Notes Before Filmmaking one who perceives who is de-centred. And what would in fact realign these forces is not irony — I do not see it in that way — it's a certain sense of reciprocal dignity, if I might use the word. This dignity would exist in spite of the de-centering, it would take a unificatory force because of the de-centering. KSh: I think that from the several responses we've had perhaps we can establish a 32 mode of exchange, which is what we're always striving towards, in the cinema at any rate, in which so many disciplines are represented. And I think Anup's contribution would help there — for instance, what he said about the pan, and how he interprets Godard's remark. But I would specially appeal to Professor Ravinder Kumar and Sanjaya and Sudipto to respond to this debate in terms of the opposition that seems to be appearing from all that everyone is saying — leading up to a kind of conflict between condensation and narrativization. But I think this business of condensation and narrativization would move across disciplines, and I would be grateful if you would come up with insights on how you would use these things, perhaps with names different from the ones we use. For then we could respond again to the initial methodology, and perhaps even arrive at a common discourse between us. Journal of Arts <&• Ideas