Revisiting ‘Against Interpretation’: Reading ‘The Lunchbox’ as a Crisis in Art Criticism
Exploring the Ambiguity and Beauty of 'The Lunchbox' as a Case Study in Art Criticism
Keywords:
Revisiting, Against Interpretation, The Lunchbox, crisis in art criticism, Sontag, Bollywood movie, ambiguous ending, beauty portrayed, watch films, interpretation, politics, conceptual drag, art, life in art, aesthetic purpose, utilitarianAbstract
This paper attempts to read, explain and justify the suitability of reading Sontag’s 1961 essay ‘Against Interpretation’ using a Bollywood movie The Lunchbox as a case in point. The reason for studying this movie is, even though it has an ambiguous ending, but the beauty portrayed on screen was enrapturing and enthralling. My paper does not attempt to praise or criticize the film but to celebrate the enrapturing and enthralling beauty it portrayed on screen. Should we watch films, as Sontag suggests, or should we interpret them? There is no need for politics in these pictures, no need for conceptual drag cloaking the images. The movie is an art, art about a life in art. Art has an aesthetic purpose more than utilitarian.Published
2018-11-01
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“Revisiting ‘Against Interpretation’: Reading ‘The Lunchbox’ as a Crisis in Art Criticism: Exploring the Ambiguity and Beauty of ’The Lunchbox’ as a Case Study in Art Criticism”, JASRAE, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 634–636, Nov. 2018, Accessed: Sep. 20, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/9122
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How to Cite
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“Revisiting ‘Against Interpretation’: Reading ‘The Lunchbox’ as a Crisis in Art Criticism: Exploring the Ambiguity and Beauty of ’The Lunchbox’ as a Case Study in Art Criticism”, JASRAE, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 634–636, Nov. 2018, Accessed: Sep. 20, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/9122