We created a portrait of Bruce Baillie, who suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:
Ruth + Leo from Vienna https://vimeo.com/31076348 THIS KIND OF THING-HE AND US (Bruce Baillie) vimeo.com Ruth Anderwald + Leonhard Grond __ Guest Professors, ARC Artistic Research Center mdw University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Affiliate Members, CSS Centre for Sensory Studies Concordia University, Montreal/Tio'tia:ke  http://www.on-dizziness.org http://www.culture-of-resistance.eu > Am 23.06.2025 um 15:14 schrieb Cat Tassini <[email protected]>: > > https://oc87.com/ > > Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for but I love "OC87: The > Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie" because of > how personal and original it is. The filmmaker, Bud Clayman, portrays his > struggle to make a film as he is making it. It used to be available for free > on Youtube but I can't seem to find it now. Looks like you can rent it on > Prime or order the DVD. > > Here's a trailer: > > https://youtu.be/QYaoRJuacgQ?si=an-6zPBMa2gcbmGo > > "Can you make a movie while having mental illness? Bud Clayman is doing it. > Will making a documentary about your mental illness change your life? Maybe. > Mental illness interrupted his dream of a filmmaking career. Thirty years > later, he's making the movie of his life. Bud Clayman is one of films' most > unlikely heroes. This is a personal story with universal relevance--a wildly > original documentary of pain and vulnerability, empowerment, and Bud's quest > for belonging." > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM Dave Tetzlaff <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> It can be useful to observe how other works approach a subject or theme, >> mainly because you don't want to fall into copycat mode accidentally. You >> can also find certain aspects you want to avoid, and find some inspiration >> in imaging an adverse. But I'll note that a productive technique for a kind >> of inspiration is to review some "non-traditional" cinematic approaches to >> completely different topics, and see if the form/style resonates in any way >> with the subject/theme on your mind. Then try to isolate what part of that >> is the key, then move that say 90 degrees one way or another to create a >> more unique fit to your purpose. So a viewer might say, "Hm, I see a little >> influence of [X] here, but it's fresh and affecting in this context." >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > > > > -- > > Cat Tassini > www.cattassini.com <http://www.cattassini.com/>-- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
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