[Frameworks] new project and Peripheral Produce DVD offer

2014-10-01 Thread matt's frameworks address
Hello Frameworkers, I understand that this is not the proper venue to promote a Kickstarter campaign, but some of you might be interested in one of the rewards: 5 Peripheral Produce DVDs for $45: Deborah Stratman's Something Like Flying Naomi Uman's Miking and Scratching The Peripheral Produce

[Frameworks] The Great Northwest online

2014-06-12 Thread matt's frameworks address
Hello Frameworkers, For anyone who might be interested, I recently released my feature length experimental documentary The Great Northwest online, for free. The Great Northwest is a project based on the re-creation of a 3,200 mile road-trip made in 1958 by four Seattle women who thoroughly

Re: [Frameworks] Travel Tripods

2013-07-15 Thread matt's frameworks address
While not exactly a tripod, I've enjoyed using 'The Pod' as an easy/lightweight tripod alternative: http://www.thepod.ca/ -matt On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Roger Wilson rogerdwil...@sympatico.cawrote: Not sure what type of filming you do but when I want to travel light with my bolex

Re: [Frameworks] Film Remakes/Covers

2013-05-13 Thread matt's frameworks address
Walt Disney's Taxi Driver by Bryan Boyce seems to fit your criterion in a number of ways, plus is simply an amazing piece! -matt On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 5:32 PM, jb.mabe jb.m...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Gang, I'm trying to work up a list of films that are direct remakes (like What Farocki

Re: [Frameworks] For Profit Festivals?

2013-04-25 Thread matt's frameworks address
I believe SXSW is for profit. And I believe they profit rather well. There are certainly a number of small festivals that by default are considered for profit because they haven't done the legwork to achieve non-profit status, but are essentially operating like a non-profit. Ultimately, I think

[Frameworks] historically informed experimental films

2013-02-23 Thread matt's frameworks address
Hello Frameworkers, After reading Manohla Dargis' piece this morning in the NY Times about the recent crop of historically informed features coming out of Hollywood (link below), it got me thinking about historically informed experimental works. Works by Travis Wilkerson, Lynn Sacks, Craig

Re: [Frameworks] drugged

2013-02-12 Thread matt's frameworks address
While not directly druggie, early German Expressionistic films, particularily Metropolis, have some of the earliest subjective portrayals of mind-altered states using flashy over-the-top visual signifiers. Oliver Stone's The Doors has some interesting transitions that sequence to/from

Re: [Frameworks] Journal Filmmakers and Videomakers

2013-02-12 Thread matt's frameworks address
All of Bill Brown's films are very film-diary-ish. In fact, his film 'Roswell' begind Dear Secret Diary... Also the early work of Sadie Benning. The film 'Tarnation' also might be of interest to you. -matt On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Kevin Obsatz ke...@videohaiku.com wrote: Hello

Re: [Frameworks] voyeurism / street photography in exp cinema

2013-01-28 Thread matt's frameworks address
. *** * ** ** Andy Ditzler ** ** ** ** On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 2:13 PM, matt's frameworks address li...@rodeofilmco.com wrote: Hello Frameworkers, I am trying to drum up a list of films/videos that use voyeurism and/or street photography as a central component. But in typing this I realize

[Frameworks] voyeurism / street photography in exp cinema

2013-01-26 Thread matt's frameworks address
Hello Frameworkers, I am trying to drum up a list of films/videos that use voyeurism and/or street photography as a central component. But in typing this I realize that neither 'voyeurism' nor 'street photography' are really the correct words/terms to use for what I am looking for. I am

Re: [Frameworks] new critical studies film course in car culture

2013-01-14 Thread matt's frameworks address
For Hollywood cinema at its worst, it might be interesting to look at recent blockbusters such as the Transformers series or recent James Bond 007 films that have inked product placement sponsorship deals with car companies, essentially turning the films into 2 hour long car commercials. There was

Re: [Frameworks] Please help

2012-07-26 Thread matt's frameworks address
the debate on whether this is appropriate and/or funny in itself is much funnier than the original joke. -matt -- --- www.rodeofilmco.com --- ___ FrameWorks mailing list

[Frameworks] Peripheral Produce update

2012-07-16 Thread matt's frameworks address
Hello Frameworkers- I wanted to update everyone here about what's going on with Peripheral Produce. After a couple years of hiatus we are dusting things off and finally re-releasing The AUTO-CINEMATIC Video Mix Tape. Originally released in 1998 on VHS, The AUTO-CINEMATIC Video Mix Tape was the

Re: [Frameworks] experimental documentary...

2012-06-03 Thread matt's frameworks address
Thanks all for the great feedback, both here and off-list. I am reminded what a vast, and potentially contentious issue documentary film can be... which is a good thing to be reminded of. thanks again, Matt On May 29, 2012, at 10:35 AM, matt's frameworks address wrote: hello Frameworkers

Re: [Frameworks] Favorite Filmmaker Websites

2012-05-31 Thread matt's frameworks address
and while not a filmmaker's website, the Cinema Project site is very clean and nice to look at: http://cinemaproject.org/ On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:27 PM, matt's frameworks address li...@rodeofilmco.com wrote: great inquiry, i look forward to seeing other people's suggestions. miranda july

[Frameworks] experimental documentary...

2012-05-29 Thread matt's frameworks address
hello Frameworkers- I am hoping to find good texts and/or essays concerning experimental-documentaries. I've been having a hard time finding much written about the sub-genre, so if anyone has some recommendations it would be much appreciated. Also, while on the subject- I am trying to create a

Re: [Frameworks] books on alternative/diy film distribution

2012-05-03 Thread matt's frameworks address
thank everyone for the recommendations. some good stuff to look into. also- great to be reminded of *The Microcinema Primer* - I think I might actually be in that, and it is a good reminder of how difficult it is to publish relevant books on this issue since things change so quickly. thanks

[Frameworks] books on alternative/diy film distribution

2012-04-29 Thread matt's frameworks address
hello Frameworkers, Wondering if anyone has any recommendations on good books or articles about alternative film distribution. I know there are a number of texts out there focusing on self distribution of independent features, but I am hoping to find something that addresses experimental, short,

Re: [Frameworks] Empty Quarter tonight at Margaret Mead Festival

2011-11-12 Thread matt's frameworks address
Empty Quarter is a beautiful film! -matt On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 7:32 AM, 40 Frames i...@40frames.org wrote: Our film, Empty Quarter, will screen tonight at the Margaret Mead Festival at 8 pm. For those in NYC, we hope you can attend. More info:

Re: [Frameworks] Travelogues

2011-11-10 Thread matt's frameworks address
the films of Bill Brown should definitely be considered, especially Confederation Park and Mountain State. and while not yet complete, I'll make a plug for my almost finished new feature length experimental documentary The Great Northwest, which is based on the re-creation of a 3,200 mile

Re: [Frameworks] Travelogues

2011-11-10 Thread matt's frameworks address
i am curious if Peter Hutton's At Sea would be considered a travelogue. and most definitely Which Way is East by Lynne Sachs. Hello you, I am trying to pull together a list of experimental films that either fall directly under the category of travelogue or bear witness to travel and

Re: [Frameworks] Moving to San Francisco

2011-08-31 Thread matt's frameworks address
This is just speculation on my part, but it's been widely reported that the suburbs are now increasingly the places where lower income folks can afford to live and not in the urban core: thus recent immigrants, people arriving from other regions of the US, the working class, and minorities of