Jiří Anger on "Towards a Film Theory from Below: Archival Film and the Aesthetics of the Crack-Up"

<p>On today&#39;s show, Jiří Anger joins to discuss his book, <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-a-film-theory-from-below-9798765107263/" target="_blank"><em>Towards a Film Theory from Below: Archival Film and the Aesthetics of the Crack-Up</em></a>. We also discuss Jiří&#39;s approach to videographic criticism and &quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glwKEVJolMQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The First Frames of Czech Cinema</a>,&quot; a video essay created with Adéla Kudlová.</p><p><br></p><p>[02:15] - Videographic origin story</p><p>[10:30] - Intro to the book</p><p>[24:30] - Hybridity &amp; the moving image</p><p>[29:00] -  Film artifacts and a &quot;theory from below&quot;</p><p>[34:30] - Jan Kříženecký &amp; &quot;Digital Kříženecký&quot; </p><p>[42:00] - Beyond decay</p><p>[49:00] - Is there a &quot;best quality&quot; version of a film? </p><p>[55:30] - &quot;The First Frames of Czech Cinema&quot;</p><p>[1:01:30] - &quot;The Crack-Up&quot;</p><p>[1:19:00] - On Deformative Criticism </p><p><br></p><p>Follow the show on <a href="https://twitter.com/thevideoessay">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Learn more at the pod&#39;s <a href="https://thevideoessay.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Get the <a href="https://thevideoessay.substack.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠free newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Music by Ketsa.</p>