tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post112354973868938894..comments2023-11-05T04:31:48.615-05:00Comments on Elusive Lucidity: Dreaming About Retrospectives ...ZChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-1123745320982131262005-08-11T03:28:00.000-04:002005-08-11T03:28:00.000-04:00I've only heard of a few of these myself (Peleshia...I've only heard of a few of these myself (Peleshian, Farocki, Ruiz, and the last five. And I still haven't seen any films at all by Farocki, Borowycyk, Ferrara or Rouch.)<BR/><BR/>One of the great benefits of living in the San Francisco Bay Area is that the Pacific Film Archive has 35mm prints of three Peleshian films. I'm lucky to have seen all three (my favorite one, <B>The Beginning</B>, twice). I have to say I don't see much in the way of comparison to Paradjanov (having only seen <B>Sayat Nova</B> so far) other than the Armenian connection. Stylistically Peleshian seems to me to connect more concretely to Dziga Vertov and/or Bruce Conner (I hope I'm not misinterpreting things outrageously when I think of <B>The Beginning</B> as something of a Soviet version of <B>A Movie</B>, only even more entertaining.)<BR/><BR/>If you can't see his films, his interview in one of Scott MacDonald's "Critical Cinema" books (I forget which, though my first guess would be #3) is an interesting surrogate.Brian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-1123730268937487882005-08-10T23:17:00.000-04:002005-08-10T23:17:00.000-04:00Many tanks! Those sound like fascinating names.I'...Many tanks! Those sound like fascinating names.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to see a Larry Cohen series, his work that I've seen is strange and troubling and I want to see more.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't overlook the majors either: a Hawks retro would include a lot of underseen films like THE ROAD TO GLORY, A GIRL IN EVERY PORT, and LAND OF THE PHARAOHS.<BR/><BR/>Rossellini, who may be the most major director whose work (save for a few well-known classics) is awfully difficult to track down.<BR/><BR/>If I ruled the world there would be a complete Bresson retrospective every year.Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468421420936035366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-1123711834532754052005-08-10T18:10:00.000-04:002005-08-10T18:10:00.000-04:00Ah - the five I know only by reputation. I'd prob...Ah - the five I know only by reputation. I'd probably program them all because (a) people I respect (sometimes one, sometimes many) hold them in very high esteem, and (b) they're fucking hard to see.<BR/><BR/>Gianikian/Lucchi: an Italian couple trained in visual arts, they make avant-garde films using a lot of found footage. Apparently their early films were shown with the aid of scents released into the air. I missed their recent film <I>Oh, Uomo!</I> when it showed at Anthology some months back. From what I gather, their 1986 film <I>From the Pole to the Equator</I> is their "major" one. NYPL has it on 16mm.<BR/><BR/>Peleshian - Armenian filmmaker, sometimes linked with Paradjanov. Check out this page devoted to him: http://www.cinemaseekers.com/Peleshian.html<BR/><BR/>Arrieta - Adrian Martin wrote a post on him for a_f_b that made him sound very appetizing; he's also mentioned in two articles I had recently photocopied from old Millennium issues (on both French & Spanish avant-garde film).<BR/><BR/>Kramer - Major underground leftwing fiction/doc filmmaker. Here's Chris Fujiwara on him: http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/movies/00/01/06/robert_kramer.html ... he's also well-liked by Rosenbaum, Ray Carney, "the French," et al.<BR/><BR/>Vautier - According to Nicole Brenez, the twentieth century's greatest filmmaker. His reportedly incendiary anticolonialist film <I>Afrique 50</I> was banned in France.ZChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-1123673208876477082005-08-10T07:26:00.000-04:002005-08-10T07:26:00.000-04:00I recognize about 50% of the names you've listed. ...I recognize about 50% of the names you've listed. However, the others:<BR/><BR/>Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi<BR/>Artavazd Peleshian<BR/>Adolfo Arrieta<BR/>Robert Kramer<BR/>Rene Vautier<BR/><BR/>I don't know them at all. Could you comment briefly on why you (playing the part of a well-to-do programmer) would devote a series/retrospective to their work?Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468421420936035366noreply@blogger.com