SCMS Beyond Concordia: Panel L21 “Volatile Cinema and the Lure of Stability.” – SC
Panel L21 “Volatile Cinema and the Lure of Stability” included talks by scholars that are equally film historians and theoreticians. The purpose of their presentations, assembled as they were, was to discuss the nature of cinema as a fluid and mutable concept. Specifically, a common tactic throughout the panel was to look at changes and challenges faced by cinema and the ways in which these might uncover the true nature of film. Ariel Rogers of Northwestern University started