Re: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film
I neglected to mention any British filmmakers in my first response. There's Derek Jarman's poetry in *The Garden*. Jarman's cottage, which appears in the film, is decorated John Donne's The Sun Rising, though I can't remember if this is legible in the film. Also, you might want to consider some of English writer Iain Sinclairs's collaborations with various British experimental filmmakers such as Chris Petit, Emily Richardson, and Andrew Kotting. Also, William Raban's *Thames Film* is loosely structured around excepts from T.S. Eliot's *Four Quartets. * I'm really enjoying this thread! Heath* * -- http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/student_profiles/heath-iverson/ https://vimeo.com/user7464559 -- Heath Iverson PhD Candidate, Film Studies University of St Andrews 99 North Street St. Andrews, KY16 9AD Scotland, UK ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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I am enjoying this thread a lot too. Thank you everyone! I would add Burroughs-Balch Cut-ups works, and I think no-one mentioned La Coquille et Le Clergyman, a collaboration between Artaud and Dulac. Best, E. On Sunday, September 29, 2013, Heath Iverson wrote: I neglected to mention any British filmmakers in my first response. There's Derek Jarman's poetry in *The Garden*. Jarman's cottage, which appears in the film, is decorated John Donne's The Sun Rising, though I can't remember if this is legible in the film. Also, you might want to consider some of English writer Iain Sinclairs's collaborations with various British experimental filmmakers such as Chris Petit, Emily Richardson, and Andrew Kotting. Also, William Raban's *Thames Film* is loosely structured around excepts from T.S. Eliot's *Four Quartets. * I'm really enjoying this thread! Heath* * -- http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/student_profiles/heath-iverson/ https://vimeo.com/user7464559 -- Heath Iverson PhD Candidate, Film Studies University of St Andrews 99 North Street St. Andrews, KY16 9AD Scotland, UK -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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In my book, Adventures of Perception (California, 2009), there's an essay, "Poetry and Film: Avant-Garde Cinema as Publication" and an interview with Clive Holden about his move from poetry to film--both might be of use.ScottScott MacDonald Original Message Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film From: Kelly Gallagher ke...@purpleriot.com Date: Fri, September 27, 2013 1:42 pm To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Exciting topic! As a handcrafted cinema maker myself, my mind immediately goes to Jan Svankmajer. Many of his films are based off of literary tales and stories. (>From writers such as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, Horace Walpole, etc). Ah, and then thinking of Poe, I think of about Jean Epstein's Fall of the House of Usher. Best of luck!-Kelly Gallagherwww.purpleriot.comOn Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:12 PM, William Wees, Dr. william.w...@mcgill.ca wrote:There are dozens, no, hundreds of poetry films and poetry videos (or videopoems), which is to says, films and videos that incorporate poetry and poetic texts on the sound track or in the images or both. Perhaps that is not the sort of thing you are looking for, but if it is I could send you titles of some of my favourite examples—though I have to say they would not include recent work (I haven’t paid any serious attention to poetry films/videos since the 1990s). The person who has paid attention to the whole development of poetry films/videos and has published a manifesto on the subject is Tom Konyves. I don’t think he would mind my giving you his email address: tomkony...@gmail.com. --Bill Wees william.w...@mcgill.ca From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Esperanza Collado Sent: September 27, 2013 2:06 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the studentsexperimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza.-- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Has no one mentioned Rameau's Nephew yet? If not, then Rameau's Nephew (by Diderot and Michael Snow). Just reshelved my copy of the former yesterday. ... R. From: FrameWorks [frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] on behalf of sc...@financialcleansing.com [sc...@financialcleansing.com] Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 3:15 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film In my book, Adventures of Perception (California, 2009), there's an essay, Poetry and Film: Avant-Garde Cinema as Publication and an interview with Clive Holden about his move from poetry to film--both might be of use. Scott Scott MacDonald Original Message Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film From: Kelly Gallagher ke...@purpleriot.commailto:ke...