Berlin, circa 1921: The painter Hans Richter turns his talents to film and produces one of the earliest abstract films, Rhythmus 21. Clocking in at just over three minutes, it's a significant departure from the newsreels, romances, cliff-hangers, and penny-dreadfuls that made up the bulk of film production in the early ’20s—the first decade in which the film industry began to play a major economic and cultural role around the world. [more inside]
posted by scody
on Jun 14, 2011 -
9 comments
Daughter of Horror (original title: Dementia) was a 1955 avant garde film featuring a
noir style, a surrealist sensibility, and virtually no dialogue. A later version of the film even included an over-the-top voice over by none other than Tonight Show sidekick
Ed McMahon, but like Blade Runner the flick is better off without the narration.
Daughter of Horror is probably most famous for being the film playing in the theater overrun by
The Blob. And with a few more surrealistic elements and peculiar dialogue added, this could have been done by David Lynch in a later decade. The film, recently featured on Turner Classic Movies, is
available for free on archive.org.
posted by Celsius1414
on May 1, 2011 -
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Tulse Luper Update:
Twice before we’ve discussed Peter Greenaway’s “upcoming” multimedia project
The Tulse Luper Suitcases:
three movies,
two books, a
VJ tour (
.wmv interview about a similar project,
Nightwatching, to give you some idea of what a VJ tour is), and more. With the recent launch of the online multiplayer game,
The Tulse Luper Journey , perhaps the project is no longer upcoming at all. The story centers on
92 suitcases related to the life of Greenaway’s alter ego
Tulse Luper. Discovered in various locations around the globe, the suitcases illustrate the
history of Uranium (and by extension the history of the
20th century). Read Greenaway’s lecture on the project
here, hear an interview focused on the VJ performance
here, or read stories attributed to Tulse Luper
here. [More Inside]
posted by jrb223
on Jun 6, 2006 -
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“It was only natural that one day I should decide to toss my
film into a dank corner of my garden. After a hot, humid summer, I came to gather up the
film(Embedded Quicktime), which over the course of the summer I'd entirely forgotten. The
colors remained very pure and intense, but had departed from their previous form. Indeed, they were laying themselves down upon the old action film to form veritable mosaics of
color, remarkably like the stained glass of church windows. This was a really pleasurable experience.” –
Jurgen Reble,
on his art
posted by jrb223
on Mar 22, 2006 -
7 comments
