Movies both Made By & Starring Brittany Shoot

Posted on June 13, 2008 by michael

Five Lumières, two by DVblog’s own Brittany Shoot and three by
Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen with Brittany in the starring role.
They’re all great, but in particular I love the Meeting from Above piece
which is extraordinarily rich in color & incident in the kind of micro
observational way that the Lumières encapsulate.
In fact if Brakhage hadn’t got to it first, in a somewhat
grimmer context, The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes would make a
tremendous motto for the Lumière project…

The Vasulkas: Pioneers & Magicians

Posted on June 6, 2008 by michael

Violin Power (clip, 1978, 2.1MB, 1:17 min)

The Vasulkas, husband & wife team Woody & Steina,
have devoted over thirty years to an intensive exploration
of the possibilities of electronic image making.
It

Lee Walton – Experientialism

Posted on June 4, 2008 by michael

Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat – Throw the Jew Down the Well

Posted on June 2, 2008 by doron

Peace (2005, 19.7MB, 2:46 min)

This Borat performance at a country-western bar in Tucson, Arizona
provoked a sharp letter from the Anti-Defamation League.

Baum

Posted on May 29, 2008 by michael

Baum (2008, 29.5MB, 3:07 min)

Simple in conception and execution & quite lovely.
Photography: Julie Roehr
Music & Video: Nikola Jeremic
From http://www.njeremic.ecobytes.net/njeremic//index.html

(Don’t you wish, though, people wouldn’t leave those huge bars of black
space above & below like that -so many do- but crop to the area where
stuff is happening?)

PJK productions – SF Culture

Posted on May 27, 2008 by doron

SF Culture (2007, 17 MB, 2:09 min.)

“Bumped into a street opera singer in San Francisco who saw my
camera and said, “Of course you can film me.” He didn’t know who I was,
but I told him afterwards and still gave me permission to show, so here is
live from Sutter Street, Robert Close!!!!”
From Paul Knight at – Pjkproductions.

A Series of Practical Performances in the Wilderness (2)

Posted on May 12, 2008 by michael

digging for chicory (2005, 3.6MB, 1:15 min.)

doable (2005, 8.1MB, 3:31 min.)

home economics (2005, 6.8MB, 2:06 min.)

Chapter 4,5,6 from

Broken Bones – House of Freaks

Posted on May 7, 2008 by admin

Broken Bones (2006, 18.8MB, 3:11 min.)

After the murder of Bryan Harvey, half of the band House of Freaks,
I had wanted to make a music video for one of their songs as a small tribute,
but I was just too heartbroken to approach it.
I found the occasion on my last train ride home to Virginia.
I filmed this on the way down and edited it on my way back to New York.
While this talented duo had two legitimate pop hits in the 1980s
and an international fan base, their influence is far greater than
their current notoriety would suggest. I think so.

By Mica.

Thomas Mottl – Feeling like a Genie – QTVR work

Posted on May 6, 2008 by doron

Feeling like a Genie (2005, 1.2MB, qtvr)

Life from the perspective of a 2-litre Volvic water bottle.
Thomas Mottl interactive photographs.
(Use mouse to click and drag. use shift & controll to zoom in and out)

My Temporary Visiting Position From The Sunset Terrace Bar – Carlo Zanni

Posted on April 23, 2008 by doron

My Temporary Visiting Position From The Sunset Terrace Bar (2008, 30 MB, 4:10 min.)

“Set in the city of Ahlen, Germany, “My Temporary Visiting Position From The Sunset Terrace Bar“, imitates an amateur’s film of the landscape framed at sunset.
While the city strip is pre recorded the sky is captured in real time from a webcam shooting the sky of Naples (Italy) at sunset and as such, always changing.
The work, confronting themes such as exile, migration and border control, is enhanced by a poem by the esteemed author Ghada Samman and music by the international band Gotan Project and legendary composer Gabriel Yared.”

Clip from the beautiful project by Carlo Zanni.

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