Alan O'Leary

Associate Professor of Film and Media in Digital ContextsAarhus University

As contributor

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Occupying Time: The Battle of Algiers

By
Alan O'Leary Aarhus University

Reviewed by
Nick Warr University of East Anglia

Michael Talbott Castleton University

August 12, 2019
3 comments

Occupying Time: The Battle of Algiers Creator's Statement Research aims The treatment of temporality in The Battle of Algiers is a controversial aspect of the film. Critics have noted the film’s complex sjuzhet but have argued that the film offers ‘a ...

As reviewer

[in]Transition

Empathy with the Masses

By
Catherine Gough-Brady RMIT University

March 31, 2020
Review by
Alan O'Leary University of Leeds

Julia Vassilieva Monash University

As commenter

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Re: Who Ever Heard…?

Payne's Constraint

By
Alan O'Leary University of Leeds

Saturday, July 18, 2020 — 10:30 am
I really enjoyed Matt Payne’s video essay ‘Who Ever Heard….?’ (I also thought the peer reviews were exemplary) and I wrote it about for Will DiGravio’s Video Essay Podcast newsletter because I think the form of ‘Who Ever Heard….?’ can be useful for othe ...
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Re: Occupying Time: The Battle of Algiers

Immersive knowledge

By
Alan O'Leary University of Leeds

Friday, July 17, 2020 — 7:51 am
Dear Allison, I stand corrected and take note of what you say about how you begin with a question and proceed with a material exploration. You were very clear at the Middlebury workshop about the ‘making’ aspect of your videographic work, and how the scri ...
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Re: Occupying Time: The Battle of Algiers

Workshop of Potential Scholarship

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Alan O'Leary University of Leeds

Friday, July 17, 2020 — 7:52 am
After I posted the comment above, Allison de Fren invited me to contribute to the issue of The Cine-Files on scholarship in videographic criticism that she mentions. My contribution took the form of a 500-word manifesto, along with a preface written at Al ...