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A Philosophical History of Documentary, 1895–19591898: Bolesław Matuszewski

A Philosophical History of Documentary, 1895–1959: 1898: Bolesław Matuszewski [This chapter depicts Bolesław Matuszewski as the “father of the filmic archive,” a place of honor in film history that he never truly earned. The Polish cinematographer’s goal was to create an institution that would present meaningful filmed evidence of human reality and advance human knowledge. On March 25, 1898, Matuszewski published an article in the French newspaper Le Figaro entitled “Une nouvelle source de l’histoire: création d’un dépôt de cinématographie historique” (“A New Source of History: The Creation of a Depository for Historical Cinematography”). In this manifesto Matuszewski envisioned the future form of Documentary as bearing invaluable commercial potential and the capacity to respond to an innate evolutionary human feature that is a cultural necessity—curiosity. In it, among other arguments and declarations pertaining to various discursive orders, Matuszewski described, for the first time in cinema history, the fundamental ontological assets of the yet-to-be-recognized and categorized form of human expression, Documentary. In my discussion I analyze his original treatment of notions such as collection; curiosity; documentary interest; simple-past-time; direct view of the past; agreeable method for studying the past; necessity-of-investigation-and-study; and last but certainly not least, archive.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Philosophical History of Documentary, 1895–19591898: Bolesław Matuszewski

Geva, Dan
Springer Journals — Sep 16, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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[This chapter depicts Bolesław Matuszewski as the “father of the filmic archive,” a place of honor in film history that he never truly earned. The Polish cinematographer’s goal was to create an institution that would present meaningful filmed evidence of human reality and advance human knowledge. On March 25, 1898, Matuszewski published an article in the French newspaper Le Figaro entitled “Une nouvelle source de l’histoire: création d’un dépôt de cinématographie historique” (“A New Source of History: The Creation of a Depository for Historical Cinematography”). In this manifesto Matuszewski envisioned the future form of Documentary as bearing invaluable commercial potential and the capacity to respond to an innate evolutionary human feature that is a cultural necessity—curiosity. In it, among other arguments and declarations pertaining to various discursive orders, Matuszewski described, for the first time in cinema history, the fundamental ontological assets of the yet-to-be-recognized and categorized form of human expression, Documentary. In my discussion I analyze his original treatment of notions such as collection; curiosity; documentary interest; simple-past-time; direct view of the past; agreeable method for studying the past; necessity-of-investigation-and-study; and last but certainly not least, archive.]

Published: Sep 16, 2021

Keywords: Collection; Expand; Curiosity; Documentary interest; Simple-past-time; Direct view of the past; Agreeable method for studying the past; Necessity-of-investigation-and-study; Archive

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