Order, Truth, Beauty: The Poetics of Mac-Mahon

Authors

  • David Oubiña Universidad de Buenos Aires / Conicet, Argentina Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2020.vi21.10011

Keywords:

Mac-Mahon, Michel Mourlet, Cahiers du cinéma, Présence du cinéma, Modern Cinema

Abstract

In the early sixties, the cinephiles of the Mac-Mahon aproached the journal Cahiers du cinéma: during a short period of time, they were protected by Éric Rohmer and their influence on the journal grew quickly. The macmahonians advocated for a transparent mise en scène, a cult of certain virile actors, an eulogy of violence and, in general, a categorical, intolerant and dogmatic tone of writing, with a strongly belligerent attitude. Their perspective created a discontent among some of the established critics of Cahiers du cinéma and the group ended up moving to the journal Présence du cinéma that, since then, became the propagandist organ of the macmahonian doctrine. This article studies the implications of this absolutist poetics (defined by Daney as a “right wing bazinism”) which tried to rehabilitate Aristotelian assumptions in the precise moment when modern cinema was more inclined to put into practice Brecht ideas.

 

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Author Biography

David Oubiña, Universidad de Buenos Aires / Conicet, Argentina

David Oubiña es doctor en Letras por la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Es Profesor Titular de Literatura en las Artes Combinadas II (Cine y Literatura) en la Carrera de Artes (UBA) e investigador del CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas).

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2020-07-24

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Oubiña, D. (2020). Order, Truth, Beauty: The Poetics of Mac-Mahon. Fotocinema. Revista científica De Cine Y fotografía, (21), 319–335. https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2020.vi21.10011

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No. 21 (2020): The “European Dream”: Narratives of a Crisis in Film and photography

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