Stutz, Olivia Kristina (2021). The Hybrid Color Film: Multiplicity of Space, Time, and Matter. Comparative Cinema, 9(17):100-122.
Abstract
Hybrid color films of the 1920s such as The King of Kings (Cecil B. DeMille, 1927)—that is, films comprising a mix of different historical color processes—are a particularly fruitful resource for the comparison of the silent era’s various color technologies. This article analyzes these cinematic hybridizations and argues that this type of film is much more than the sum of its parts. In embodying a multiplicity of layers of space, time, and color on a literal and metaphorical level, hybrid color films are not only symptomatic of the transformation of the medium in the 1920s but also symbolic of current approaches to film historiography based on media archaeology.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
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| Communities & Collections: | 06 Faculty of Arts > Department of Film Studies |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 700 Arts
900 History |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Hybridity, Hybrid Film, Color Film Processes, Technology, Materiality, 1920s, Temporality, Film Historiography, Digital Reconstruction, Digital Recreation |
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| Language: | English |
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| Date: | 19 December 2021 |
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| Deposited On: | 21 Feb 2022 09:58 |
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| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2025 12:31 |
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| Publisher: | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
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| ISSN: | 2604-9821 |
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| OA Status: | Green |
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| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.31009/cc.2021.v9.i17.06 |
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| Project Information: | - Funder: H2020
- Grant ID: 670446
- Project Title: Film Colors. An Interdisciplinary Approach.
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Stutz, Olivia Kristina