Chapter Three: Dynamism, Seriality, and Convergence
12019-01-27T20:41:58+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b13Chapter on the use of the moving camera in the representation of modernityplain1272019-01-28T02:02:02+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bFilms of the 1930s and early 1940s deployed the moving camera to analyze three distinct facets of modern culture: dynamism, seriality, and convergence. Each facet could be represented in a positive or negative way. First, the literal dynamism of the moving-camera shot might express the metaphorical dynamism of the big city as a place of energy and overstimulation. Films working in a celebratory mode presented this dynamism as vitality, whereas more critical films characterized the same quality as chaos. Second, a filmmaker might dolly down a serial array of objects--such as a row of desks in an office or a shelf of consumer goods in a department store--in order to emphasize the quality of sameness. As with dynamism, the representation of seriality could be positive or negative, championing the abundance of the U.S. economy or denouncing the meaningless repetition of mass production. Third, the camera might show how specific spaces, such as apartment buildings and train stations, brought previously unconnected characters together. This convergence produced the positive meaning of genuine community or the negative meaning of mere contiguity. This page includes links for all of the chapter's illustrated clips. For clips that are mentioned in the chapter, but not illustrated, see the "Additional Clips" page.
12019-01-27T20:51:55+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.2 The Clock1The Clock (1945)plain2019-01-27T20:51:55+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T20:53:26+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.3 City Girl1City Girl (1930)plain2019-01-27T20:53:26+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T20:54:40+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.4 Big City Blues1Big City Blues (1932)plain2019-01-27T20:54:40+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T20:55:56+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.5 All Quiet on the Western Front1All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)plain2019-01-27T20:55:56+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T20:57:13+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.6 À nous la liberté1À nous la liberté (1931)plain2019-01-27T20:57:13+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T20:58:22+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.7 Gold Diggers of 19331Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)plain2019-01-27T20:58:22+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T21:00:59+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.9 Show Boat2Show Boat (1936)plain2019-02-03T22:14:30+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T21:02:38+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.10 Gold Diggers of 19332Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)plain2019-02-03T22:18:52+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T21:03:56+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.11 The Grapes of Wrath1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)plain2019-01-27T21:03:56+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T21:05:15+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.12 City for Conquest1City for Conquest (1940)plain2019-01-27T21:05:15+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T21:06:21+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.13 Destination Tokyo1Destination Tokyo (1943)plain2019-01-27T21:06:21+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T21:07:35+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.14 The Human Comedy1The Human Comedy (1943)plain2019-01-27T21:07:35+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T21:08:36+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.15 The Human Comedy2The Human Comedy (1943)plain2019-04-26T19:22:40+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-27T21:10:14+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b3.16 The Clock1The Clock (1945)plain2019-01-27T21:10:14+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-28T01:52:12+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bChapter Three: Additional Clips343 extra clips for Chapter Threeplain1272019-02-03T22:37:23+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b