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Archive for the ‘b&w’ Category
Judex (Georges Franju, 1963)
March 28, 2011N-Zone (Arthur Lipsett, 1970)
March 28, 2011
45 min
Arthur Lipsett pieces together his visions of this fragmented world from odds and ends, even leftovers, from other people’s photography and sound recording. By juxtaposing his snippets of “found film” with snatches of comment or dialogue echoing the banality of human communication, Lipsett shows the emptiness of much of what we say or do. N-Zone is one man’s surrealist sampler of the human condition.
Lady in a Cage (1964)
March 28, 2011USA, 94 min
…psycho-biddy trapped in private elevator, terrorized by thugs…
^ james caan’s first role
Bride of the Monster (Edward D. Wood Jr., 1955) [MST3K]
October 7, 2010USA, 68 min
I Accuse My Parents (1945) [MST3K]
October 7, 2010USA, 68 min
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) [MST3K]
October 7, 2010USA, 71 min
Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977)
July 30, 2010USA, 81 min
Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977)
July 30, 2010
Three Bewildered People in the Night (Gregg Araki, 1987)
June 10, 2010USA, 92 min
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
May 17, 2010
The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)
April 2, 2010UK, 100 min
The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963)
April 1, 2010USA, 110
Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
February 15, 2010Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) music by Teiji Itō added 1952
Much like Cocteau’s La Belle et La Bête , which came three years after this short, this piece pivoted on the repetition of certain objects. Through the rondo-like succession of imagery, these objects are instilled with emotional significance.
The cinematography by Deren’s Czech husband Alexander Hammid is skillful and effectively disorienting. It is all the more impressive when the limited budget the pair was working on is taken into account. His focus and composition were excellent, and his perspective was obviously sensitive to Deren’s vision.
9 years after the filming, Teiji Itō produced a minimal score for the piece at the age of 17. Through the use of semitones between what sounds like a human voice humming and a bowed bass note, the pressure of the unresolved diminished unison adds great tension to the short. The semitones paired with the staccato percussion speaks as much of Itō’s sensitivity to Deren’s vision as the cinematography spoke of Hammid’s. It is no wonder that Deren and Itō were later married.
Side note: Looks like Kate Bush much?
http://enterthephotobooth.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/meshes-of-the-afternoon/
The Young Törless (Volker Schlöndorff, 1966)
February 6, 2010Der junge Törleß
DE, 87 min
The Holy Mountain (Arnold Fanck, 1926)
February 4, 2010
Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1966)
January 19, 2010
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
January 16, 2010USA, 76 min
Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942)
January 16, 2010USA, 71 min
Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941)
January 16, 2010USA, 81 min
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
January 16, 2010USA, 82 min
