A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Impossible objectivity: free indirect perspectives in Finnish documentary cinema
Authors: Hongisto Ilona
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication year: 2016
Journal: Studies in Documentary Film
Journal name in source: STUDIES IN DOCUMENTARY FILM
Journal acronym: STUD DOC FILM
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
First page : 198
Last page: 211
Number of pages: 14
ISSN: 1750-3280
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17503280.2016.1221672
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/17503280.2016.1221672
Abstract
This article argues that contemporary Finnish documentary cinema departs from the paradigm of authentic representations and instead builds on impossible objectivity. In so doing, the documentary films discussed in the article engage with a free indirect modality of expression and foreground multiplicity. This article suggests that this could open up a new way of understanding the work of documentary cinema: instead of authentic representations documentary cinema could be approached as a modality that expresses and experiments with the underpinning layers of customary perspectives and habitual speaking positions.
This article argues that contemporary Finnish documentary cinema departs from the paradigm of authentic representations and instead builds on impossible objectivity. In so doing, the documentary films discussed in the article engage with a free indirect modality of expression and foreground multiplicity. This article suggests that this could open up a new way of understanding the work of documentary cinema: instead of authentic representations documentary cinema could be approached as a modality that expresses and experiments with the underpinning layers of customary perspectives and habitual speaking positions.
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