Anything and all (Dídio Pestana, 2018)

Materialities, Voices, and Ghosts

Authors

  • Tiago Ramos ICNOVA

Abstract

The object of study in this essay is limited to the opening scenes of Sobre Tudo Sobre Nada (Dídio Pestana, 2018), more specifically the first two shots and the first sentence narrated by the diarist. The research proposes that these elements synthesize some of the fundamental issues of the film-diary. The materiality of the image, the importance of devices in diary practice, the ability of the voice-over to re-signify the images, and the temporal tension between the moment of filming and that of editing are examples of the issues addressed in this article.

Published

2026-03-31

Issue

No. 39 (2026): O REAL COMO MÉTODO: DIÁLOGOS ENTRE O DOCUMENTÁRIO E A TEORIA DE CINEASTAS | La realidad como método: diálogos entre el documental y la Teoría de los cineastas | Reality as Method: Dialogues between Documentary and Filmmakers’ theory | La réalité comme méthode : dialogues entre théorie du documentaire et la Théorie des cinéastes

Section

ARTIGOS | Artículos | Articles | Articles

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