‘A cinema of small gestures’:

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" ‘A cinema of small gestures’: "
Christopher Hauke

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069123
Doc. No	:	LA112752
Call No	:	‭10.1080/19409052.2014.905969‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Christopher Hauke
Title & Author	:	‘A cinema of small gestures’: [Article] : Derek Jarmans Super 8 – image, alchemy, individuation\ Christopher Hauke
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Jungian Studies
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	6/2
Page No	:	159–164
Abstract	:	The Super-8 films of Derek Jarman (1942–94) are discussed in the light of the artist's involvement with gay politics and his sense of being an outsider. This led him to identify with elements in Jung's psychology, especially his work on alchemy. Jarman's manipulation of Super-8 film images was comparable to an alchemical processing of the material contributing to his personal development – a process that Jung called individuation. The author argues that Jarman's radical approach to filmmaking is not only an active challenge to the assumption of film images as representative of reality but, in the hands of a politically gay filmmaker, also challenges normative assumptions of sexuality. The Super-8 films of Derek Jarman (1942–94) are discussed in the light of the artist's involvement with gay politics and his sense of being an outsider. This led him to identify with elements in Jung's psychology, especially his work on alchemy. Jarman's manipulation of Super-8 film images was comparable to an alchemical processing of the material contributing to his personal development – a process that Jung called individuation. The author argues that Jarman's radical approach to filmmaking is not only an active challenge to the assumption of film images as representative of reality but, in the hands of a politically gay filmmaker, also challenges normative assumptions of sexuality.
Descriptor	:	alchemy;
Descriptor	:	Derek;
Descriptor	:	film;
Descriptor	:	gay politics;
Descriptor	:	Jarman;
Descriptor	:	Jungian psychology;
Descriptor	:	Super 8 camera;
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1080/19409052.2014.905969‬