Playing with art cinema? Digitality constructs in ruben Östlund’s play

Anna Westerståhl Stenport; Garrett Traylor

doi:10.1386/jsca.4.1.77_1

Playing with art cinema? Digitality constructs in ruben Östlund’s play

Anna Westerståhl Stenport, Garrett Traylor

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Abstract

This article analyses how Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s much-discussed feature film Play (2011) re-aligns assumptions of auteur and art cinema through its plot, thematic and compositional aspects, while relating these to digital communication technologies and convergence paradigms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	77-84
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/jsca.4.1.77_1
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Art cinema
Auteur
Communication
Convergence
Database
Digital film and cinema
Long-take
Play
Ruben Östlund
Technology and Smart phones

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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