

First reactions, hit the gas, boom...your dead
Stairway thoughts: Where the hell did that baby come from...what am I doing in Chicago...why is that baby doing coke?
A change of situation,
Your chillin' in a apartment, California smog...errr, air blowing through the window and you see some really nice scenery outside and you want to film it. Get some music, drink a little tea(always good for a hangover too on those groggy Sunday mornings) and go out to film this.
Later you show this film to friends and whoever would like to see a cool little strip of just some nice shots.
So, what are the similarity's between these two scenario's. Well, let me answer that for you, Both have no point, both are pretty random and pretty sweet, and both don't have a meaning.
Going back to the mad scientist film and even new films we have see in class like the computer show by Cory Archangel, we don't always have a meaning for what we want to film, nor a meaning for what we have filmed. The world is full of beauty and its just waiting to be captured and treasured forever. All we have to remember beauty is our memory, but memory's don't last forever.
Experimental Media is all about the feeling people have when they either film something or view a piece of it. To see what colors and sounds a computer made were really cool, but my feeling was, "Hey! this is really really annoying and it has to stop" Another great feeling/emotion I felt that was really vivid in Theme Song, the warmth and comfort that Vito showed, even on the big screen. I wanted to climb into the screen and smoke a cigarette with this guy and just philosophize about anything and everything.
Well, see you cats later!
1 comment:
I like your thoughts about experimental film, but although I agree to certain extent, I also think experimental filmmakers take it further than capturing life experiences for memory. Anyone can do that, they are called home movies! Experimental filmmakers have this dillusion of grandeur, that they can break the hold of Hollywood cinema. They think that a few free thinkers are going to change the world's thoughts on mainstream film. Who knows, maybe it'll happen. But I don't see it, not without a major world change. Right now the world likes to be entertained. They will do anything to be entertained because they don't work enough and have too much free time. Our American life is characterized by kids with no dreams but to be rich without working, be thin without exercise, and be cool without having character. We are not going to change because of some old people who think a few artsy images will change the world. Wake up experimentalists! Your work will only go so far!
As for you an Acconci- I'd like to do a remake with you in it lol! That'd be great yo. I can totally see it.
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