Re: [Frameworks] Production Code

2012-10-30 Thread Chuck Kleinhans
On Oct 30, 2012, at 5:08 AM, Jonathan Walley wrote: ….In essence, it "internalized" federal, state, and local censorship laws into a sort of corporate policy aimed at producing films that would NOT be censored by external authorities once they were released in theaters (although this still did so

Re: [Frameworks] Warren Sonbert - retrospective tour available

2012-10-30 Thread Fred Camper
>...the batch of 9 Brakhage films I've been restoring with Film > Foundation funding do have titlecards, per their requirement.  I consulted > with Marilyn about the placement of the cards, and we agreed to compose > them in very simple language, and put them at the beginning of each film, > with a

[Frameworks] *°¨¨°* Directors Lounge Screening : Thorsten Fleisch Berlin Premiere of Hex Suffice Cache Ten *°¨¨°*

2012-10-30 Thread Klaus W. Eisenlohr
Directors Lounge Screening: Thorsten Fleisch Berlin Premiere Hex Suffice Cache Ten Video and 16mm Filmprogramm Selected from his private Educational Film Archive Thursday, 1 November 2012 21:00 Uhr Z-Bar Bergstraße 2 10115 Berlin-Mitte Thorsten Fleisch, artist and filmmaker who lives in Berlin

Re: [Frameworks] Production Code

2012-10-30 Thread Jonathan Walley
Chuck is right - it's important to reiterate that the Production Code (hereafter "the Code") was not a law, nor was the Production Code Administration (the PCA, aka the Hayes Office) a government body. The Code was developed by the major studios and aimed solely at THEIR product. In essence, it "in

Re: [Frameworks] Warren Sonbert - retrospective tour available

2012-10-30 Thread Mark Toscano
Hi Fred, I agree with you about restoration titlecards.  In some cases, funding agencies require them as a condition of accepting that funding.  Some archives always have them as a matter of course, which often helps them to be identified with the great work they're doing when the print shows w

Re: [Frameworks] Warren Sonbert - retrospective tour available

2012-10-30 Thread Mark Toscano
Hi Scott,I appreciate that if it's the case, but I had yet to see it myself.  The Gartenberg/Light Cone press release, the program notes at earlymonthlysegments.org, none of these mentioned it, which is what I was going on.  I see that they're now at earlymonthlysegments, which I really appreciate.