The Soul of Cinema

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    What is the Soul of Cinema? What is that element that distinguishes a good film from a great one? What is it with Film that distinguishes it from any other Art form? We explore those questions and more here.
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    ("The Soul of Cinema" is a reupload from The Cinema Cartography Season I, 29 April 2019)
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  • @lukebarclay3455
    @lukebarclay3455 Год назад +174

    been watching since this was called channel criswell this is one of the best RUclips channels ever I swear to god

    • @joshgoodman9882
      @joshgoodman9882 Год назад +7

      10000%. The Channel Criswell days were great.

    • @MattyMacLive
      @MattyMacLive Год назад

      Facts

    • @liltick102
      @liltick102 Год назад +1

      It is, there are channels that share good music that are respectively as excellent in what they’re doing - as with many things - but as for “Art in context” and cinema in context, this is the best pertinent channel.
      It almost transcends content, this is my Cahiers Du Cinema mag

    • @CorbCorbin
      @CorbCorbin 11 месяцев назад

      Seems so long ago. Weird

    • @RallyTheTally
      @RallyTheTally 9 месяцев назад

      Agreed. But capitalize the G in God damnit lol.

  • @dmack9646
    @dmack9646 Год назад +32

    I saw 8 1/2 about a month ago and my mind was blown. Felt like a movie that spoke to my true nature in ways that I've never felt before. I was called out by characters, I had such a strong transference with the main character and the story just for some reason made sense to me. One of my new favorite films.

  • @hugbanque6467
    @hugbanque6467 Год назад +68

    I can't understand why I always have the sudden urge to cry while watching your videos, it is beautiful, fascinating

    • @jangdi.
      @jangdi. Год назад +5

      No it just because you are a kid who cant control your emotions whenever you are exposed to a communication medium.
      Not an art form, but a MEDIUM.

    • @curiousworld7912
      @curiousworld7912 Год назад +8

      @@jangdi. I don't agree. Movies can be art - it's simply a different medium from canvass or stone. All art 'communicates', and if it brings certain emotions to the surface; it's fulfilled its purpose. And then, there's your tone - no need to be judgemental in your assessment of @hugbanque6467's character.

    • @screwtapee
      @screwtapee 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@jangdi. You dont think movies are art?

    • @jangdi.
      @jangdi. 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@curiousworld7912 I didnt talk about movie, I talked about his childlike reaction on a informative videos.
      Movies of course belong to art. But not this spoonfed ideology of what and how movies is "art", not in this manipulative sense.

  • @BugVlogs
    @BugVlogs Год назад +31

    Yo, I thought this guy was gonna finish his series on the history of cinema

  • @patrickwebb1987
    @patrickwebb1987 Год назад +12

    This made me feel so emotional. This is why I love cinema and the expression it allows us to create.

  • @anudarib
    @anudarib 11 месяцев назад +3

    Guys, the opening song is "First breath after coma" by Explosions in the sky, absolutely beautiful matches so well with this beautiful essay

  • @ExMachina70
    @ExMachina70 Год назад +67

    There's a certain hubris to modern-day society to get so offended that Martin Scorsese said he didn't think the Marvel movies were cinema.

    • @SplitGoose
      @SplitGoose Год назад +4

      Got so offended that they got so offended???

    • @syntheticsilkwood2206
      @syntheticsilkwood2206 Год назад +3

      Yeah like is there even an argument? People have forgotten what true art is

    • @h_shah5429
      @h_shah5429 11 месяцев назад +2

      It’s semantics, most people do realize the difference between a marvel film and a movie with more going for it. It just sounds pretentious when you say bluntly that “marvel is not cinema”

    • @ExMachina70
      @ExMachina70 11 месяцев назад

      @@h_shah5429 It's ignorance as usual much the same way these idiots use the word Fascist.

    • @le4chehenry324
      @le4chehenry324 4 месяца назад

      ​​@@h_shah5429if you're being called pretentious by unwashed funko pop collectors, you must be doing something right 😂

  • @artbrutfilm
    @artbrutfilm Год назад +3

    This channel speaks to my soul.

  • @sharongillesp
    @sharongillesp Год назад +3

    Saying things isn’t an issue … it’s large swaths of the population who are not willing and able to listen.

