Abstracts
Abstract
The subway grate scene in The Seven Year Itch is placed in context, creating a “montage of attractions” that illuminates the iconic images of Marilyn Monroe. Parallels in earlier films situate these images in cinematic history, while later references to them demonstrate their continuing modernity. The “wondrous revealment” of women’s undergarments is also a common theme in literature. Freud’s writings on sexuality explain this preoccupation, while Barthes’s focus upon the erotic character of “intermittence” points to fundamental differences between “appearance-as-disappearance” in cinema and literature and the treatment of similar subjects by still photographers.
Résumé
La scène de la bouche de métro, dans The Seven Year Itch, est placée dans un contexte qui produit un « montage des attractions » projetant un éclairage nouveau sur les clichés légendaires de Marilyn Monroe. Un regard rétrospectif sur des films antérieurs rattache ces images à l’histoire du cinéma, alors que l’établissement de rapports prospectifs avec des films plus récents montre leur évidente modernité. Le fascinant dévoilement des dessous féminins est aussi un topos littéraire. Les écrits de Freud sur la sexualité expliquent les raisons de cette obsession, alors que ceux de Barthes, qui souligne le caractère érotique de l’intermittence, mettent en évidence les différences entre l’apparition/disparition au cinéma ou en littérature et le traitement de phénomènes similaires par les photographes.
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