Shorts: Old+New

Carl Th. Dreyer does a “PSA”
They Caught the Ferry (1948)

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Lucien Bull- high-speed/chronophotograpy experiments.
Stenographics 1

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Some cool, organic 3D work by Syl Kougai
OpVern

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New Doc: William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Premiering at Slamdance January 22 is Yony Leyser’s Burroughs doc, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within:

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Burroughs interviewed by Kathy Acker

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On SNL, 1981

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“What Washington What Orders” from Dial-a-Poem.

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(related: Dial-a-Poem 1972 at Ubuweb.)

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno

A documentary by archivist/restorationists Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea, culled from 15 hours of footage from Clouzot’s unfinished 1964 film L’enfer. Cannot wait to see this.

Trailer:

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The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw

The 57-year-old director of Les Diaboliques and The Wages of Fear set out to challenge the arrogant new-wave arrivistes by making the ultimate auteurist film, a study of pathological jealousy using state-of-the-art aural and visual effects to convey states of mind. Columbia Studios gave him carte blanche, and Clouzot went ahead with Serge Regianni and Romy Schneider starring and three full camera crews. But he began acting like the crazy director in Fellini’s 8½ (a picture he sought to emulate), lost all sense of urgency, drove Regianni to collapse and himself had a heart attack.

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For additional background, see Todd McCarthy’s Variety review and Marilyn Ferdinand’s review from the Chicago International Film Festival.

Sunday Morning Shorts

Tom Waits’ “Eggs and Sausage,” in type.

Eggs and Sausage
Dir. Jackie Lay

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Really need to research 60s-70s era analog video equipment.

Scan Processor Studies (excerpts pt.1)
Dir. Woody Vasulka & Brian O’Reilly

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Saturday Afternoon Hangover Matinee

Lorenzo Fonda’s 10 Things I Learned About the Sea.

10 Things I learned About the Sea

Awesome post @BoingBoing about Mark Pellington’s early ’90s MTV series, Buzz.

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Motor/Ambient Reel by Ku-Schneider

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Autumn-ish Playlist(s)

Decided to avoid doing anything constructive/important and instead threw together an Autumn-ish kinda soundtracky-mix-playlist to share.

Autumn v.1

  • Come On Let’s Go Broadcast
  • Sand River Beth Gibbons & Rustin’ Man
  • We Are The Wreckage Castanets
  • Melody (French Version) Blonde Redhead
  • Back Of Your Head Cat Power
  • Thera Versus
  • Wait So Patient Bigfoot
  • Celebrated Summer Hüsker Dü
  • Pot Kettle Black Tilly and The Wall
  • September Heather Duby
  • Wax And Wane (Remix) Cocteau Twins
  • Loss Leader Codeine

Autumn v.2

  • Höstluft Library Tapes
  • I Am A Scientist Guided By Voices
  • Things Behind The Sun Nick Drake
  • Cold Night Galaxie 500
  • Run But You Ran Idaho
  • Never Say Goodbye My Bloody Valentine
  • Not Too Amused Sebadoh
  • Look Out Belreve
  • Snowfalls in November Julie Doiron
  • Your Rocky Spine Great Lake Swimmers
  • Carry Me Ohio Sun Kil Moon
  • Land of Light Expo ‘70

Disney’s Multi-Plane Camera

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Sunday Morning Matinee: Projections

Some sweet projection/installation pieces. Also be sure to check out the CreativeApps Vimeo group.

This onedotzero piece is made with processing and controlled via the Nokia 900.

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Karsten Schmidt demos:

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Great visualization/documenting of a projection for Ars Electronica. Also built with Processing.

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Semiconductor is the home for UK artists Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhard’s experimental film work.
Here are some extracts from their piece, Out of the Light.

An extract of our floor projected HD video installation. It consists of five parts that can be seen as either a single screen or installed as separate projections around the space.

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H.R. Giger Directs a Deborah Harry Video

No, really.

Now I Know You Know (1981)

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(HT: Monsters and Rockets.)

Boxee CEO Avner Ronen Interview

Intruders.tv interviews Avner Ronen of Boxee at the Media Futures Conference.

In this interview, Avner discusses the future of TV, the importance of interface design to building a successful product and why Sacha Baron Cohen might be a likely candidate to transform the media’s approach to online.

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