@purpleriot.com Date: Fri, September 27, 2013 1:42 pm To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.commailto:frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Exciting topic! As a handcrafted cinema maker myself, my mind immediately goes to Jan Svankmajer. Many of his films are based off of literary tales and stories. (From writers such as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, Horace Walpole, etc). Ah, and then thinking of Poe, I think of about Jean Epstein's Fall of the House of Usher. Best of luck! -Kelly Gallagher www.purpleriot.comhttp://www.purpleriot.com On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:12 PM, William Wees, Dr. william.w...@mcgill.camailto:william.w...@mcgill.ca wrote: There are dozens, no, hundreds of poetry films and poetry videos (or videopoems), which is to says, films and videos that incorporate poetry and poetic texts on the sound track or in the images or both. Perhaps that is not the sort of thing you are looking for, but if it is I could send you titles of some of my favourite examples—though I have to say they would not include recent work (I haven’t paid any serious attention to poetry films/videos since the 1990s). The person who has paid attention to the whole development of poetry films/videos and has published a manifesto on the subject is Tom Konyves. I don’t think he would mind my giving you his email address: tomkony...@gmail.commailto:tomkony...@gmail.com. --Bill Wees william.w...@mcgill.camailto:william.w...@mcgill.ca From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.commailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Esperanza Collado Sent: September 27, 2013 2:06 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.orghttp://www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.commailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.commailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Also in video you might be interested in some of these short pieces by Cynthia Maughan, which recall Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O'Connor: http://www.eai.org/artistTitles.htm?id=13111 I'm thinking specifically of Frozen Buried Alive and Trailer Life. On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Warren Cockerham warrencocker...@gmail.com wrote: How about Experimental Video or Video Art? If so.. Gary Hill's 1984 videotape WHY DO THINGS GET IN A MUDDLE? (COME ON PETUNIA). A loose adaptation of Alice in Wonderland and Gregory Bateson's metalogue 'Why do Things Get in a Muddle?' from 'Steps to an Ecology of the Mind.' Most of the tape is performed backwards -- camera movement, blocking, performance, spoken language, etc.. -- a la The Black Lodge sequences in Twin Peaks.. of course, several years before Frost and Lynch went all TV with this approach. It's happening again... Hill http://vimeo.com/45472623 Frost Lynch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1CuX0Ix33I best regards, Warren Cockerham Bennington Vermont On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Esperanza Collado esperanzacolla...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- *SCREEN SLATE http://www.screenslate.com/ / PUBLISHER/EDITOR / INDEPENDENT, REPERTORY GALLERY SCREENING LISTINGS* *330.265.3875 / jon.dierin...@gmail.com / follow screen slate on facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/screenslate twitter http://twitter.com/#!/screenslate* ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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This is moving slightly away, perhaps, but I think is related to the concern with literature and cinema. Konrad Steiner in the Bay Area was doing work in poetry and cinema several years ago, which has also led to a neo-Benshi movement, which is relevant as well. Two of the neo-benshi shows have been done at REDCAT in Los Angeles, and more in the Bay Area, and I¹m sure elsewhere, all with current contemporary authors writing new pieces that accompany/explain/describe/expand upon a film that is playing as they read. Some links: http://viz.ucsc.edu/wp/vizArchive/vizEventP92.pdf http://paulhooverpoetry.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-talkies-neo-benshi-at-deyou ng.html http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibition/late032610 http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/neo-benshi/ http://www.kqed.org/arts/multimedia/article.jsp?essid=23107 http://bhjournal.com/?p=206 http://artpredator.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/live-film-narration/ Adam On 9/28/13 1:44 PM, Jon Dieringer jon.dierin...@gmail.com wrote: Also in video you might be interested in some of these short pieces by Cynthia Maughan, which recall Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O'Connor: http://www.eai.org/artistTitles.htm?id=13111 I'm thinking specifically of Frozen Buried Alive and Trailer Life. On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Warren Cockerham warrencocker...@gmail.com wrote: How about Experimental Video or Video Art? If so.. Gary Hill's 1984 videotape WHY DO THINGS GET IN A MUDDLE? (COME ON PETUNIA). A loose adaptation of Alice in Wonderland and Gregory Bateson's metalogue 'Why do Things Get in a Muddle?' from 'Steps to an Ecology of the Mind.' Most of the tape is performed backwards -- camera movement, blocking, performance, spoken language, etc.. -- a la The Black Lodge sequences in Twin Peaks.. of course, several years before Frost and Lynch went all TV with this approach. It's happening again... Hill http://vimeo.com/45472623 Frost Lynch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1CuX0Ix33I best regards, Warren Cockerham Bennington Vermont On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Esperanza Collado esperanzacolla...