The repeat viewing in the context of metacinema

Authors

  • Fátima Chinita Lisbon Higher Polytechnic Institute, Drama and Film School, Film Department, 2700- 571 Amadora / C.I.A.C. – Arts and Communication Research Center (University of Algarve)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v1n2.34

Keywords:

Repeat viewing, metacinema, authorial discourse, meta spectator, meta director

Abstract

Repeat viewing is a very specific activity practiced foremost by the cinephiliac spectator. Latelly it has become connected with the use of new technologies and the existence of metanarrative or hybrid films. The more complex the moving pictures turn out to be and the more available the technologies of reproduction become, the more chances the metacinema has of satisfying one of the basic needs of the meta-spectator: to get close to the creator by way of the film. Whatever the degree and type of this filmic attraction, one thing is for sure: these spectators have a strong urge to feel that the creation belongs partially to them. Some creators, such as David Lynch, happily oblige.

Author Biography

Fátima Chinita, Lisbon Higher Polytechnic Institute, Drama and Film School, Film Department, 2700- 571 Amadora / C.I.A.C. – Arts and Communication Research Center (University of Algarve)

Fátima Chinita has a PhD. on metacinema and degrees in both English Literature and Film 
(Editing), as well as a Masters Degree in Communication Sciences. She has published several 
articles on metafilm and metanarrative and has been teaching Cinema at the Lisbon Higher 
Polytechnic Institute, Drama and Film School, since 1995. She is the author of a book on 
David Lynch: The (In)visible Spectator – Film Viewer’s Reflexivity in INLAND EMPIRE [published in 
Portuguese].
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Published

2014-03-14

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014): Art and cinema

Section

Essays