Re: films/videos dealing with power

From: Roger Beebe (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Jan 09 2009 - 10:08:35 PST


Trinh T. Minh Ha's films, especially Reassemblage
Coco Fusco & Paula Heredia's Couple in a Cage
Ted Passon's Red Bugs (which is a great little study in failed
ethnographic encounters)

and

so many horror films

and that whole history of surveillance films (The Conversation, Blow
Out, Sliver, 1984, Enemy of the State, The Truman Show, &c., &c. &c.)

...
RB

On Jan 9, 2009, at 12:50 PM, James Cole wrote:

> Has anyone mentioned Gunvor Nelson's Take Off? That seems pretty
> appropriate. Hollis Frampton's Manual of Arms comes to mind, as
> well, especially with Hout's little rebellion. I assume the person
> who recommended the Kubelka meant Unsere afrikareise, because I'm
> not sure Arnulf Rainer makes a whole lot of sense.
>
> If you've got the time, Yvonne Rainer's films Journeys From Berlin
> and Privilege both fit very well, and are worth seeing.
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Casey Pegram
> <email suppressed> wrote:
> It's a theme that runs throughout a lot of Michael Haneke's work:
> Code Unknown, Caché, Benny's Video, Funny Games, etc.
>
> Casey
>
> On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Julie Perini wrote:
>
>> Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One by William Greaves
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>> On Jan 9, 2009, at 8:15 AM, Adam Hyman wrote:
>>
>>> Arnulf Rainer by Kubelka
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/9/09 7:30 AM, "Gene Youngblood" <email suppressed> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Donigan Cumming
>>>> Kuchar diaries
>>>> Coming Apart (Rip Torn)
>>>> The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd
>>>> Double Blind, Sophie Calle
>>>> Portrait of Jason, Shirley Clarke
>>>> The Amateurist, Miranda July
>>>> Der Reise, Michael Klier
>>>> One Eyed Bum, Andy Mann
>>>> numerous Warhol
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Shelly Silver" <email suppressed>
>>>> To: <email suppressed>
>>>> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:48 AM
>>>> Subject: films/videos dealing with power
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> dear all:
>>>>> i'm putting together several classes that deal with power -
>>>>> different
>>>>> varieties of power relations between those filmed and those
>>>>> doing the
>>>>> filming. this could be extreme (or less extreme) interactions
>>>>> where
>>>>> the filmmaker/cameraperson has power (most typical) or where it's
>>>>> firmly in the hands of the people being filmed. This power can
>>>>> come
>>>>> through the presence of the camera, through verbal interaction, or
>>>>> anything else.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm most interested in those cases which would make the
>>>>> audience feel
>>>>> uneasy/queasy watching.
>>>>>
>>>>> suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> best!
>>>>> shelly
>>>>>
>>>>>
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