Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 camera service?

2024-05-22 Thread Pip Chodorov
Abdoul Setoun - Pip Chodorov > On May 21, 2024, at 9:23 PM, Jenelle Stafford wrote: > > > Asking for a colleague: can anyone recommend a technician in the US for S8 > camera repair? I believe she mostly has Canons. -- Frameworks mailing list Frameworks@film-gallery.org ht

Re: [Frameworks] Greg Sharits

2024-04-23 Thread Pip Chodorov
There might be some information in the archives of the New York Filmmakers Coop. > On Apr 23, 2024, at 7:22 PM, Arindam Sen wrote: > > I am looking for some Biographical details about Greg Sharits, in the 1960s > and the 1970s. Precious little exists in easily accessible corners. I read >

Re: [Frameworks] Wavelengths: TIFF

2024-04-03 Thread Pip Chodorov
Hi Esperanza, it’s not automatic, you would have to write to Andrea Picard. Pip > On Apr 3, 2024, at 6:56 PM, Esperanza Collado > wrote: > > Do you know if people on this list can get a free waiver for submissions to > Toronto International Film Festival section Wavelengths? > > --

[Frameworks] Fwd: [Klubvizija] [Labos] shooting 3383 print film with or without filter

2024-03-22 Thread Pip Chodorov
Hi everyone, I am forwarding an interesting question from the Labos list. Maybe someone here has an answer? Pip > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Ruben Chitrit via Forum > Subject: [Labos] shooting 3383 print film with or without filter > Date: March 23, 2024 at 4:04:07 AM GMT+9 > To:

Re: [Frameworks] Art gallery venues that host experimental film series screenings

2024-01-18 Thread Pip Chodorov
Hi Joel, The Film Gallery in Paris is devoted to showcasing experimental filmmakers, though actual screening events are sporadic. Pip -- Frameworks mailing list Frameworks@film-gallery.org https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org

Re: [Frameworks] Resources for work feedback

2023-12-15 Thread Pip Chodorov
Maybe Mono No Aware hosts this kind of screening? > On Dec 16, 2023, at 4:45 AM, Gashouse Films wrote: > > Thanks for this. I live in NYC and have had the opportunity to use the > Millenium Film Workshop but I was looking to > expand for additional feedback. I will look further into the links

Re: [Frameworks] Resources for work feedback

2023-12-14 Thread Pip Chodorov
’ recent films with a Q discussion each time. Where is your community? Check if there is a lab near you: https://www.filmlabs.org/all-labs/ Pip Chodorov > On Dec 9, 2023, at 6:20 AM, Gashouse Films wrote: > > > Was wondering if anyone here has any recommendations/suggestions on wher

Re: [Frameworks] Eiki 16mm projector hook up to PA

2023-11-20 Thread Pip Chodorov
All good advice, and if worse comes to worse, just put the sound level as low as possible and amplify it comfortably, it usually works ok. I sometimes use a guitar amp. > On Nov 21, 2023, at 6:03 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote: > > Put it into a passive DI box and it'll be happy. Do not expect

Re: [Frameworks] sign up instructions?

2023-11-14 Thread Pip Chodorov
film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org>, <mailto:frameworks-requ...@film-gallery.org?subject=subscribe> > On Nov 14, 2023, at 1:00 PM, Pip Chodorov wrote: > > The instructions are included in the headers of every FrameWorks post, copied

Re: [Frameworks] sign up instructions?

2023-11-13 Thread Pip Chodorov
tinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org>, <mailto:frameworks-requ...@film-gallery.org?subject=subscribe> > On Nov 14, 2023, at 9:49 AM, Michael Betancourt > wrote: > > the Frameworks listserv. I've learned the instructions on hibeam are for when > Jonas Mekas was sponsoring it.

Re: [Frameworks] sign up instructions?

2023-11-13 Thread Pip Chodorov
Sign up for what? > On Nov 14, 2023, at 7:55, Michael Betancourt > wrote: > > Does anyone have the current sign up instructions? > > Michael > > > >> >> >> >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> Frameworks@film-gallery.org >>

Re: [Frameworks] super 8 splice tape?

2023-07-25 Thread Pip Chodorov
Re:Voir sells guillotine tape and press tape! https://re-voir.com/shop/en/search?controller=search=position=desc_query=splicing_search= > On Jul 25, 2023, at 4:24 AM, ev petrol wrote: > > hey folks, > wondering where to score some Super 8mm splice tape - anywhere in NY still > selling it?

Re: [Frameworks] 8mm footage and developing for project in late July?

