The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen

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Discussion| June 01 2023 The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen: A Conversation with Laura Mulvey and Oliver Fuke Bruno Guaraná Bruno Guaraná Bruno Guaraná is Master Lecturer of Film Studies in the Department of Film & Television at Boston University. Originally from Recife, Brazil, he received his PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University and his MA in Film from Columbia University. His current research explores negotiations of cultural citizenship in contemporary Brazilian media. He currently serves as the Page Views Editor for Film Quarterly. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar BOOK DATA Oliver Fuke, ed., The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen: Scripts, Working Documents, Interpretation. London, New York, and Dublin: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. $100 cloth; $34.95 paper; $31.45 e-book. 384 pages. Film Quarterly (2023) 76 (4): 93–100. https://doi.org/10.1525/fq.2023.76.4.93 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Bruno Guaraná; The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen: A Conversation with Laura Mulvey and Oliver Fuke. Film Quarterly 1 June 2023; 76 (4): 93–100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/fq.2023.76.4.93 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentFilm Quarterly Search BOOK DATA Oliver Fuke, ed., The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen: Scripts, Working Documents, Interpretation. London, New York, and Dublin: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. $100 cloth; $34.95 paper; $31.45 e-book. 384 pages. The first film directed by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen opens with a mime staging of the German Romantic poet Heinrich von Kleist’s tragedy Penthesilea. The nearly bare stage is shot by a fixed camera in an uninterrupted take that lasts over fifteen minutes, culminating in the suicide of Penthesilea, the Amazon warrior-queen, immediately after she kills her lover, Achilles. Then, in the next of the film’s five sequences, Wollen appears on-screen to address the viewer. He speaks to a camera that continually moves in two long takes, initially in tilts and pans, and finally following him as he walks around the house he’s in. His is a curious monologue, not only because it is... You do not currently have access to this content.