Thanks Randal Not sure whether Kamilla (my faculty friend) is thinking about mainstream features only...I recommended Hollis Frampton's Gloria; if she bites on that one, I'll send your good suggestions (I guess all of Debord fits...Can Dialectics Break Bricks, indeed!)
Thanks! gary > Did Jenny Holzer or Barbara Kruger ever make movies? > > "humanism is obsolete" : http://vimeo.com/4243336 > > "silent writings" : http://vimeo.com/7687444 > > And now, did I hear Guy Debord?, for something completely didactic. > > "The intelligentsia is power's hall of mirrors : > > > http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDcQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dg34XVscFkIs&rct=j&q=guy%20debord%20spectacle&ei=rHbPTOGmCIyjnAekl-mOBg&usg=AFQjCNH6zu0AKKXBMUD7l7DcvVqVGi9Rqg&cad=rja > > A bit precious perhaps, but still, documents to consider. > > Randal Baier > > > > On 11/1/2010 1:01 PM, Deg Farrelly wrote: >> Gary >> >> Assume you prefer feature films, but on the documentary side there is >> "Our Daily Bread" (Not the King Vidor title, but the documentary >> distributed by Icarus) >> >> Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech >> farming. Produced between October 2003 and October 2005 the film looks >> into the places where food is produced in European farms, greenhouses, >> processing plants and other places where crops and animals are >> cultivated and processed to become food for people. The images of food >> and animals treated as an industrial products are presented without >> comment. No dialogue, just the sounds of machines and ambient noise. >> >> -deg >> >> >> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 09:05:53 -0700 >> >> >> I'm looking for examples of films that do interesting >> things with words, either written or spoken, or (at the other extreme) >> try >> to do without words. I've got lots of silent films with title cards I >> can >> use, but I am looking for others. Some that come to mind include The Man >> with the Movie Camera, My Dinner with Andre, and Koyaanisqatsi. Any >> further suggestions? I'm interested in credits, subtitles, words on >> sets, >> dialogue, voiceover, etc. >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve >> as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel >> of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
