Abstract
An important number of black-and-white films are made each year. Filmmakers tend to justify such practice based on the notion of temporality. Black-and-white images are indeed effective mediums in terms of visualizing temporal distance (past, future, timelessness etc.), as opposed to temporal nearness (now). This paper is an attempt to move away from such a reductionist view, by focussing on another type of temporality. I will argue that black-and-white films are powerful visualizers of various time scales, or temporalités. It is important to note that the strong expressivity of black-and-white images is not restricted to its relationship with one particular time scale, but concerns all time scales. To make this point, I will rely on Braudelian time concepts, i.e. longue durée, conjoncture, événement. The validity of this hypothesis will be examined by analyzing <The Book of Fish>(Lee Joon Ik, 2021). I will conclude that black-and-white films have the potential to visualize multiple temporalities within one single film, in a non-reductionist manner, rather than a reductionist one.
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