Film 201 is turning out to be a sweet, warm(theme song), and well organized video voyage. Several of the "experimental" films feature a diverse camera work that is far from the professional cut by cut we have grown to love in feature films. Hope you enjoy my critical eye, the eye of critics, evil eye, all-seeing-eye, the close and asleep eye, or however you want to view my interpretation of the work I have interpreted and in thus put on this page. Haha! N'Joy
1. Joan Jonas - Vertical Roll
Here is a interesting piece of art. In this I felt she was dressed as a exotic dancer for the reason of the roll. Her small movements off the screen gave her a rolling effect like a belly dancer. Though the belly dancer did not originate in Japan, that wood block was ridiculously loud, but fitting. With every skip^ there would be a loud thud^ and annoying thud^ that drove me insane. The presentation of the female body in such a way was quite awkward I also thought. She showed her body, with the thud^ gyrations, but only showed her face as the constant. She seemed to signify that her body may change THUD^ but her mind will stay that same.
2. Miranda July - The Amateurist
This video captured the exact thought that I have produced for a variety of instructors. "Maybe the director or filmmaker didn't do this for a specific reason, maybe it was a accident and it was sweet. Or it was a just a good shot, no reason behind it besides the filmmakers emotion." (David's Mind, Left Hemisphere) The Mad scientist type examines the video feed, hours upon hours, read up on related images and styles (wait...numbers...she is making numbers, BRILLIANT!) Sometimes, I think your first emotion, your initial reaction is the most true and real. This is the filmmakers true intention of making the film, the first reaction captures this, every viewing and critical viewing afterwards is a comparison of different emotions and strays from the real deal.
Hope you guys enjoyed the readings so far, lest you be sober don't bother reading them again.
A quote to live by, "Act stoned when you're not or act more stoned than you are, flaunt ignorance, materialize your dreams" (Mike Rose, Lives on the Boundary)
Davey Havoc - Vocality beyond self
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I liked your quote about first reactions. I think this may be why so many Hollywood films have scattered story lines sometimes. The directors are so harried about finishing on time and on budget that the original idea gets skewed many times and the feel of the film is lost. I remember watching a movie once, where the main character is a script writer...I forget the movie...but anyways, he brings his scripts in and the producers change idea after idea until the story is no longer the same. The same thing happens on set as well. Perhaps that is one good thing about experimental films, and why we see a recent rise in them- the directors have complete control. Any film with a clear idea and that uses an artistic mode to get across some inner thought or emotion is bound to succeed simply because it has that underlying feeling from the artist. There's something much more real about it. Hollywood films can be very impersonal, even though I still like them alot. Many independent films are a mesh of both and I think those can the best of both worlds.
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