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from a film shoot last year (photo by sereeree)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 film, my work, photos No Comments

film update

I transferred some of the films I have been working on to dv. And wow, it is so nice to be working in Final Cut Pro after editing actual celluloid on a Steenbeck all semester. Some of my work is going to be in this show, next Friday:

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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 Providence, film, my work, video No Comments

Film Theory

I am screening a lot of amazing films in my Non-Narrative Pleasures class. Here is what we’ve watched so far. I will continue to list what we watch as the semester progresses.

Essay Film as Avant-Garde

  • Un Chien Andalou, Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali
  • Ballet Mecanique, Fernand Leger
  • L’etoile de mer, Man Ray
  • Entr’Acte, Rene Clair
  • Dream of a Hollywood Extra, Robert Florey
  • At Land, Maya Deren
  • Meshes of the Afternoon, Maya Deren
  • Magic Lantern Cycle, Kenneth Anger
  • Eaux d’Artifice, Kenneth Anger
  • Rabbit’s Moon, Kenneth Anger
  • A Movie, Bruce Conner
  • Mongoloid, Bruce Conner
  • America is Waiting, Bruce Conner
  • Permian Strata, Bruce Conner
  • Marilyn Times Five, Bruce Conner
  • Le Jetee, Chris Marker
  • Pull My Daisy, Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie
  • Wavelength for those who don’t have the time, Michael Snow
  • Migration, Bill Viola
  • The Reflecting Pool, Bill Viola
  • Ancient of Days, Bill Viola
  • Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and heat), Bill Viola

The Essay City Films and the Modern Cityscape

  • Silent Shorts, Lumiere Brothers
  • Berlin, Symphony of a Great City, Walter Ruttman
  • Regen (Rain), Joris Ivens
  • Manhatta, Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand
  • The Man with the Movie Camera, Dziga Vertov
  • Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thief), Vittorio De Sica
  • Fellini’s Rome, Federico Fellini
  • Caro Diario (Dear Diary), Nanni Moretti

Essay Film as Montage (Found Footage as Political Tool: Re/Montage of American Culture, Politics & Cinema)

  • Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisentein
  • The Atomic Cafe, Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty

Essay Film as Documentary/Activism

  • Farenheit 9/11, Michael Moore
  • The Yes Men, Chris Smith, Dan Ollman, Sarah Price
  • An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim
Saturday, March 31st, 2007 RISD, film No Comments

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