  • @artemisXsidecross
    @artemisXsidecross Год назад +9

    Thank you, very well done and written.

  • @Shtrepstra
    @Shtrepstra Год назад +3

    Thank you for your beautiful, honest work. Thank you for educating us. Thank you for inspiring us.

  • @higgs-boson-blues
    @higgs-boson-blues Год назад +1

    I just want to say I really loved your video on Tarantino! I must admit I am a unapologetic Tarantino diehard and I was initially ready to angrily refute your video before watching it. I thought the ruse of the title paired with disabling comments was very clever. A brilliant film essay, definitely subbed!

  • @DelightLovesMovies
    @DelightLovesMovies Год назад +6

    You make some of the best documentaries about films I ever saw.

  • @danielbarrero2815
    @danielbarrero2815 Год назад +1

    fantastic video!! you’re the best

  • @petersolomon5227
    @petersolomon5227 6 месяцев назад

    Bravo, a moving and articulate overview of what film can and sometimes is.

  • @anudarib
    @anudarib 11 месяцев назад

    When the opening played 😭😭😭, so nice to listen your favourite piece of all time

  • @dosho28JedinsaneJedinsein
    @dosho28JedinsaneJedinsein Год назад +11

    On the silver globe es hermosa y esplendida

    • @ZPALMY
      @ZPALMY Год назад +1

      La vi hace un mes, buenísima, possession está bien también del mismo director. ¿Alguna sugerencia de ver otras pelis?

    • @Gerguzalbutzelnikoskech
      @Gerguzalbutzelnikoskech 11 месяцев назад

      @@ZPALMY Diabel, The Public Woman, That Most Important Thing: Love and The Third Part of The Night.

  • @saeedalvandi8447
    @saeedalvandi8447 Год назад +1

    Graceful piece of work! Thanks for sharing your insight with us. Best Regards.

  • @neverloggingout
    @neverloggingout Год назад +1

    I heard that Silver Mt. Zion in the background

  • @zoetropeyzy
    @zoetropeyzy Год назад +15

    Could you add the films used in this video? Thanks so much!

    • @screentrader2069
      @screentrader2069 Год назад +5

      Not all movies but the majority: The Great Train Robbery (1903), Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988), Derzu Uzala (1975), Citizen Kane (1941), King of Comdey (1983), Persona (1966), The Third Man (1949), Hugo (2011), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Andrei Rublev (1966), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Roma (2018), Rashomon (1950), Deer Hunter (1978), Fallen Angels (1995), Enter the Void (2009), Le Mépris (1963), The Revenant (2015), Stalker (1979), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Nil by Mouth (1997), Cidade de Deus (2002), Offret (1986), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The VVitch (2015), Sunrise (1927), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Funny Games (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Un Chien Andalou (1929), À bout de souffle (1960), Bande à part (1964), Only God Forgives (2013), Barry Lyndon (1975), Eraserhead (1977), Close-Up (1990), Raid 2 (2014; I'm not really sure, though), Flowers of Shanghai (1998; also not sure), Blow Up (1966), Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Ed Wood (1994), the triptych consists of Touch of Evil (1958), Goodfellas (1990), and maybe Saturday Night Fever (1977), Fight Club (1999), Living in Oblivion (1995); Adaptation (2002), Holy Mountain (1973), Amélie (2001), A Man Escaped (1956). After 8 1/2 segment: La Jetée (1962), Koyaanisqatsi (1982; probably), Master (2012), Days of Heaven (1978), Once Upon a time in America (1984; I remember similar episode in this film, so I'm not certain), Her (2013), Manhattan (1979), Amadeus (1984), The Truman Show (1998), Cape Fear (1991), The Searchers (1956). That's that

    • @recteen
      @recteen Год назад +1

      @@screentrader2069 the film after Her (2013) is Floating Weed directed by Ozu

  • @n.werner747
    @n.werner747 Год назад +20

    Please put the name of the movies into the video, when you use a clip. They look so beautiful and I don't know their name :')

  • @evilroy6568
    @evilroy6568 Год назад

    Beautiful, thank you.

