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Cinema Against Doublethink - Ethical Encounters with the Lost Pasts of World History (Paperback)
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Cinema Against Doublethink - Ethical Encounters with the Lost Pasts of World History (Paperback)
Series: Remapping World Cinema
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When is it OK to lie about the past? If history is a story, then
everyone knows that the 'official story' is told by the winners. No
matter what we may know about how the past really happened, history
is as it is recorded: this is what George Orwell called
doublethink. But what happens to all the lost, forgotten, censored,
and disappeared pasts of world history? Cinema Against Doublethink
uncovers how a world of cinemas acts as a giant archive of these
lost pasts, a vast virtual store of the world's memories. The most
enchanting and disturbing films of recent years - Uncle Boonmee Who
Can Recall his Past Lives, Nostalgia for the Light, Even the Rain,
The Act of Killing, Carancho, Lady Vengeance - create ethical
encounters with these lost pasts, covering vast swathes of the
planet and crossing huge eras of time. Analysed using the
philosophies of Gilles Deleuze (the time-image) and Enrique Dussel
(transmodern ethics), the multitudinous cinemas of the world are
shown to speak out against doublethink, countering this biggest lie
of all with their myriad 'false' versions of world history. Cinema,
acting against doublethink, remains a powerful agent for reclaiming
the truth of history for the 'post-truth' era.
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