Forms of the Intangible: Carl Th. Dreyer and the Concept of 'Transcendental Style'
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Forms of the Intangible : Carl Th. Dreyer and the Concept of 'Transcendental Style'. / Tybjerg, Casper.
In: Nordic Journal of Media Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2008, p. 59-73.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Forms of the Intangible
T2 - Carl Th. Dreyer and the Concept of 'Transcendental Style'
AU - Tybjerg, Casper
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The book Transcendental Style in Film, written in 1972 by future film director Paul Schrader, offers perhaps the most extensive analysis of how a particular film style might have a specifically religious significance. The article provides a critical discussion of Schrader’s theory, with a particular focus on the films of Carl Th. Dreyer. Schrader’s ideas are compared to alternative explanations of the same stylistic features provided by David Bordwell and Torben Grodal. The article concludes that while Schrader identifies a number of pertinent stylistic features, the ‘transcendental film’ is better understood as a subset of the art film mode. Torben Grodal’s description of the intertwined effect of a salient (often abstract) style and thematic content indicative of higher meaning, coupled with the contribution of a suitably disposed spectator, is, the article argues, more plausible than Schrader’s analysis.
AB - The book Transcendental Style in Film, written in 1972 by future film director Paul Schrader, offers perhaps the most extensive analysis of how a particular film style might have a specifically religious significance. The article provides a critical discussion of Schrader’s theory, with a particular focus on the films of Carl Th. Dreyer. Schrader’s ideas are compared to alternative explanations of the same stylistic features provided by David Bordwell and Torben Grodal. The article concludes that while Schrader identifies a number of pertinent stylistic features, the ‘transcendental film’ is better understood as a subset of the art film mode. Torben Grodal’s description of the intertwined effect of a salient (often abstract) style and thematic content indicative of higher meaning, coupled with the contribution of a suitably disposed spectator, is, the article argues, more plausible than Schrader’s analysis.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Dreyer, Carl Th.
KW - Schrader, Paul
KW - religion og film
KW - transcendental stil
KW - filmstil
KW - kognitiv filmteori
KW - filmteori
KW - Dreyer, Carl Th.
KW - Schrader, Paul
KW - religion and film
KW - transcendental style
KW - film style
KW - cognitive film theory
KW - film theory
U2 - 10.1386/nl.6.1.59/1
DO - 10.1386/nl.6.1.59/1
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 59
EP - 73
JO - Nordic Journal of Media Studies
JF - Nordic Journal of Media Studies
SN - 1601-829X
IS - 1
ER -
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