  • @dionysuscreativellc7569
    @dionysuscreativellc7569 7 месяцев назад

    "Ghosts appear and fade away", Colin Hay, Men at Work; Overkill

  • @illz47
    @illz47 Год назад +3

    MORE PLEASE

  • @skotski
    @skotski Год назад +1

    You're an essential part of this continuum. You're unraveling of themes and ides and profound questions make all of it better. Your videos make me realize how important this form of communication is for society, culture, and humanity. Thank you.

  • @fjwhct7475
    @fjwhct7475 5 месяцев назад

    Interesting angle in cinema and storytelling. fabulous resource. It would be great and helpful if you could also list the films shown in this essay also, even if in the description.

  • @JRM20_
    @JRM20_ Год назад

    Excellent video

  • @stefstef2662
    @stefstef2662 Год назад

    Beautiful video ❤

  • @briefbeats8738
    @briefbeats8738 Год назад +2

    The best yt channel

  • @MrMadalien
    @MrMadalien Год назад

    Fantastic.

  • @Mayad_0
    @Mayad_0 Год назад

    I've been a longtime viewer of your videos.
    a favorite channel of mine, but there was no comments feature before

  • @iwaisman
    @iwaisman Год назад

    Thanks

  • @1haunt
    @1haunt Год назад

    Babe wake up, new Cinema Cartography dropped

  • @laurareeves9754
    @laurareeves9754 Год назад +1

    A similar idea was put forth in the movie "Babylon".

  • @brockparaf97
    @brockparaf97 Год назад

    ❤ Beautiful Video

  • @MorphingReality
    @MorphingReality Год назад +1

    Lovely :)

  • @Goofy476
    @Goofy476 Год назад +3

    God, I love this yt channel

  • @EphemeralTao
    @EphemeralTao Год назад +16

    The problem with Auteur Theory is not that it's shallow; the problem is that it is reductionist, that it bestows the credit for a particular work entirely or largely on a single person. But cinema is collaborative, moreso than possibly any other art form. Yes, a particular director provides a vision for the finished work, but there are a myriad of others involved who also leave their signatures on it. People like actors, screenwriters, cinematographers, editors, concept artists, set designers, costumers, choreographers, and on and on. All of whom must interpret the director's vision in order to create the final piece, much the same way that classical and jazz musicians interpret the works of composers to create their music.
    Auteur Theory is largely an outgrowth of Great Man Theory, the idea that all of the important moments in history are the result of the actions of "great men", and ignore the numerous social and cultural forces that converge to create those moments, and lead the way out of them; without which the "great man" would never have existed or rose to prominence (even ignoring the fact that so often in history "great men" were credited for accomplishments they actually made little, if any, significant contribution to).
    As an example, the extensive "making of" footage included with the extended version home video release of Peter Jackson's _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy showcases just how many and how crucially important these various contributions are to producing the finished work. And is itself a superb example of documentary filmmaking.

    • @dmack9646
      @dmack9646 Год назад +5

      I largely agree, although the only counter argument that can be made is that the director has the final say so. Even if everyone contributes, the director is the one that takes all of these elements and compiles it near the end. Their say-so is the line between an art that is published in one particular way or not at all. Maybe we can even make the argument that Hollywood has the final say so heh but idk I feel like there's an argument there.

    • @EphemeralTao
      @EphemeralTao Год назад +1

      @@dmack9646 The director is certainly an important part, and is typically (though not always) the one who has the guiding vision; but even directors don't always have the final say. Often it's the editor and/or producers who have the final say over what gets released to an audience; or worse, a "focus group" and production committee. Further, "auteurs" are not really all that common, most directors are on roughly equal footing to the rest of the major contributors, and it's the producer or writer who has the guiding vision.
      Ultimately, the director is a leader, but without all the contributions of the rest of the crew, they're not going to accomplish anything.

