On Jeanne’s Doorstep. Spaces, Borders and Doors in the film Jeanne Dielman by Chantal Akerman Cover Image
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Za progiem domu Jeanne. Przestrzenie, granice i drzwi w filmie Jeanne Dielman Chantal Akerman
On Jeanne’s Doorstep. Spaces, Borders and Doors in the film Jeanne Dielman by Chantal Akerman

Author(s): Iga Łomanowska
Subject(s): History, Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Chantal Akerman; Jeanne Dielman

Summary/Abstract: The text is an analysis of the metaphors of space, borders and doors in the film Jeanne Dielman by Chantal Akerman. The author combines Thomas Elsaesser’s theoretical considerations on a metaphor of door and screen in the cinema with Erving Goffman’s, among others, analysis of social behaviour to interpret the stratifications of space in the film and their reference to the main character's mental situation. The article also discusses various kinds of borders in Akerman’s work, which have spatial, cultural, physical and mental dimension.

  • Issue Year: 451/2015
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 155-162
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish