Re: views on Views from the Avant-Garde Part 2 (Recycled Images)

From: andrew lampert (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Oct 20 2006 - 08:24:21 PDT


Contact Wendy Dorsett at Anthology, we sell it:
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--- albert alcoz <email suppressed> wrote:

> Hi,
> I've just read a great couple of articles about
> found footage films: "Form and Meaning in Found
> Footage Films: an Overview" and "The Ambigous Aura
> of Hollywood Stars in Avant-garde in Found Footage
> Films") written by William C. Wees in "Archivos de
> la Filmoteca. Founf footage: simulacro, reciclaje,
> collage, falsificación. Filmoteca de Valencia,
> 1998".
> I would like to know where I can find the book
> Recycled Images: The art and politics. It is not
> available in Amazon, but is it available somewhere
> else, in a museum store or somewhere else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Albert Alcoz
> http://visionary-film.blogspot.com/
>
> "William Wees, Dr." <email suppressed>
> escribió:
> Stephen makes a good point. But it's worth
> remembering that in the early
> years most programs were shown twice. Also, my
> comments about the
> increased emphasis on older films were based on
> percentage of screening
> time, not number of films or programs. Nit picking,
> maybe?
>
>
> --Bill Wees
>
> William C. Wees, Editor
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Experimental Film Discussion List
> [mailto:email suppressed] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Kent Jusick
> Sent: October 18, 2006 1:06 AM
> To: email suppressed
> Subject: Re: views on Views from the Avant-Garde
> Part 2
>
> Thanks Bill for your comments. It would be great to
> hear from others,
> just reactions to what they've seen.
> We couldalways use more of that on Frameworks,
> especially about newer
> films that don't have a body of writing around them!
>
>
> I've noticed that there's more historical material
> too, but I'm not
> sure it's so unbalanced.
> In truth, there are more programs than there used to
> be, so it's as
> if the historical is necessarily pushing out newer
> work.
>
> This year there were 9 different programs (Guy
> Maddin's Brand Upon
> the Brain screened twice)
> with 5 programs of contemporary work.
>
> Summary of past years :
>
> 2004 & 2005 10 programs
> 2003 6 programs
> 2002 8 programs
> 2001 5 programs
> 1999 & 2000 4 programs
>
> So really there's more being shown than there used
> to be, and about
> the same in terms of new work.
> I'm not sure this is so terrible.
>
> While it's true that Saul Levine or Anger could be
> show at Anthology
> or elsewhere, as makers, I'm sure we'd agree that
> having our work
> screened at Lincoln Center reaches a different (and
> maybe larger?)
> audience.
>
> I think it's great the NYFF is showing so much
> experimental work. It
> still isn't like Rotterdam, which shows tons,
> seemingly every day.
> But here in NY I'm a little overwhelmed by 6 or 8 or
> 10 shows in 2
> days....
> That's actually too much in too little time.... But
> I have the
> hometown disadvantage--many other things to do. When
> visiting
> festivals in other cities, I'm there for the films
> alone....
>
> As for Guy Maddin's Brand Upon the Brain, which
> screened on
> Sunday--it was certainly a Maddin tour deforce! With
> the live
> orchestra, the amazing foley artists, and the
> narration by Isabella
> Rossellini, well, it was one of those special
> events, and I'm glad I
> was able to be there. In some ways watching the
> foley artists was my
> favorite part. But then I'd miss some on-screen
> intertitle or
> action. If you get the chance to see this in the
> live version, don't
> miss it!
>
>
> Stephen Kent Jusick
>
>
>
>
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