The opening sets up -- first, a tension between the actual experience of life as a series of sychronicities via singular point of view (the narrator finds only "fragments") and the very real need for a cohesive story for the psyche to hang on to (the narrator "I was looking for a story" paraphrase)
second, the image of three women speaking to each other followed by the voiceover of comparison/competition b/t self & other -- I think of the first narrator having that internal struggle and coming to a space of relating to others (or not) with a half-formed story --- I would love to see the whole thing. I'm pretty good at writing treatments for very liminal work / work playing with elements of narrative. Jessica * * * http://drawclose.com > On Feb 2, 2015, at 8:34 AM, Andrea Márquez <lejana.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear frameworkers, > > I would normally repress this embarrassing impetus of writing. I used to have > them a lot when I was younger, and I guess I gained some experience. However, > I'm going to ask you to watch this small fragment of our humble film called > DETOUR. > > The truth is, I don't know how to start to distribute it. I wish I could list > a number of reasons explaining why it's worth watching or tell you something > that could awake your interest, but I'm afraid that I can't. It's probably > because of my lack of "the art of the pitching", but also because I don't > understand entirely how DETOUR operates in spite of me, in spite of what I > thought the film might be, what I wanted to make it say and so on. > > Felisberto Hernández, an Uruguayan and a very extraordinary author wrote: > >> "I'll also have to write many things I know very little about; it even >> strikes me that impenetrability is intrinsic to them. Perhaps when we think >> we know them we stop knowing that we don't know them, because their >> existence is inevitably obscure, and that must be one of their qualities. >> >> But I don't believe I must write only whay I know. I must also write the >> other things." > > I enjoy thinking there is a connection between this idea and my lack of > knowledge and qualities. > > > Director's statement: > “Detour” or “Around” or > > Adverb that denotes the situation of people and things that surround other. > Outline of a place. Preceding a numerical expression approximately more or > less. Surrounding, around. Metathesis. > > Movement that is difficult to determine. Examples: a hug in the darkness, > panning that the camera suddenly stops, sideways glance of the subject that > attempts to disguise a state, silence that precedes certain words. > > Circumlocution, round about expression, periphrasis. > > Without circuit, without result. > > More or less close but without security, without warranty. > > Shortly before or shortly after. Still unaccounted for. > > Going away, from a distance. > > Narrative device that dispenses the linear order of the successive stages > leading to. Interruptions. Love. > > No destination, no teleology, no money. > > Inefficient, eager for simple stuffs. > > “Desire, yes, always desire.” > > Deviation, detour. > > > I wrote this statement inspired in the way that we made the film. If you feel > that something there could be interesting for you somehow, and you could help > us to make this very little project finds its audience, here it is the link > to watch the opening scene: > > http://youtu.be/zMPEyvC1BrE > > > If you like it, I can send you the complete version link. > > > Best regards, > Andrea Márquez > e-mail: lejana.c...@gmail.com > https://floodedhousefilms.wordpress.com/ > > Synopsis: > DETOUR is a lyrical feature film contemplating the detours of three childhood > friends who reunite again after ten years. Starting with 1991 George W. > Bush's speech about the coming of a new world order and the announcement of > Operation Desert Storm, the film explores the paradigm that started in the > 90s after the dissolution of the URSS. > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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