Thursday, August 30, 2007
Skip Vs. Brakhage
I'm not gonna beat around the bush: I'm not the worlds biggest brakhage fan. I find it hard to make it through mothlight or Dark Tower. I think they're pretty, but there isn't much else. I enjoy his less (if it can be called that) experimental film work. Though I hate to watch it, I can't help but really respect and admire "Window Water Baby Moving". The cinematography, the home movie feel, while simultaneously creating a universal moment in its audience is breath taking. Having said this, this guy writes alot. 32 pages of him calling me Maker. The technical parts of the article where interesting. I'm excited about making my own experimental films using some of these techinques. I think all experimental filmmakers are very self indulgent and I don't think I'm going to be an exception to the rule. Some of these films that seem to have an audience of one, find a place in the hearts of a wide audience. Hopefully our class will find something in everyone's piece that we can take with us. Even though I hate him with a firey passion, I know I'll take something from Brakhage's work and I'm excited to take something from the rest of the class.
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In future blog posts, if you wanted to, I think you could look even further into this idea of experimental filmmakers being self indulgent and look into the hows and whys of why you feel this way.
Furthermore, a question worth exploring is this: does conventional or narrative cinema offer something that is less self-indulgent than experimental? What are the motives for (or behind) each of these cinematic forms? What if all forms of cinema are self-indulgent? What then?
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