Items of note
Rome
I went with fav. CS. Caravaggio, Argento and de Chirico’s flat. Other things seen and eaten.
Read MoreSans Soleil
Revisiting Marker’s 1983 Sans Soleil this weekend was like visiting an old friend who has aged beautifully and is more inspirational than ever. Sigh. Watch it here. Screenshots – Sans Soleil…
Read MoreKate Davis – Charity
Thanks to Kate Davis, I popped along to the World Premier of Charity, the film made with the support of the 2016 Margaret Tait Award and Lux Scotland. Great to see a chum’s work in Cinema 1 at the GFT, and a full house. More about Kate and her work here.
Read MoreGorgomancy
Is Chris Marker’s collage/collection of all sorts of works. Respectfully clunky, but maybe the only way to see Immemory without Macintosh OS9. Gorgomancy Here’s a little thing about formats.
Read MoreSaturday Night and Sunday Morning
Working for six days on the trot has clearly resulted in a feeding frenzy for my eyeballs. Here’s one for Iain, a turner, though presumably, a well behaved one. Directed in 1960 by Karl Reisz from Alan Sillitoe‘s novel. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (credits only)
Read MoreChat écoutant la musique – Chris Marker
In honour of Method’s appreciation of The Soft Machine earlier today, here’s the first of three Chris Marker films… Chat écoutant la musique From his collection Bestiaire aka Petit Bestiaire (1990), consisting of three ‘video haikus’. And now for owls and the zoo… An Owl is an Owl is an Owl Zoo Piece
Read MoreRabbit’s Moon (1972 version)
Also on today’s revisiting list is the 16-minute version of Kenneth Anger’s Rabbit’s Moon. Here’s his 1979 version; speeded up and with the A Raincoat’s “It Came In The Night” looped…
Read MoreDichterliebe – another part of Herrmann’s One Night. One Life
A more straightforward performance/recording from director, Christine Schäfer and Natascha Osterkorn on piano this Schuman. This is the second part of One Night One Day by Oliver Herrmann. Bone up on Dichterliebe here. Better info on Oliver Herrmann here.
Read MoreIman walking in the 80’s
Watch for a minute here.
Read MoreBruce Nauman’s corridors…
…come in many forms. Here’re two: Live Taped Video Corridor (1970) Walk with Contrapposto (1968) And here he is doing some walking: Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk) (1968) Walking in an Exaggerated Manner (1967-68) and the ubiquitous Lego version is here.
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