Re: [Frameworks] Film Festivals in General

2014-06-01 Thread William Gazecki
Excellent post Ken. Thank you. No need to apologize for the length. I was halfway through reading it and remarked to myself, "this is really good information" before I looked to see who had written it. It was nice to see it was you. Thank you for sharing. William www.williamgazecki.com

Re: [Frameworks] Sleazeball attacks on avant-garde film

2014-06-01 Thread Fred Truniger
This thread is interesting, thank you for the postings! We have been researching the history of the avant-garde in, uh, switzerland. In the absence of almost anything official we had to rely on newspaper articles about screenings of avant-garde films, prizes to experimental filmmakers, etc. Of c

[Frameworks] film undone series

2014-06-01 Thread Joan Hawkins
HI all- we're in the middle of planning our ongoing experimental series for next year. One of the programs has the working title of "cinema undone" and the idea for it was roughly films that don't observe the usual boundaries-- so films that don't necessarily have a logical end and one of the

Re: [Frameworks] film undone series

2014-06-01 Thread Jonathan Walley
Joan, The film that immediately came to my mind is Robert Nelson's Bleu Shut ('71). It begins by announcing that it will be exactly 30 minutes long, putting a clock in the corner of the screen that stays there for the duration. It actually runs to about 34 minutes; in the final scene, Nelson, i

Re: [Frameworks] film undone series

2014-06-01 Thread scott
Hey Joan,Jonathan's suggestion of BLEU SHUT is a good one. There's also FLAMING CREATURES. And, if you really want to make them crazy, there's THE LEAD SHOES!Scott Original Message Subject: [Frameworks] film undone series From: Joan Hawkins Date: Sun, June

Re: [Frameworks] film undone series

2014-06-01 Thread nicky . hamlyn
David Larcher's videos are very discursive very open-ended: they don't conclude, on the contrary. Most of Morgan Fisher's films, especially ( ) and Projection instructions. Nicky. -Original Message- From: Joan Hawkins To: Experimental Film Discussion List Sent: Sun, 1 Jun 201

Re: [Frameworks] Sleazeball attacks on avant-garde film

2014-06-01 Thread Ronald Gregg
Here's the citation from the Temenos website: - *Hart, Henry*. - *An Educational Scandal*. Films in Review, Vol 2 No.7, August- September, 1951 On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Fred Camper wrote: > Ron, > > Ah, yes, I remember "abnormal perceptions." There was also a reference

Re: [Frameworks] Sleazeball attacks on avant-garde film

2014-06-01 Thread Chris Kennedy
As an interesting aside, $10k in 1964 is $76k in today's cash. Pretty generous grants from the ford foundation. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] film undone series

2014-06-01 Thread David Tetzlaff
Land - New improved Institutional Quality...; Film In Which... Maclaine - The End Frampton - Critical Mass Conner - Report Jack Smith - Normal Love (of which no fixed version has ever existed) Jacobs - Blonde Cobra (it has an end, but neither that or any other part of it are logical in any t