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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And actually Konrad Steiner just presented a new film of his own (could have been world premiere but I'm not sure; I'd never heard of its existence prior), titled way in San Francisco at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, a 68-minute film based on a reading by Leslie Scalapino of her long poem also titled way. I don't know if this is literary enough for the original inquirer but it's a very interesting film. FYI... Steve Polta On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Adam Hyman a...@lafilmforum.org wrote: This is moving slightly away, perhaps, but I think is related to the concern with literature and cinema. Konrad Steiner in the Bay Area was doing work in poetry and cinema several years ago, which has also led to a neo-Benshi movement, which is relevant as well. Two of the neo-benshi shows have been done at REDCAT in Los Angeles, and more in the Bay Area, and I’m sure elsewhere, all with current contemporary authors writing new pieces that accompany/explain/describe/expand upon a film that is playing as they read. Some links: http://viz.ucsc.edu/wp/vizArchive/vizEventP92.pdf http://paulhooverpoetry.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-talkies-neo-benshi-at-deyoung.html http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibition/late032610 http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/neo-benshi/ http://www.kqed.org/arts/multimedia/article.jsp?essid=23107 http://bhjournal.com/?p=206 http://artpredator.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/live-film-narration/ Adam On 9/28/13 1:44 PM, Jon Dieringer jon.dierin...@gmail.com wrote: Also in video you might be interested in some of these short pieces by Cynthia Maughan, which recall Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O'Connor: http://www.eai.org/artistTitles.htm?id=13111 I'm thinking specifically of Frozen Buried Alive and Trailer Life. On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Warren Cockerham warrencocker...@gmail.com wrote: How about Experimental Video or Video Art? If so.. Gary Hill's 1984 videotape WHY DO THINGS GET IN A MUDDLE? (COME ON PETUNIA). A loose adaptation of Alice in Wonderland and Gregory Bateson's metalogue 'Why do Things Get in a Muddle?' from 'Steps to an Ecology of the Mind.' Most of the tape is performed backwards -- camera movement, blocking, performance, spoken language, etc.. -- a la The Black Lodge sequences in Twin Peaks.. of course, several years before Frost and Lynch went all TV with this approach. It's happening again... Hill http://vimeo.com/45472623 Frost Lynch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1CuX0Ix33I best regards, Warren Cockerham Bennington Vermont On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Esperanza Collado esperanzacolla...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Okay, here are a few of my favourite poetry-films (I warned you they are, shall we say, archival): Three short films from the National Film Board of Canada: Travellers Palm, 1977 (poem by P.K. Page); Poen [sic], 1967 (Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers); A Said Poem, 1977 (found poetry by J. R. Colombo) Ian Hugo, Bells of Atlantis, 1952 (Anaïs Nin, House of Incest) Rick Hancox, Waterworx, 1982 (Wallace Stevens, A Clear Day and No Memories) Margaret Doogan, Screw: A Technical Love Poem, 1972 (poem by Diane Wakowski) Ed Akerman and Colin Morton, Primi Too Taa, 1986 (dada poem by Kurt Schwitters) Max Crosley, Assassination Raga, 1972 (poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti) Henry Hills, Kino Da! 1981 (Jack Hirschman, poem in manner of Russian Futurists) Rachel Libert, Undertaker, 1995 (poetry performance by Patricia Smith) --Bill Wees From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Esperanza Collado Sent: September 27, 2013 5:28 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film And very exciting answers too! Thank you everyone. Hopefully more Frameworkers will contribute to this topic. Bill, please feel free to expand on poetry works, would love to know your favourite examples and I really dont mind if they arent recent. Best, E. On Friday, September 27, 2013, Kelly Gallagher wrote: Exciting topic! As a handcrafted cinema maker myself, my mind immediately goes to Jan Svankmajer. Many of his films are based off of literary tales and stories. (From writers such as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, Horace Walpole, etc). Ah, and then thinking of Poe, I think of about Jean Epstein's Fall of the House of Usher. Best of luck! -Kelly Gallagher www.purpleriot.comhttp://www.purpleriot.com On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:12 PM, William Wees, Dr. william.w...@mcgill.cajavascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'william.w...