David A Gerstner
Biographic Data
| ID | 2445910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A Gerstner |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A |
| FAMILY NAME | Gerstner |
| SIGNATURE | GERSTNER D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Staten Island |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Blue Boys
Maurice Pialat (1925–2003) in his Libération article “Éloge de Poussin” (1987) tells us that cinema has made no progress since the Lumière brothers’ first projected images. Provocatively, he informs his readers that only painting has progressed and, as such, remains the far more innovative art form. For all the pointed remarks directed with some force towards French film critics and filmmakers, Pialat’s short notes in Libé offer us something more…
Past the Post
The 2016 presidential election triggers many unanticipated responses. Emotions run high. Political activists discover newfound energy. One’s place in the world has been unfixed, troubled, and unsettled. Philosophers and artists, stunned, rethink the terms for their critical positions and the formal aesthetics that shape their work. The moment is thus rife with anxiety in search of a response. As a film scholar, I find myself driven to script a re…
Choreographing Homosexual Desire in Philippe Vallois's Johan
This article presents a study of Philippe Vallois's 1976 gay film Johan: Mon été 75, the only French film from the period that directly and explicitly represents gay male sexuality and its urban milieu, Paris. Johan tells the story of a filmmaker (played by Vallois) who intends to make a movie starring his lover, Johan. Unfortunately, Johan is imprisoned for various reasons and is unavailable to perform in the movie. The film thus becomes Vallois…
Engage
Manly Arts
Manly Arts
Choreographing Homosexual Desire in Philippe Vallois's Johan
This article presents a study of Philippe Vallois's 1976 gay film Johan: Mon été 75, the only French film from the period that directly and explicitly represents gay male sexuality and its urban milieu, Paris. Johan tells the story of a filmmaker (played by Vallois) who intends to make a movie starring his lover, Johan. Unfortunately, Johan is imprisoned for various reasons and is unavailable to perform in the movie. The film thus becomes Vallois…
Engage
Past the Post
The 2016 presidential election triggers many unanticipated responses. Emotions run high. Political activists discover newfound energy. One’s place in the world has been unfixed, troubled, and unsettled. Philosophers and artists, stunned, rethink the terms for their critical positions and the formal aesthetics that shape their work. The moment is thus rife with anxiety in search of a response. As a film scholar, I find myself driven to script a re…
Blue Boys
Maurice Pialat (1925–2003) in his Libération article “Éloge de Poussin” (1987) tells us that cinema has made no progress since the Lumière brothers’ first projected images. Provocatively, he informs his readers that only painting has progressed and, as such, remains the far more innovative art form. For all the pointed remarks directed with some force towards French film critics and filmmakers, Pialat’s short notes in Libé offer us something more…
Art (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · French Historical and Cultural Studies (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)