Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Response to The Lead Shoes
When I saw this film some of the imagery made me think of the great depression. The man with the bread, and the splattering of sauce. The hopscotch made it have a slight nostalgic feeling of childhood. The old divers suit made me think of a couple of things. One was way out there. It was the episode of Mythbusters that tested if the air being pumped down to the diver is cut off and the safety valve fails is it possible that the divers organs and even bones would be squeezed up in to the helmet. The other thought was this feeling of adventure and danger that being it that suit would bring. Then I thought maybe someone died in that suit. Oh, by the way. They found that a diver could be killed and his organs and bones pushed into the helmet (not all of them but a lot).
Reading Response 1 (Second Half)
Scott MacDonald, “Cinema 16: Introduction”
7. What were some general tendencies in the programming at Cinema 16, and how were films arranged within individual programs?
It started out with classics and documentary films from the Museum of modern art while the Vogels were “developing the concept” that would become Cinema 16. Later avant-garde was later introduced to the mix by “Art in Cinema” and was influenced by Maya Derenin 1946 and ‘47.
Vogel wanted learning and understanding to be imparted to the viewer of his shows. While avant-garde did that in a psychological and mental sense he was more swayed to documentaries, but variety was a large part as well. The first show of films included documentaries, Avant-garde, and animations.
8. What kinds of venues rented Kenneth Anger’s Fireworks?
It would have been shown in film societies, other groups, and private screenings because of the censorship boards control over commercial venues and the homosexual content of Fireworks.
9. What impact did Cinema 16 have on New York City film culture?
The shows were viewed by now infamous actors such as Marlon Brando, influential people to the New York film scene, and even Sitney the author of the book we are reading. So the effects of Cinema 16 can be noted down to our individual class room today with the films we see and the books, such as Sitney’s, we read.
Hans Richter, “A History of the Avantgarde”
10. What conditions in Europe made the avant-garde film movement possible after World War I?
Because of the unrest of the people and the inflation of currency the people were looking for something new, new ideas to inspire and change the political and social thoughts of the day. Subsequently then came filmmakers that opposed the commercial films of the day and themselves wanted something new that did not rely as heavily on “the actor, the novel, and the play.”
They subsequently learned the technical aspects of the equipment and medium of film so that they could try and manipulate and distort it in new ways. Eventually a following for these films emerged through the exhibitions of film societies throughout Europe.
11. If the goal of Impressionist art is “Nature Interpreted by Temperament,” what are the goals of abstract art?
“‘Abstract art’ an art which no longer had a natural object”. It wants to break out of the simple understandable and universally recognized to something different and individual in appearance yet, it wanted “to find… the way for the expression of universal feeling. So the object itself is less important than the emotion it evokes.
Will post first half later with response to film.
7. What were some general tendencies in the programming at Cinema 16, and how were films arranged within individual programs?
It started out with classics and documentary films from the Museum of modern art while the Vogels were “developing the concept” that would become Cinema 16. Later avant-garde was later introduced to the mix by “Art in Cinema” and was influenced by Maya Derenin 1946 and ‘47.
Vogel wanted learning and understanding to be imparted to the viewer of his shows. While avant-garde did that in a psychological and mental sense he was more swayed to documentaries, but variety was a large part as well. The first show of films included documentaries, Avant-garde, and animations.
8. What kinds of venues rented Kenneth Anger’s Fireworks?
It would have been shown in film societies, other groups, and private screenings because of the censorship boards control over commercial venues and the homosexual content of Fireworks.
9. What impact did Cinema 16 have on New York City film culture?
The shows were viewed by now infamous actors such as Marlon Brando, influential people to the New York film scene, and even Sitney the author of the book we are reading. So the effects of Cinema 16 can be noted down to our individual class room today with the films we see and the books, such as Sitney’s, we read.
Hans Richter, “A History of the Avantgarde”
10. What conditions in Europe made the avant-garde film movement possible after World War I?
Because of the unrest of the people and the inflation of currency the people were looking for something new, new ideas to inspire and change the political and social thoughts of the day. Subsequently then came filmmakers that opposed the commercial films of the day and themselves wanted something new that did not rely as heavily on “the actor, the novel, and the play.”
They subsequently learned the technical aspects of the equipment and medium of film so that they could try and manipulate and distort it in new ways. Eventually a following for these films emerged through the exhibitions of film societies throughout Europe.
11. If the goal of Impressionist art is “Nature Interpreted by Temperament,” what are the goals of abstract art?
“‘Abstract art’ an art which no longer had a natural object”. It wants to break out of the simple understandable and universally recognized to something different and individual in appearance yet, it wanted “to find… the way for the expression of universal feeling. So the object itself is less important than the emotion it evokes.
Will post first half later with response to film.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Response to Inaguration of the Pleasure Dome
Response to Inaguration of the Pleasure Dome
Now that you have a Blogger account, start your own blog dedicated to this class and post a response to Anger's Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.
This film was of course very strange and both somewhat interesting and disturbing all at once. The imagery of the green ogresk creature was both a little confusing and a little creepy. I liked the use of superimposing shots, and the color schemes.
The color is what seemed to propel the emotion of the film the most, especially the second half when it used the reds. I did not fully understand it, actually to be completely honest I barely understood it. The idea I got from the title and the film was that people throughout history, back to Egypt and Rome, were tempted with “pleasure.” They succumb to these taunts and where punished for it going to a fire colored end.
I do not completely understand what he intended to convey with the title, specifically what the “pleasure dome” is. Is that supposed to be the Earth, or is it the bubble that people create around themselves to retain the “pleasure” for themselves. It was interesting, but in my opinion just a little long and not as good as Fireworks.
The themes and meaning that I inferred from Fireworks seemed much easier to see and understand than Pleasure Dome, and by such this is what made it better, in my opinion. The one thing I really liked, going back to the color, was its vivid palette. The colors seemed to pop from the screen and was again, in my opinion, very beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
Now that you have a Blogger account, start your own blog dedicated to this class and post a response to Anger's Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.
This film was of course very strange and both somewhat interesting and disturbing all at once. The imagery of the green ogresk creature was both a little confusing and a little creepy. I liked the use of superimposing shots, and the color schemes.
The color is what seemed to propel the emotion of the film the most, especially the second half when it used the reds. I did not fully understand it, actually to be completely honest I barely understood it. The idea I got from the title and the film was that people throughout history, back to Egypt and Rome, were tempted with “pleasure.” They succumb to these taunts and where punished for it going to a fire colored end.
I do not completely understand what he intended to convey with the title, specifically what the “pleasure dome” is. Is that supposed to be the Earth, or is it the bubble that people create around themselves to retain the “pleasure” for themselves. It was interesting, but in my opinion just a little long and not as good as Fireworks.
The themes and meaning that I inferred from Fireworks seemed much easier to see and understand than Pleasure Dome, and by such this is what made it better, in my opinion. The one thing I really liked, going back to the color, was its vivid palette. The colors seemed to pop from the screen and was again, in my opinion, very beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
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