One film you may want to review is THE MUSIC BOX (C.Costa-Gavras 1989), where a lawyer daughter (played by Jessica Lange) finds evidence by way of photographs hidden in a music box of her father's (Armin Mueller-Stahl) Nazi past. ---------- > From: DR J J JACOBS <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Photographs and film > Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 8:55 AM > > I'm looking for examples of films or television programmes that use > still photography as an aspect of their mise-en-scene, particularly > those that 'energise' the photograph within the temporal continuity > of the film (e.g. using voice-over narration). I'd also be grateful > for reading suggestions ( I've looked at the Patrice > Petro collection, FUGITIVE IMAGEs, and take Sontag, Bourdieu and > Benjamin as read). > Any suggestions - from the opening of Chinatown to La Jettee! - most > welcome. > > Jason > > > Dr Jason Jacobs > Department of Film and Television Studies > University of Warwick > Coventry > CV4 7AL > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama.