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Stéphane Bex's 'Terreur du voir' Analyzes Found Footage Cinema

publication · 2026-04-24

Stéphane Bex's book 'Terreur du voir. L’expérience found footage' renews the concept of found footage and analyzes the phenomenon of faux-amateur cinema initiated in 1999 by 'The Blair Witch Project'. Published by Rouge Profond in the 'Débords' collection, the work was reviewed in artpress n°438, November 2016, page 84. The review titled 'Imager la terreur. L’hypothèse du film trouvé' discusses Bex's examination of the found footage hypothesis in horror cinema.

Key facts

  • Stéphane Bex authored 'Terreur du voir. L’expérience found footage'
  • The book is published by Rouge Profond in the 'Débords' collection
  • It analyzes the faux-amateur cinema trend started by 'The Blair Witch Project' in 1999
  • The review appears in artpress n°438, November 2016, page 84
  • The review title is 'Imager la terreur. L’hypothèse du film trouvé'
  • The book renews the concept of found footage

Entities

Artists

  • Stéphane Bex

Institutions

  • Rouge Profond
  • artpress

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