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I’m not a compulsive film-goer, and compared to most directors am hardly what you would call cinematically literate. I can’t imagine my work would be any better or worse if I crawled into a darkened room and spent days watching other people’s efforts.
Paul Cronin • Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin
Introduction
Shawn Kent Hayashi • Conversations for Change
Filmmakers
Nate Stranzl • 1 card
The conditions of a minimal underground classic—that the shape of a film be discernible in any single frame; that a single-camera strategy be the basis for the movie’s metaphysic and any situation within the film; that the repetitions of the camera, which is always obviously present, creates a spirituality; and that the field of examination be more
... See moreRobert Polito • Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber: A Library of America Special Publication
Time is the new space. The digital annihilation of physical distance means that culture must be organized temporally.
Drew Austin • #187: A Rainbow in Curved Air
Cinema
Maíra Mello • 8 cards
Thursday