Re: Richard Foreman's term: ontological cinema

From: Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Mar 16 2004 - 17:35:02 PST


Hi Kenneth,

Richard Forman has actually written an "Ontological-Histeric" manifesto
in 1972. However, it primarily focussed on theatre and not on film. This
might be a good start. You can find this manifesto in a book titled
"Foreman: Plays and Manifestos".

good luck,

Izabella

Kenneth Eisenstein wrote:

>
>
> In the Filmmakers' Coop catalog, the description of Ernie Gehr's Wait
> (1968)
> includes part of a review by Jonas Mekas from the Village Voice
> (8/2/68) which states:
>
> "Richard Foreman's term: ontological cinema has arrived."
>
> Does anyone know of a specific article by Foreman where he discusses
> this term?
>
>
> thanks,
> Ken Eisenstein
> Chicago
>
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