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.   

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> 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
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