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subconscious results in projecting subconscious sentiments onto the conscious intellectual plane. The theory developed emphasizes that aesthetic pleasure is intricately tied to the stimulation of ineffable subconscious emotional associations. It proposes a view of poetic language wherein the sign, regardless of the reader's subjective imposition of beauty, remains aesthetically inexpressive.
231:, Epstein chose to film a simple story of love and violence "to win the confidence of those, still so numerous, who believe that only the lowest melodrama can interest the public", and also in the hope of creating "a melodrama so stripped of all the conventions ordinarily attached to the genre, so sober, so simple, that it might approach the nobility and excellence of tragedy".
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Epstein posits the notion that cinema possesses a magical quality due to its ability to transcend certain limitations of representation, surpassing "the resemblance of things" and achieving an "efficiency superior to forms," which he regards as the pinnacle of cinematography. However, he is keen to
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Paradoxically, Jean
Epstein's significance as a stylist, poet, and theoretician has grown despite the absence of his films. Many of his masterpieces, including "Mor’Vran" (1931), "L’Or des mers" (1933), and "Les Berceaux" (1934), have never undergone restoration. Nevertheless, his early writings
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In numerous instances and through various expressions, Epstein contrasts narration with an alternative system of representation more closely aligned with cinematic brilliance – what we might term a descriptive framework. Here, experimentation supplants narrative conventions with the potency of
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Epstein, in an interview: “‘In your opinion, do films fashioned according to the cubist or expressionist taste represent the quintessence of cinema?’ This time, my answer was even more categorical: ‘No, it is but an accessory of cinema and almost an ill-state for this accessory.’”
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335:brought significant inspiration within European
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1012:. FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen, Vienna 2008,
984:. PhD Dissertation: New York University, 1980.
970:. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2012.
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353:(1922), a companion piece to his
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781:. Paris: Librairie Valois, 1932.
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730:Le Cinématographe vu de l'Etna
349:His theory of film began with
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762:. Paris: Seghers, 1974–1975.
742:L'Intelligence d'une machine
322:Epstein died in 1953 from a
961:Cœur fidèle de Jean Epstein
793:La chute de la maison Usher
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382:Descriptive Experimentation
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462:The Beauty from Nivernais
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750:. Paris: J. Melot, 1947.
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