Taiwan and Harvard