@mcgill.ca'); wrote: There are dozens, no, hundreds of poetry films and poetry videos (or videopoems), which is to says, films and videos that incorporate poetry and poetic texts on the sound track or in the images or both. Perhaps that is not the sort of thing you are looking for, but if it is I could send you titles of some of my favourite examples-though I have to say they would not include recent work (I haven't paid any serious attention to poetry films/videos since the 1990s). The person who has paid attention to the whole development of poetry films/videos and has published a manifesto on the subject is Tom Konyves. I don't think he would mind my giving you his email address: tomkony...@gmail.comjavascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'tomkony...@gmail.com');. --Bill Wees william.w...@mcgill.cajavascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'william.w...@mcgill.ca'); From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.comjavascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com');] On Behalf Of Esperanza Collado Sent: September 27, 2013 2:06 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.orghttp://www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.comjavascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com'); https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.orghttp://www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Germaine Dulac, L'invitation au Voyage (Charles Baudelaire) Mary Ellen Bute, Passages from Finnegans Wake (James Joyce) Cindy Keefer Center for Visual Music www.centerforvisualmusic.org CVM email = cvmaccess (at) gmail.com From: Esperanza Collado esperanzacolla...@gmail.com To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. Esperanza Collado ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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James Broughton reads his poetry over the image track in some of his films. -Original Message- From: C Keefer Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 5:36 PM To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Germaine Dulac, L'invitation au Voyage (Charles Baudelaire) Mary Ellen Bute, Passages from Finnegans Wake (James Joyce) Cindy Keefer Center for Visual Music www.centerforvisualmusic.org CVM email = cvmaccess (at) gmail.com From: Esperanza Collado esperanzacolla...@gmail.com To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. Esperanza Collado ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Bryan Konefsky's *A Junky's Christmas*. An interesting use of William S. Burrough and *It's a Wonderful Life.* http://vimeo.com/13391728 On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Esperanza Collado esperanzacolla...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- Michelle Mellor Basement Films, Board Member Experiments In Cinema, Assistant Director South West Film Center, Head Projectionist --- the world is quite here - Lemony Snicket mellorsight...@gmail.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Hello, I am doing my PhD research on Gregory Markopoulos. Markopoulos has based on ancient and modern literature in many of his films. For example, Psyche from his trilogy, The Illiac Passion, Twice a Man etc. Let me know if you need any more information. Good Luck! Best wishes, Eleni Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:06:06 +0200 From: esperanzacolla...@gmail.com To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado- - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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I'd look at Sitney's *Eyes Upside Down*; it's a fascinating look at the American cinematic avant-garde in relation to the literary legacy of Emerson. I'm sure Scott MacDonald's work would be really helpful here too. As far as specific films go, from the top of my head I would list Mekas' *Walden *(Thoreau), Brakhage's *Dante Quartet *(*Divine Comedy*), and Marjorie Keller's *The Answering Furrow* (Virgil's *Georgics)*. Something else that might be worth considering is the relationship between David Foster Wallace and experimental film, though this is really a case of literature partly inspired by experimental film rather than the other way around. I'm currently working on a project tracing I*nfinite Jest*'s relationship to the avant-garde film tradition and I'd be happy to share some details off list. This is a great topic and I'm eager to see what others suggest! Best, Heath Heath Iverson PhD Candidate, Film Studies University of St Andrews 99 North Street St. Andrews, KY16 9AD Scotland, UK http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/student_profiles/heath-iverson/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Various works by Owen Land and David Gatten seem relevant. Best, Adam On 9/27/13 11:41 AM, Heath Iverson h...@st-andrews.ac.uk wrote: I'd look at Sitney's Eyes Upside Down; it's a fascinating look at the American cinematic avant-garde in relation to the literary legacy of Emerson. I'm sure Scott MacDonald's work would be really helpful here too. As far as specific films go, from the top of my head I would list Mekas' Walden (Thoreau), Brakhage's Dante Quartet (Divine Comedy), and Marjorie Keller's The Answering Furrow (Virgil's Georgics). Something else that might be worth considering is the relationship between David Foster Wallace and experimental film, though this is really a case of literature partly inspired by experimental film rather than the other way around. I'm currently working on a project tracing Infinite Jest's relationship to the avant-garde film tradition and I'd be happy to share some details off list. This is a great topic and I'm eager to see what others suggest! Best, Heath Heath Iverson PhD Candidate, Film Studies University of St Andrews 99 North Street St. Andrews, KY16 9AD Scotland, UK http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/student_profiles/heath-iverson/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Hi Esperanza, I think (most of) the work of Jem Cohen could be really enlightening seen in relationship to (again, most of) the work of Walter Benjamin, especially his travel and city notes. Best, p. From: Heath Iverson h...