wow....no mention of hollywood at all.... wonder how HW got edited in? thanks jack On 07/10/2011, at 5:46 PM, black hole cinematheque/archive wrote:
> Jack, > The original quote, in case it hasn't been relayed in full yet, is > the third sentence in the second paragraph in Cinematography: The Creative > Use Of Reality, found as Bruce stated in the Essential Deren collection he > edited, published by Documentext, It doesn't mention hollywood however, this > is it (I added the entire paragraph for context) : > > "The photographic medium is, as a matter of fact, so amorphous that it is not > merely unobtrusive but virtually transparent, and so becomes, more than any > other medium, susceptible of servitude to any and all the others. The > enormous value of such servitude suffices to justify the medium and to be > generally accepted as its function. This has been a major obstacle to the > definition and development of motion pictures as a creative fine-art form- > capable of creative action in its own terms- for its own character is as a > latent image which can become manifest only if no other image is imposed upon > it to obscure it."- Maya Deren > > hope this helps, > -tooth kaminsky > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
