Various possible contemplative "genres"
CCC is not a genre, it is a (minimal) narrative mode, with a very particular aesthetic stylistics.
That is why we can find a lot of various so-called "genres", albeit quite diluted with transgressed conventions, within the CCC family. The films that could be loosely related to one or several genre conventions, still retain the strict technical profile of Contemplative Cinema : Wordlessness, Slowness, Plotlessness, Alienation. Even if these films might hint at certain genre structures (in a very minimal way), they do not use illustrative music, plot-driving dialogue, action packed scenes, build-up and climax, denouement, star-system actors... at least for the most part.
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) CRIME
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) DOCUMENTARY
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) LITERARY ADAPTATION
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) GANGSTERS MOVIE
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) MUSICAL
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) MELODRAMA
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) PERIOD MOVIE
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) SCI-FI
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) SURREALISM
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) WAR MOVIE
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) VAMPIRE/GHOST/ZOMBIE MOVIE
EXPERIMENTAL (transgressive) CONTEMPLATION
These are not really abiding to the conventional genres. Because CCC is cross-genre, or more exactly off-genre. CCC is a narrative mode, a minimalist one, that's why it may be used to tell any kind of story, under any kind of "genre". But what's interesting is to look into what elements they borrow from traditional genres, and how they transgress, transcend the stereotypical codes, and how much they veer off track from the genre-related-quasi-plot. We can still find the integrity of the contemplative mode in most of these films (some fall under the broader definition of Contemplative Cinema, contemporary or not, which may include music and/or dialogue), which definitely makes them very distinct from what anybody could identify as belonging to the classic genre.
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That is why we can find a lot of various so-called "genres", albeit quite diluted with transgressed conventions, within the CCC family. The films that could be loosely related to one or several genre conventions, still retain the strict technical profile of Contemplative Cinema : Wordlessness, Slowness, Plotlessness, Alienation. Even if these films might hint at certain genre structures (in a very minimal way), they do not use illustrative music, plot-driving dialogue, action packed scenes, build-up and climax, denouement, star-system actors... at least for the most part.
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) ANIMATION
- Les Triplettes de Belleville
- L'illusioniste
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) CHILDREN MOVIE
- Le Ballon Rouge
- Cri Blanc
- Bal / Honey
- Dooman River
- Winter Vacation
- Beshkempir / The Adopted Son
- Le Faisan d'Or / My Brother's Silk Road
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) COMEDY
- Mon Oncle
- Trafic
- Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
- Playtime
- Winter Vacation
- Kitchen Stories
- O'Horten
- Ni à vendre, ni à louer
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) CRIME
- Jeanne Dielman
- Lovely Rita
- Hukkle
- Crimson Gold
- Elephant (GVS)
- Keane
- The Man From London
- Los Bastardos
- L'Humanité
- Ashes of Time
- The Hunter
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) DOCUMENTARY
- Tie Xi Qu
- D'Est
- De L'autre Côté
- Our Daily Bread
- Sokurov
- Oxhide
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) LITERARY ADAPTATION
- Honor de Cavalleria
- El Cant dels Ocells
- Chouga
- Sauve et Protège
- Pages Cachées
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) FILM NOIR
- Damnation
- Satantango
- The Man From London
- Indigènes d'Eurasie
- The Limits of Control
- La Vie Nouvelle
- Elephant (Clarke)
- L'intrus
- Day Night Day Night
- Invisible Waves
- Lights in the Dusk
- The Banishment
- Fallen Angels
- Wanda
- Juha
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) MUSICAL
- Dracula : Pages From a Virgin's Diary
- La Danse
- The Hole
- The Wayward Cloud
- Russian Ark
- Du Levande
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) MELODRAMA
- Shara
- 3-iron
- Breath
- Time
- The Bow
- Be With Me
- Three Times
- Daratt
- Climates
- Desert Dream
- La Soledad
- Milk
- Three Monkeys
- Tulpan
- Un Lac
- Damnation
- Naked Island
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) PERIOD MOVIE
- Honor de Cavalleria
- El Cant dels Ocells
- Independencia
- Ashes of Time
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) PORNOGRAPHY
- 9 Songs
- Batalla en el cielo
- The Wayward Cloud
- Año Bisiesto
- Intimité
- Gojitmal
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) ROAD MOVIE
- Brown Bunny
- Seven Invisible Men
- Koktebel
- The Taste of Cherry
- My Joy
- A Straight Story
- Stranger Than Paradise
- Duel
- Wanda
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) SCI-FI
- 2001 : A Space Odysseus
- 2046
- Stalker
- All Tomorrow's Parties
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) SURREALISM
- Visage
- Cremaster cycle
- Drawing Restraint 9
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) WAR MOVIE
- Flandres
- The Sun
- Un homme qui crie
- Alexandra
CONTEMPLATIVE (transgressive) VAMPIRE/GHOST/ZOMBIE MOVIE
- Trouble Every Day
- Kaïro / Pulse
- My Joy
EXPERIMENTAL (transgressive) CONTEMPLATION
- Portrait of the XXIst Century : Zidane
- Tombée de nuit sur Shangaï
- At Sea
- 13 Lakes
- Ten Skies
- RR
- Ruhr
- Sleep
- Empire
- Eat
- Là-bas
These are not really abiding to the conventional genres. Because CCC is cross-genre, or more exactly off-genre. CCC is a narrative mode, a minimalist one, that's why it may be used to tell any kind of story, under any kind of "genre". But what's interesting is to look into what elements they borrow from traditional genres, and how they transgress, transcend the stereotypical codes, and how much they veer off track from the genre-related-quasi-plot. We can still find the integrity of the contemplative mode in most of these films (some fall under the broader definition of Contemplative Cinema, contemporary or not, which may include music and/or dialogue), which definitely makes them very distinct from what anybody could identify as belonging to the classic genre.
Related:
- Roundtable 2 : Contemplation and Genres (blogathon 2007)
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