Table of Contents

Contents Introduction 1. Shards: Allegory as Historical ProceedureEureka, Ernie Gehr Dal Polo all Equatore (From the Pole to the Equator), Yervant Gianikian/Angela Ricci-Lucci Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America, Craig Baldwin 2. Shadows: Historical Temporalities #1The Man without a World, Eleanor Antin Urban Peasants, Ken JacobsCooperation of Parts, Daniel Eisenberg 3. Virtualities: Historical Temporalities #2Allemagne annee 90 neuf zero (Germany Year 90 Nine Zero), Jean-Luc GodardPersistence, Daniel Eisenberg The B/Side, Abigail Child Utopia, James Benning 4. Specters: The Limits of Representing HistorySignal?Germany on the Air, Ernie Gehr Killer of Sheep, Charles BurnettThe March, Abraham Ravett Un vivant qui passe (A Visitor from the Living), Claude Lanzmann 5. Obsessive Returns: Filmmaking as Mourning WorkEl Dia Que Me Quieras, (The Day that you Will Love Me), Leandro Katz Chile: La Memoria Obstanada, (Chile: Obstinant Memory), Patricio Guzman Coda: Notes on History and the Post-Cinema ConditionRock Hudson?s Home Movies, Mark RappaportDichotomy, Tony SindenBeyond, Zoe Beloff NotesBibliographyFilmographyDistributorsPermissionsIndex

About the Author

Filmmaker Jeffrey Skoller is associate professor of film, video, and new media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His visual works have been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Arsenal Kino (Berlin), Latin American Film Festival (Havana), and National Film Theatre (London), among others, and his essays have appeared in DISCOURSE, New Art Examiner, Afterimage, and Film Quarterly.