Marie Menken, Glimpse of the Garden (1957) Pam Minty and Alain LeTourneau, Empty Quarter (2011)
Sent from my mobile device > On Jan 14, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Christian Bruno <honeyhou...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Bill Basquin has a stunning trilogy of experimental docs shot on super8, > meditations of sorts on masculinity and the agrarian world. Notably Martin, > which focuses on a New Zealand sheepherder. > > best > Christian > > From: gencar...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:04:59 -0500 > To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Experimental Films on Farming/ Agriculture > > Dominique Benichetti's Cousin Jules (1972) > > Also see films by Gu Tao (The Last Moose of Aoluguya) and Yu Guangyi (The > Last Lumberjacks) > > These might not be avant-garde, depending on your definition, but these are > what first came to mind. > > DER's catalogue is a great resource! > > Best, > Gen > -- > Genevieve Carmel > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:49 PM, lagonaboba <lagonab...@gmail.com> wrote: > Taylor Dunne, Corn Mother (on vimeo) > > Monteith McCollum’s work might be of interest (samples on Vimeo) > > one of Andrew Noren’s lesser known films (I don’t know if he ever formally > declared it to be a finished film, or part of a larger film) involved > typically Noren-esque light bathed texture and color, of opium poppy fields > in Afghanistan or Pakistan, men harvesting oozing latex. Seen in 1971? at > the old Mercer St. Kitchen. Noren’s footage of Panda bears in heat in the > same show, though I guess that’s not agriculture. > > If Sweetgrass is to be considered “avant-garde/experimental” there are many > works. > Check with DER, under Agriculture; certainly not all, but a few titles are > film-form smart. > http://www.der.org/films/index-by-subject.html#agri > Like Hillary Harris’ THE NUER. > > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Heath Iverson <heathivers...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Any suggestions on avant-garde/experimental films that deal with any aspects > of farming/gardening/plant or animal agriculture? > > A few examples might be Marjorie Keller's Answering Furrow or Lucien > Castaing-Taylor's Sweetgrass. Other ideas? > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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