Le regard impossible
This paper discusses the issues of photorealistic illusion and ideological production in American blockbusters through an analysis of their digital effects and computer generated images (CGI). I adopt a Marxist perspective to question their discourse. Attention is first paid to the historical, theor...
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2019-09-01
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| description | This paper discusses the issues of photorealistic illusion and ideological production in American blockbusters through an analysis of their digital effects and computer generated images (CGI). I adopt a Marxist perspective to question their discourse. Attention is first paid to the historical, theoretical and technical conditions of the photorealism of digital effects and CGI. I then examine how films use photorealism to ensure the audience’s adherence to the ideology of the American way of life. I show that the mechanisms of ideological production at play in digital effects and CGI form a system that aims first and foremost to conceal their discursive nature, then obliterate the contradictions of reality in order to assign a specific viewing position for the audience within the symbolic and political order. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d413a44ab21e4091998600f5874f11652025-01-30T10:46:27ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica1765-27662019-09-01110.4000/transatlantica.11812Le regard impossibleMathias KusnierzThis paper discusses the issues of photorealistic illusion and ideological production in American blockbusters through an analysis of their digital effects and computer generated images (CGI). I adopt a Marxist perspective to question their discourse. Attention is first paid to the historical, theoretical and technical conditions of the photorealism of digital effects and CGI. I then examine how films use photorealism to ensure the audience’s adherence to the ideology of the American way of life. I show that the mechanisms of ideological production at play in digital effects and CGI form a system that aims first and foremost to conceal their discursive nature, then obliterate the contradictions of reality in order to assign a specific viewing position for the audience within the symbolic and political order.https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/11812ideologyHollywoodblockbusterdigital effectscomputer generated images (CGI)photorealism |
| spellingShingle | Mathias Kusnierz Le regard impossible Transatlantica ideology Hollywood blockbuster digital effects computer generated images (CGI) photorealism |
| title | Le regard impossible |
| title_full | Le regard impossible |
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| title_short | Le regard impossible |
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| topic | ideology Hollywood blockbuster digital effects computer generated images (CGI) photorealism |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/11812 |
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