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Eleni Palis

The Cinephiliacs

David Ehrlich

Robert Greene

Jerry Lewis

Sam Adams

Barry Lyndon

Justine Smith

James Agee

Karina Longworth

Matt Zoller Seitz

Roger Ebert

Eric Allen

Mark Harris

Craig Simpson

Adam Kempenaar

James Urbaniak

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Today's episode features Eleni Palis, an assistant professor of English and Cinema Studies at the University of Tennessee, who researches the intersections between classical and post-classical American cinema. We discuss her article, "Race, Authorship and Film Quotation in Post-Classical Cinema” published in Screen. Palis transforms our idea of the film quotation from a practice of canonization used by the directors of New Hollywood by looking at innovative practices by three African American filmmakers: Julie Dash, Cheryl Dunye, and Spike Lee. In her reading of their films, and particularly the use of manufactured and "fake"quotations, Palis demonstrates an alternative use to the practice that interrogates our own relationship to film histories, both real and imagined. Trough a generation of filmmakers who cannot necessarily look to the past for the same kind of inspiration, her article allows us to rethink our own relationship to Hollywood's own history.

<p>Today's episode features Eleni Palis, an assistant professor of English and Cinema Studies at the University of Tennessee, who researches the intersections between classical and post-classical American cinema. We discuss her article, "<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3668811716196290601/1821461175766467374" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Race, Authorship and Film Quotation in Post-Classical Cinema</a>” published in <em>Screen</em>. Palis transforms our idea of the film quotation from a practice of canonization used by the directors of New Hollywood by looking at innovative practices by three African American filmmakers: Julie Dash, Cheryl Dunye, and Spike Lee. In her reading of their films, and particularly the use of manufactured and "fake"quotations, Palis demonstrates an alternative use to the practice that interrogates our own relationship to film histories, both real and imagined. Trough a generation of filmmakers who cannot necessarily look to the past for the same kind of inspiration, her article allows us to rethink our own relationship to Hollywood's own history.</p>

Framing Media #3 - Eleni Palis on Rethinking Film Quotations Through Race