Moinak Biswas
Biographic Data
| ID | 6629883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Moinak Biswas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Moinak |
| FAMILY NAME | Biswas |
| SIGNATURE | BISWAS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jadavpur University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Realism
A booklets sequence
This is a set of freewheeling reflections on a collection of publicity booklets for Bengali films produced between 1932 and 1958. The booklets, featuring story outlines, credits, song lyrics and sometimes advertisements, constituted a supplementary experience to the films themselves. But as we revisit them from the distance of time, and see them without immediate reference to the films, they seem to create a world of their own; they become indice…
From Space to Location
This article considers a possible logic of evolution in Indian cinema, which rests on the movement from space as stage of action, imbued with value, to a multiplication of secularized intermediary spaces. The encounter with the city—a defined geography and grid—made its own contribution to this process of narrative rationalization. At the same time, that encounter also released the impulse of pure recording and description, at odds with the narra…
From Space to Location
This article considers a possible logic of evolution in Indian cinema, which rests on the movement from space as stage of action, imbued with value, to a multiplication of secularized intermediary spaces. The encounter with the city—a defined geography and grid—made its own contribution to this process of narrative rationalization. At the same time, that encounter also released the impulse of pure recording and description, at odds with the narra…
A booklets sequence
This is a set of freewheeling reflections on a collection of publicity booklets for Bengali films produced between 1932 and 1958. The booklets, featuring story outlines, credits, song lyrics and sometimes advertisements, constituted a supplementary experience to the films themselves. But as we revisit them from the distance of time, and see them without immediate reference to the films, they seem to create a world of their own; they become indice…
From Space to Location
This article considers a possible logic of evolution in Indian cinema, which rests on the movement from space as stage of action, imbued with value, to a multiplication of secularized intermediary spaces. The encounter with the city—a defined geography and grid—made its own contribution to this process of narrative rationalization. At the same time, that encounter also released the impulse of pure recording and description, at odds with the narra…
Realism
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