Hi John: Dominic had posted a program including a work of his own, Revelations (Subject: Film PRogram). I clicked on a link a the bottom of his message:
https://ultradogme.com/2020/06/27/udvff-12/ On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:18 PM John Knecht <jkne...@colgate.edu> wrote: > Please tell me what "Revelations" film you are referring to and where can > I see it. Thank you > > John Knecht. > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 5:29 PM Bernard Roddy <roddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dominic: >> >> Thank you. I just watched Revelations. Although I passed over a few of >> your remarks at the festival site, I was most intent on figuring out how to >> play whatever it was you were posting. >> >> And it made me think of Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera. It's >> Vertov's apocalyptic edit. We have lost the celebration of labor and >> industry. And the effects of Vertov's film here seem to be degraded into >> something more tragic, like the spots on the lens that are admitted, or the >> double exposure that transforms what it was supposed to mean to work for a >> purpose. >> >> I used to show Vertov's film to classes on a VHS dub. Once I tried to >> substitute our improved transfer version, which was on a DVD from across >> campus, but discovered the film now appeared with orchestral music (I want >> to actually call it flatout opera). This disaster was never again >> permitted. And your Revelations has the sound it deserves. >> >> It actually occurred to me that Man with a Movie Camera could be >> construed as early music video, not just early documentary, as I used to >> hear it called. >> >> Really awesome. There's no need for any of the other work in that >> festival. And there remains the additional tragedy of the film's current >> exhibition conditions. >> >> Bernie >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > > > -- > John Knecht, Russell Colgate Distinguished > University Professor of Art and Art History > and Film and Media Studies. Emeritus. > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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