011- Twinning: The Double, the Dopelganger, and the Uncanny
BooF FM por Jessie and Seán
Notas del episodio
Bonjour Boofies. This Thursday we will be traversing through fragments of time and memory, dipping down through the uncanny valley before landing in… Cornwall?
Mark Jenkin has emerged as a forerunner in the new heritage of British independent cinema, capturing the nostalgic and other-world imaginary with his retro-technical formalism. Shooting exclusively with Bolex handhelds on 16mm developed by hand and with all audio overdubbed, his practical style is peerless in contemporary film.
His new feature Rose of Nevada, starring George McKay and Mr. Dua Lipa uses these mechanisms to meditate on the hauntological erasure of the present and future of his native Cornwall. This ghost story takes the strange shape of grief, transference and the uncanny double.
We decided to further erode the barrier between our conscious and unconscious. ...