@st-andrews.ac.uk To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film I'd look at Sitney's Eyes Upside Down; it's a fascinating look at the American cinematic avant-garde in relation to the literary legacy of Emerson. I'm sure Scott MacDonald's work would be really helpful here too. As far as specific films go, from the top of my head I would list Mekas' Walden (Thoreau), Brakhage's Dante Quartet (Divine Comedy), and Marjorie Keller's The Answering Furrow (Virgil's Georgics). Something else that might be worth considering is the relationship between David Foster Wallace and experimental film, though this is really a case of literature partly inspired by experimental film rather than the other way around. I'm currently working on a project tracing Infinite Jest's relationship to the avant-garde film tradition and I'd be happy to share some details off list. This is a great topic and I'm eager to see what others suggest! Best, Heath Heath Iverson PhD Candidate, Film Studies University of St Andrews 99 North Street St. Andrews, KY16 9AD Scotland, UK http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/student_profiles/heath-iverson/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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One obvious move would be to look at compare/contrast the various versions of Fall of the House of Usher--Curtis Harrington, Watson, Epstein…and Corman. But also Larry Jordan's HD Trilogy and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. best, Richard +++ Richard Deming Director of Creative Writing Department of English Yale University New Haven, CT 06520 On Sep 27, 2013, at 2:06 PM, Esperanza Collado wrote: Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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There are dozens, no, hundreds of poetry films and poetry videos (or videopoems), which is to says, films and videos that incorporate poetry and poetic texts on the sound track or in the images or both. Perhaps that is not the sort of thing you are looking for, but if it is I could send you titles of some of my favourite examples-though I have to say they would not include recent work (I haven't paid any serious attention to poetry films/videos since the 1990s). The person who has paid attention to the whole development of poetry films/videos and has published a manifesto on the subject is Tom Konyves. I don't think he would mind my giving you his email address: tomkony...@gmail.commailto:tomkony...@gmail.com. --Bill Wees william.w...@mcgill.ca From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Esperanza Collado Sent: September 27, 2013 2:06 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.orghttp://www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Exciting topic! As a handcrafted cinema maker myself, my mind immediately goes to Jan Svankmajer. Many of his films are based off of literary tales and stories. (From writers such as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, Horace Walpole, etc). Ah, and then thinking of Poe, I think of about Jean Epstein's Fall of the House of Usher. Best of luck! -Kelly Gallagher www.purpleriot.com On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:12 PM, William Wees, Dr. william.w...@mcgill.cawrote: There are dozens, no, hundreds of poetry films and poetry videos (or videopoems), which is to says, films and videos that incorporate poetry and poetic texts on the sound track or in the images or both. Perhaps that is not the sort of thing you are looking for, but if it is I could send you titles of some of my favourite examples—though I have to say they would not include recent work (I haven’t paid any serious attention to poetry films/videos since the 1990s). The person who has paid attention to the whole development of poetry films/videos and has published a manifesto on the subject is Tom Konyves. I don’t think he would mind my giving you his email address: tomkony...@gmail.com. ** ** --Bill Wees william.w...@mcgill.ca ** ** ** ** *From:* FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] *On Behalf Of *Esperanza Collado *Sent:* September 27, 2013 2:06 PM *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List *Subject:* [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film ** ** Dear friends, ** ** Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. ** ** Thanks very much, ** ** Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org ** ** ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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And very exciting answers too! Thank you everyone. Hopefully more
Frameworkers will contribute to this topic.