    • @MariosR38
      @MariosR38 Год назад +3

      Auteur theory can't be compared to Great Man Theory, it's a very disorienting argument and utterly wrong when we talk about the art of cinema. Auteurs are pretty much the the greatest artists of cinema (not Peter Jackson and mainstream films - can't see anyone arguing he's an auteur). The fact that there needs to be a whole crew to film a movie is part of the art of it, that's why you see different directors working in different ways and having different results. They are the ones on top of it all, that doesn't diminsh the work other people put into the film, it's just not their film. Le me put it that way, do you think Michaelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel all by himself?
      ps The video doesn't say auteur theory is shallow, he's talking about an approach to the theory.
      EDIT: I saw your other comment and I want to add that people that work in the confines of mainstream studio production and don't have the final say-so obviously aren't auteurs. Auteurs are people like: Cassavetes, Coppola, Scorcese, Tarkovsky, Kurosawa, Bela Tarr, Apitchatpong, Theo Angelopoulos, Godard, Truffaut, Varda, Chabrol, Mungiu, Ozu, Kiarostami and so on all over the world. They are the best of the craft and even if they work with big studios they are in charge. Don't confuse the art of cinema with the business of it.

    • @EphemeralTao
      @EphemeralTao Год назад +1

      @@MariosR38 None of those people made films on their own; they all had teams just the same as any big-budget studio blockbuster. Also, many of the directors you listed also had to work within the confines of a larger studio system, and work with producers and editors and others who had input into the production of their films.
      And Auteur Theory very much originates Great Man theory; that's not even controversial. It's really weird to see someone trying to pretend it doesn't since the parallels are brutally clear.

    • @URBONED
      @URBONED Год назад +6

      Auteur theory isn't supposed to dismiss the work of the cast/crew. It was made in reference to journeymen directors who would go from project to project, different production companies, different cast and crew, yet in the end result there's always a signature of the director on the work. You can watch one of their films and know "this has trademarks of X director" regardless of whoever else made the film. It doesn't mean everyone else on a project isn't of value.

  • @tabhabbish6336
    @tabhabbish6336 Год назад

    Yes.

  • @EugeneYounger
    @EugeneYounger Год назад

    Opening with explosions in the sky is in some way heartbreaking

  • @brandonhamaguchi
    @brandonhamaguchi Год назад +1

    Sometimes cinema is so hard, I have a hard time with laventura and uncle boonmee, just like make sense of the soul I guess

  • @mvrz6
    @mvrz6 Год назад +1

    Is there a newsletter so I can receive emails every time there’s a new video? I’m trying to use RUclips less

  • @asaiira
    @asaiira Год назад +1

    Cinemacartography should read and analyze Laura Melveys' short article ''Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema''

  • @LiteratureTodayUK
    @LiteratureTodayUK 10 месяцев назад

    12:53 b&w tower blocks on left - ravaged trees supported with poles , then second frame 12:56 - similar scene from different angle - scaffolding on tower block, those weird pole-supported trees again - Does anyone know the film by any chance?

  • @brain_respect_and_freedom
    @brain_respect_and_freedom Год назад

    Cinema is the language👍

  • @RallyTheTally
    @RallyTheTally 9 месяцев назад

    I think that to chose to end on the Searchers.

  • @pedriknight3699
    @pedriknight3699 Год назад +1

    can you made a vid about satyajit ray

  • @Demonat865
    @Demonat865 Год назад

    What was the droning song used in the middle, I can't remember where I heard it

    • @pablomartinez5845
      @pablomartinez5845 Год назад

      Silver Mount Zion ruclips.net/video/hQZfGa5t4e8/видео.html

  • @abstergo1318
    @abstergo1318 Год назад

    fk i love this fking art form

  • @kazamakooza
    @kazamakooza Год назад

    When you mention auteurs, the first clips are Tarantino, who are the second clips with the dogs?

  • @COONNFRIENDS1
    @COONNFRIENDS1 Год назад

    What are the films in the video?

  • @ludwigbooth4882
    @ludwigbooth4882 Год назад

    ineffable. this is grand.

  • @amansetia97
    @amansetia97 Год назад

    Hey! what's the name of the film, at 3:26

  • @joshs5184
    @joshs5184 10 месяцев назад

    What is the image from at 7:24 ?

  • @aleco444
    @aleco444 Год назад

    what is that song at 5:02?

  • @coco_mficicsi
    @coco_mficicsi 11 месяцев назад

    Does anyone know where the thumbnail is from ?

