Re: Creative use of first person/talking head interviews

From: mike wechsler (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Apr 08 2008 - 13:07:50 PDT


Kent Lambert's "Security Anthem" makes very interesting use of talking heads
detached from their original sources delivering a disembodied and creepy
message. Check it out on youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqltNiNfgg

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM, gyoungblood <email suppressed> wrote:

> I have a vague memory that Jill Godmillow's "Far from Poland" is some
> kind of scripted interview pretending to be spontaneous, but maybe I'm
> hallucinating...
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "shelly silver" <
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> To: <email suppressed>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [FRAMEWORKS] Creative use of first person/talking head
> interviews
>
>
>
> Dear Adam:
> > I've worked a lot with interviews/talking heads. I've always been
> > fascinated with the alleged directness of this form.
> >
> > For my most irreverent/television implicated, I'd look at
> > Meet the People
> > http://www.shellysilver.com/view.php?id=video&id2=mtp
> >
> > as well as
> > The Houses That Are Left
> > where the fictional characters do actual market research interviews
> > which are then woven into the fabric of the piece:
> > http://www.shellysilver.com/view.php?id=video&id2=houses
> >
> > I've also been drawn to street interviews, especially to capture a feel
> > of a certain moment and place. I shot 180 hours of street interviews for
> > Former East/Former West
> > http://www.shellysilver.com/view.php?id=video&id2=east
> >
> > to capture a sense of Berlin and what it meant to be German after
> > Reunification
> >
> > My current (about to be titled project) very American project also gets
> > back to this 'obsession' (more on this coming soon)
> >
> > best,
> > Shelly
> >
> >
> > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone on the list could suggest films or
> > > filmmakers
> > > that have a novel (or even irreverent) approach to the interview -be
> > > it as
> > > research, raw material or part of the actual fabric of the film. Any
> > > suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > > __________________________________________________________________
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> > >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________________________
> > For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
> >
> >
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> __________________________________________________________________
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