"安全"距离:论法国生态纪录片 ("Safe" Distance: On French Ecological Documentary)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article analyzes the notion of “safe distance” in French ecological documentaries from two interrelated dimensions, form and positionality, in order to reveal the ideological implications embedded within and to explore what might constitute an appropriate scale for ecological documentary practice. Formally, French ecological documentaries appear to adopt an objective and neutral mode of presentation; however, their transparent documentary form obscures the constructed nature of the images and uses the authority of the “real” to legitimize their ideological stance. In terms of positionality, although the anthropodecentric perspective adopted by these documentaries moves beyond conventional human-centered viewpoints, it fails to adequately address the political and economic mechanisms underlying ecological problems, which weakens the force of their critique.
Author: LIU, Yuqing
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7107946246