Cinematic Im/mobilities in the Planetary Now

Dis/enclosures and Im/mobilitiesAt the beginning of Cary Joji Fukunaga’s 2009 film Sin Nombre, which tells the story of a group of Hondurans attempting to cross into the United States via Mexico by riding aboard a fictional version of the freight train known as ‘La Bestia’ or ‘El tren de la muerte,...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Härting, Heike, Riquet, Johannes
Materialtyp: Article ou chapitre numérique
Språk:Anglais
Publicerad: Transtext(e)s Transcultures 2023
Länkar:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sammanfattning:Dis/enclosures and Im/mobilitiesAt the beginning of Cary Joji Fukunaga’s 2009 film Sin Nombre, which tells the story of a group of Hondurans attempting to cross into the United States via Mexico by riding aboard a fictional version of the freight train known as ‘La Bestia’ or ‘El tren de la muerte,’ we encounter a scene of im/mobility. In the film’s first shot, we see a path in an autumn-coloured forest leading away from the camera until it disappears on the brightly lit horizon, with the ca...