The recent uproar over NSA surveillance can obscure the fact that
surveillance has been an indelible part of contemporary life for
decades. And cinema has long been aware of its power--and potential
for abuse.
In "Closed Circuits," Garrett Stewart explores a panoply of films,
from "M "and "Rear Window" to "The Conversation" and "The Bourne
Legacy," to analyze the ways in which cinema has articulated the
concept of surveillance. While it has long been a mainstay of the
thriller, surveillance, Stewart argues, speaks to something more
foundational in the very work of the camera. The shared axis of
montage and espionage-- especially the way that point of view and
editing techniques are designed to draw us in and make us forget
the omnipresence of the camera--offers an entry point to larger
questions about the politics of an oversight regime that is
increasingly remote and robotic, a global technopticon.
Dazzling in its breadth of reference, and far-reaching in its
conclusions about both cinematic and real-world surveillance,
"Closed Circuits" further confirms Garrett Stewart as among our
leading theorists of narrative.
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