Ma, mu and the interstice: meditative form in the cinema of Jim Jarmusch

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dc.contributor.authorDaly, Roy
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-17T09:19:07Z
dc.date.available2018-04-17T09:19:07Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on the centrality of the interstice to the underlying form of three of Jim Jarmusch’s films, namely, Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Dead Man (1995) and The Limits of Control (2009). It posits that the specificity of this form can be better understood by underlining its relation to aspects of Far Eastern form. The analysis focuses on the aforementioned films as they represent the most fully-fledged examples of this overriding aesthetic and its focus on interstitial space. The article asserts that a consistent aesthetic sensibility pervades the work of Jarmusch and that, by exploring the significance of the Japanese concepts of mu and ma, the atmospheric and formal qualities of this filmmaker’s work can be elucidated. Particular emphasis is paid to the specific articulation of time and space and it is argued that the films achieve a meditative form due to the manner in which they foreground the interstice, transience, temporality and subjectivity.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationDaly, R. (2013) 'Ma, mu and the interstice: meditative form in the cinema of Jim Jarmusch', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 5. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.5.06en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.5.06
dc.identifier.endpage100
dc.identifier.issn2009-4078
dc.identifier.issued5
dc.identifier.journalabbrevAlphaville
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage87
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5779
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue5/HTML/AbstractDaly.html
dc.rights© 2013, The Author(s)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectJarmuschen
dc.subjectJapaneseen
dc.subjectMaen
dc.subjectMuen
dc.titleMa, mu and the interstice: meditative form in the cinema of Jim Jarmuschen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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