most of Ken Jacobs films...
2019-12-12 12:15 GMT-04:00, Scott Dorsey <[email protected]>: > First of all, this is a metafilm, some hollywood propaganda, and it is > not meditative at all, but it is a thing that students should see in any > introduction to film class: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhhnFP1GWHI > > The youtube version looks terrible, if anyone knows of a better one I would > love to see it. > > I guess I think of Jordan Belson's _Cycles_ as the kind of thing you are > looking for. Pennebaker's _Daybreak Express_ is a cool and beautiful film > that starts slow, then becomes very upbeat and exciting, but then becomes > slow and quiet again at the end. > > McLaren's _A Chairy Tale_ is kind of weird and might be a bit long for > keeping students attention, but I think it makes a point about being > loved and appreciated. > > Keaton's _The Railrodder_ is on youtube and it is in many ways a kind of > slow and contemplative film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYmcN12M97o > May require some explanation about swimming the atlantic and so forth. > > So many of the abstract films I can think of are anything but slow and > contemplative... > --scott > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
