Production of the verisimilar-history. Cinema in the limits of historical consciousness

Authors

  • Pablo Aravena Universidad de Valparaíso - Universidad Viña del Mar

Abstract

In this paper some narrative strategies are identified of what may be termed "post-historical cinema": reduction of scale, partiality for everyday contexts, abandonment of the epic register and a sort of “antihumanism”. It is argued that such cinema fails to reflect upon contemporary reality and impedes the development of a historical consciousness.

Keywords:

post-history, everyday life, realism, historical consciousness