The Anatomy of a Proletarian Film: Warner's "Marked Woman" Author(s): Charles W. Eckert Source: Film Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Winter, 1973-1974), pp. 10-24 Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1211557 Accessed: 10-12-2016 04:46 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms University of California Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Film Quarterly This content downloaded from 129.100.58.76 on Sat, 10 Dec 2016 04:46:09 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms 10 I0 MARKED WOMAN MARKED WOMAN waitingwaiting song of World War II. songIn the midst of Dayof for for Night Night holdsWorld holds a very a veryimportant important posi- War posi- II. In the midst of the melodramatic scramble to save the "inno- tion in in Truffaut's Truffaut's canon. canon. As content, As content, the film- the film- cent" Camilla, the camera gives us close-ups making of process process becomes becomes his vehicle his vehicle for express- for express- Kodak kittens and puppies, reminding us how ing kindness, kindness, wit, wit, and wisdom,and wisdom, the values the which values which easily we can be manipulated by art.