  • @antoinepetrov
    @antoinepetrov Год назад +2

    The best video essays. Full stop. Only one note: if you're gonna pronounce the name of the magazine "Cahiers du cinéma", then learn how to pronounce it (French doesn't have an "h" sound)

  • @alisonwalker7372
    @alisonwalker7372 Год назад

  • @itsallinthesoup2543
    @itsallinthesoup2543 Год назад

    can you put the titles of the films in the corner when they're on screen. So many of them look interesting, but I don't know what they're called

  • @mikojYT
    @mikojYT 11 месяцев назад

    God I love this channel

  • @-IE_it_yourself
    @-IE_it_yourself Год назад

    please make patron page so see what movies are featured in each video please.

  • @mawoj93
    @mawoj93 Год назад

    could someone help ID the films at 6:22 and 6:46?

  • @derekbrou
    @derekbrou Год назад +1

    What is the clip at 2:20??

  • @1995Frost
    @1995Frost Год назад

    The song, please, the song that starts at the 5:00m mark. Please, what is it called? It's been so long since I've herd it. I must find it again.

    • @leageorgina
      @leageorgina Год назад +1

      I will ask myself this question for the next few weeks from now 😭

    • @leageorgina
      @leageorgina Год назад +1

      @1995Frost I’ve found it! It’s a silver mt zion - 13 angels standing guard 'round the side of your bed !

    • @1995Frost
      @1995Frost Год назад +1

      @@leageorgina you got a paypal? I'll send you five bucks. XD

    • @leageorgina
      @leageorgina Год назад +1

      @@1995Frosthaha it’s fine you’re welcome xD

  • @loserscorner6746
    @loserscorner6746 11 месяцев назад

    this was wonderful good lord.

  • @euphratesny
    @euphratesny Год назад +1

    07:09 What's this shot from, please?

  • @ElazarYershovFilms
    @ElazarYershovFilms 10 месяцев назад

    0:34 what film

  • @Shmarful
    @Shmarful Год назад

    what’re the 2 movies 1(kid with projection woman’s face) 2(the man laying against the side as woman walks down a path of trees)

  • @Tugendd
    @Tugendd Год назад

    Can you tell the title of the movie on 5:09 please? 🙏

    • @URBONED
      @URBONED Год назад

      the shot through the bars is The Passenger by Antonioni and the following shot is There Will Be Blood

    • @alpha8here
      @alpha8here Год назад

      I'm currently searching for it

    • @alpha8here
      @alpha8here Год назад

      Found it!!!
      Search for this term:
      "ASMZ - 13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round the Side of Your Bed"

  • @elliotl7021
    @elliotl7021 Год назад

    ID of film with that ant crawling on hand? @ 7:02

  • @joshuarodriguez5986
    @joshuarodriguez5986 Год назад +9

    Can you please do something on Jan Komasa (Suicide Room) or Francois Ozon (Summer of 85)? Please!!! I love your work so I'd love to see you discuss these. 🙏🏼🥺

  • @phasitpolkerdpool7806
    @phasitpolkerdpool7806 Год назад

    What's the film at 0:33 ?

  • @ians.mozdzen3012
    @ians.mozdzen3012 Год назад +3

    These “essays” verge upon meaningless. The romanticism around cinema towards hyperbole - be wary of “essences” … too much essentializing … towards reductionist … filmmakers, like choreographers … only reveal their limits … most films, like choreographies, are almost immediately dated and dead.

  • @jacekbroniszewski8399
    @jacekbroniszewski8399 Год назад +1

    ŻUŁAWSKIII

  • @gegi4577
    @gegi4577 Год назад

    first 🥇

  • @peterkistler3537
    @peterkistler3537 8 месяцев назад

    why does this channel promote fascist ideas alongside this worldview? Why is d e g e n e r a c y a video on this channel? it is diametrically opposed to the sentiment of this video!

  • @jangdi.
    @jangdi. Год назад

    Art form, or a medium? It seems like you are hesitant to dig deep in whichever direction.
    Other arts, especially visual arts, have progressed quite far in their journey into the human psyche, but not cinema. And this problem comes from the illusive limitations of cinema itself. It stems from the limit of human means of communication. It needs an external "view" which I hope might come in the near future (virtual reality and AI arts) to see how exactly where cinema lies.