Control Looks

Notes about a film about penalties and surveillance in the USA

Authors

  • Harun Farocki

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.v19i29.43542

Keywords:

cinema, Harun Farocki, gefängnisbilder

Abstract

This essay by Harun Farocki, written in 1999, presents part of the research developed for his subsequent film Prison Images [Gefängnisbilder, 2000]. Centered on an investigation into American prisons, the author analyzes the content and logic of moving images circumscribed in and about the prison universe. Between instructional films aimed at guards, images from closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, fictional and documentary films set in prisons, the place of prison imagery is seen through a critical lens.

Author Biography

  • Harun Farocki

    Harun Farocki (1944-2014) was a German filmmaker, writer and speaker. He authored 120 films and installations that analyzed the power of the image, contributing with great relevance and density to studies and reflections on the moving image and its social, ethical and political implications. In his teaching, essays, magazines, books and exhibitions conceived and produced with Antje Ehmann, Farocki was a powerful critic, editor, theorist and curator.

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Published

20-02-2024

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 29 (2023)

Section

Seção Temática

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How to Cite

Control Looks: Notes about a film about penalties and surveillance in the USA. (2024). Farol, 19(29), 61-70. https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.v19i29.43542