Re: [Frameworks] film undone series

2014-06-02 Thread Brett Kashmere
Michael Snow's *Corpus Callosum*, from 2002, would seem to fit the criteria for the series. I haven't seen it in quite awhile, but I do recall there are several false endings, with credits appearing midway through the film and possibly elsewhere, as well as films within the film, and much, much rep

Re: [Frameworks] film undone series

2014-06-02 Thread Andy Ditzler
Last Friday, I showed Paul Sharits' Shutter Interface here in Atlanta. There is (as Sharits said of all his "locational" works) no "development" in this piece; it's contemplative/meditative and consists of the patterns of single-color frames and sonic tones all the way through. It simply ends after

Re: [Frameworks] film undone series

2014-06-02 Thread Steve Polta
Michael Snow's *So Is This* is a film essay of words projected one after the other on the screen which is read (silently it is assumed) by an audience. It concludes mysteriously mid-sentence in a magical way that leaves one hanging. I'll leave it at that and not give away the film's final thought.

[Frameworks] Visions Montreal

2014-06-02 Thread contact
Hi, list, Just letting you know about the Visions monthly screening series in Montreal. We present films that fall into the 'experimental-documentary' spectrum. The series began in March and we've presented: Anja Dornieden and Juan David Gonzalez Monroy - various works James N. Kienitz Wilkins

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

2014-06-02 Thread Francisco Torres
Even today mainstream media shows mostly ignorance and disrespect towards all non normative forms of film making. At least in 1964 they were bothered enough to attack experimental cinema, today they do not even care enough to do that. About Sarris- I lived in NYC in the early 80s and read his VV r

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

2014-06-02 Thread chris bravo
Do you consider Sweetgrass and Leviathan experimental? It would be hard to say the are "not" experimental, but I wonder if because there is not an explicit identification of them as being experimental that allows them to pass through the mainstream without anyone getting too mad about it. Similarly

Re: [Frameworks] educational film question

2014-06-02 Thread Aaron F. Ross
Internet Archive has the Prelinger Archives online for download. It's not well organized, but very impressive. https://archive.org/details/prelinger Jam Handy galore: https://archive.org/search.php?query=jam%20handy%20AND%20collection%3Aprelinger Enjoy-- Aaron At 5/30/2014, you wrote: Thi

[Frameworks] distro source for Hartmut Bitomsky's film 'B-52'

2014-06-02 Thread matt's frameworks address
Hello, I am looking for a DVD or video of Hartmut Bitomsky's film B-52. Any leads would be appreciated. -Matt -- --- www.rodeofilmco.com --- ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilm