Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-09 Thread Aaron F. Ross
A short experimental film by Anna Geyer: http://www.dr-yo.com/loquat/oolite.html Regards, Aaron At 6/7/2013, you wrote: Hi, there, I'm looking to compile a list of good points of reference for 'Proustian' cinema (in terms of form and style relating to memory - not adaptations of

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-08 Thread Tim Halloran
Last Year at Marienbad, of course. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 7, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Benjamin R. Taylor cont...@benjaminrtaylor.com wrote: Sorry, just to clarify 'Proustian' a bit more: I'm thinking of films that are being used as a medium to either: explore the nature/experience of memory

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-08 Thread Peter Mudie
So Is This – Michael Snow Last Year at Marienbad, of course. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 7, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Benjamin R. Taylor cont...@benjaminrtaylor.commailto:cont...@benjaminrtaylor.com wrote: Sorry, just to clarify 'Proustian' a bit more: I'm thinking of films that are being used as a

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-08 Thread Haley Markbreiter
Have you considered: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE by Wong Kar-wai, A TIME TO LIVE AND A TIME TO DIE by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, COLD WATER by Olivier Assayas, or THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Orson Welles? By the way -- what made you decide to do this series? What's it for? By the way -- is Proustian Cinema a

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-08 Thread David Tetzlaff
I'm thinking of films that are being used as a medium to either: explore the nature/experience of memory and how it works Unstuck-in-time narratives can be considered tropes of memory: Renais' J'Taim, J'Taime; Catch 22, Slaughterhouse 5... Films framed as memories of a narrator: Little Big

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-08 Thread John MacKay
Sans Soleil; Level 5. Best John Sent from my iPhone On Jun 8, 2013, at 6:13 AM, David Tetzlaff djte...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking of films that are being used as a medium to either: explore the nature/experience of memory and how it works Unstuck-in-time narratives can be considered

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-08 Thread scott
Larry Gottheim's Mnemosyne Mother of Muses (Canyon Cinema).Scott Original Message Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema From: Francisco Torres fjtorre...@gmail.com Date: Fri, June 07, 2013 11:14 am To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-08 Thread Chuck Kleinhans
There might be a problem with the term Proustian being too vague and broad here. A lot of films work with questions of memory, and also the related concept of nostalgia. Often this is a narrative element, and sometimes dramatized by the presence of media of some kind: thus Rear Window

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-08 Thread Jarrett Hayman
I think Tarkovksy's *The Mirror *would be worth investigating. Apparently, he based the film all on his own personal memories. What impressed me most about the film was that the narrative was just as flawed as memory itself is. For instance, the same actors will play different characters that span

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-07 Thread Francisco Torres
The films of Nicolas Roeg may be considered 'Proustian'. On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Benjamin R. Taylor cont...@benjaminrtaylor.com wrote: Hi, there, I'm looking to compile a list of good points of reference for 'Proustian' cinema (in terms of form and style relating to memory -

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Whiteside
The work of Jonas Mekas. From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Francisco Torres Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 2:15 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema The films of Nicolas Roeg may be considered 'Proustian

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-07 Thread Benjamin R. Taylor
Sorry, just to clarify 'Proustian' a bit more: I'm thinking of films that are being used as a medium to either: explore the nature/experience of memory and how it works and/or uses formal elements (structure and editing predominantly) to work with the viewers memory of the film's content

Re: [Frameworks] Proustian Cinema

2013-06-07 Thread Chuck Kleinhans
On Jun 7, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Benjamin R. Taylor wrote: Sorry, just to clarify 'Proustian' a bit more: I'm thinking of films that are being used as a medium to either: explore the nature/experience of memory and how it works Memento (Christipher Nolan, 2000) Inception (Nolan, 2010) there are