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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:
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