Bill, please feel free to expand on poetry works, would love to know your
favourite examples and I really dont mind if they arent recent.
Best,
E.
On Friday, September 27, 2013, Kelly Gallagher wrote:
Exciting topic! As a handcrafted cinema maker myself, my mind immediately
goes to Jan Svankmajer. Many of his films are based off of literary tales
and stories. (From writers such as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, Horace
Walpole, etc). Ah, and then thinking of Poe, I think of about Jean
Epstein's Fall of the House of Usher.
Best of luck!
-Kelly Gallagher
www.purpleriot.com
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:12 PM, William Wees, Dr.
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There are dozens, no, hundreds of poetry films and poetry videos (or
videopoems), which is to says, films and videos that incorporate poetry and
poetic texts on the sound track or in the images or both. Perhaps that is
not the sort of thing you are looking for, but if it is I could send you
titles of some of my favourite examples—though I have to say they would not
include recent work (I haven’t paid any serious attention to poetry
films/videos since the 1990s). The person who has paid attention to the
whole development of poetry films/videos and has published a manifesto on
the subject is Tom Konyves. I don’t think he would mind my giving you his
email address: tomkony...@gmail.com javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
'tomkony...@gmail.com');.
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--Bill Wees
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Dear friends,
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Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would
like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by
literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will
be very welcome.
** **
Thanks very much,
** **
Esperanza.
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George Kuchar’s diary “Kingdom By the Sea” (2002) is structured around, and contains a “performance” of, Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “The Enigma.” From: Kelly Gallagher Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 2:42 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Exciting topic! As a handcrafted cinema maker myself, my mind immediately goes to Jan Svankmajer. Many of his films are based off of literary tales and stories. (From writers such as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, Horace Walpole, etc). Ah, and then thinking of Poe, I think of about Jean Epstein's Fall of the House of Usher. Best of luck! -Kelly Gallagher www.purpleriot.com On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:12 PM, William Wees, Dr. william.w...@mcgill.ca wrote: There are dozens, no, hundreds of poetry films and poetry videos (or videopoems), which is to says, films and videos that incorporate poetry and poetic texts on the sound track or in the images or both. Perhaps that is not the sort of thing you are looking for, but if it is I could send you titles of some of my favourite examples—though I have to say they would not include recent work (I haven’t paid any serious attention to poetry films/videos since the 1990s). The person who has paid attention to the whole development of poetry films/videos and has published a manifesto on the subject is Tom Konyves. I don’t think he would mind my giving you his email address: tomkony...@gmail.com. --Bill Wees william.w...@mcgill.ca From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Esperanza Collado Sent: September 27, 2013 2:06 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film Dear friends, Im currently lecturing a course on literature and visual arts and i would like to approach/show the students experimental films based in/inspired by literary pieces, only I need your help to do so. Any recommendations will be very welcome. Thanks very much, Esperanza. -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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You might show Christopher Maclaine's The End as an example of the incorporation of Beat literary style in film. The soundtrack can be considered a reading of a work of Beat literature written specifically for the film. (And it's readily available on DVD.) ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