2023-06-23 Thread Pip Chodorov
These cartridges use double 8mm. Inside the cartridge is double perf 16mm film with twice as many perforations as usual. You shoot 25 feet on one side and then flip it over and shoot the second half on the same strip of film. After developing, the lab splits the 16mm film down the middle and

[Frameworks] Kenneth Anger

2023-05-24 Thread Pip Chodorov
Sad news... https://variety.com/2023/film/news/kenneth-anger-dies-fireworks-1235623957/ Kenneth Anger, Experimental Filmmaker and ‘Hollywood Babylon’ Author, Dies at 96 variety.com-- Frameworks mailing list Frameworks@film-gallery.org

Re: [Frameworks] Figures of Absence. The Films of DORE O.

2023-03-15 Thread Pip Chodorov
Dear Albert, Thank you for this information. Re:Voir has also released a DVD of Dore O’s films with the same title https://re-voir.com/shop/en/filmmakers-from-m-to-o/1342-dore-o-figures-of-absence.html I agree that these films are hauntingly beautiful. Best wishes, Pip > On Mar 16,

Re: [Frameworks] A new book: Lost Highways, Embodied Travels & thanks

2023-03-13 Thread Pip Chodorov
Hi Kornelia, Thank you for your replies! I really can’t think of many horror films in American experimental films of the 1960s and 1970s and the ones involving sexuality are mostly not pornographic so I will be very curious to read your book and learn about this. You should be able to see

Re: [Frameworks] A new book: Lost Highways, Embodied Travels & thanks

2023-03-11 Thread Pip Chodorov
s can be discussed more carefully! Thank you for a provocative study. Pip Chodorov > Often identified as one of the most genuine and enduring American film > genres, the road movie has never been explored in the context of experimental > filmmaking. To fill this gap, Lost Highways, Em

Re: [Frameworks] negativland for S8 ekta / neg / scanning?

2023-03-04 Thread Pip Chodorov
Hey Moira, I recommend Metropolis - which is where Negativland sends their rolls anyway. 115 West 30th suite 1209. - Pip > On Mar 5, 2023, at 12:30 PM, ev petrol wrote: > has anyone used Negativland for processing S8 ekta / 200T / 500T > &/or scanning ... any thoughts? > > I'm planning to

Re: [Frameworks] Registration Open for Toronto Film Labs Gathering

2023-03-01 Thread Pip Chodorov
Resilience” and avoid the analog/digital debate. Thank you, Pip Chodorov > On Mar 2, 2023, at 6:47 AM, LIFT Special Projects > wrote: > > The gathering is centered around the theme Analogue Resilience. Analogue, to > invoke the material qualities of the film medium, as well as

Re: [Frameworks] Histories of Direct Film Animation?

2023-02-05 Thread Pip Chodorov
We released this title on VHS through Re:Voir. Though it is not available on DVD, his film UN NAVET is on our DVD called “Maurice Lemaitre: Imaginary Films” as well as on our VOD platform: Re:Voir Online. - Pip Chodorov > On Feb 5, 2023, at 1:05 PM, Jeanne Cousseau > wrote: > A Fren

Re: [Frameworks] Personal Connection Robert Film Services

2023-01-13 Thread Pip Chodorov
below. - Pip Chodorov CineMartin Martin Chateauvert Tel: 514-717-7075 https://www.cinemartin.org/ <https://www.cinemartin.org/> > On Jan 13, 2023, at 10:57 PM, John Davis <0johndav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *Update, I just spoke to Robert over the phone this afte

Re: [Frameworks] Personal Connection Robert Film Services

2023-01-13 Thread Pip Chodorov
Hi Janis, as far as I know he left the company to his colleagues who I am in touch with, but that was a few years ago so already last March he would have been independent from RFS. The number I had at the time I had worked with him was 514-943-8830. - Pip Chodorov > On Jan 13, 2023, at 8

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental films with bodily sounds

2023-01-07 Thread Pip Chodorov
Hi Gabriele, Here are two suggestions: Schmelzdahin: Stadt in Flammen [sound of a man groaning while hitting his chest in rhythm] Robert Nelson: I don’t have the title but maybe Mark Toscano can help! -- the soundtrack is feet scraping the bottom of a bathtub. It’s a short film, maybe five

Re: [Frameworks] developing super 8 200T / 500T / ekta (New York)?

2022-12-06 Thread Pip Chodorov
Here is the maniac attempting to develop Kodachrome in color: https://emulsive.org/articles/darkroom/developing-film/they-took-my-kodachrome-away-so-i-brought-it-back > On Dec 6, 2022, at 8:57 PM, Pip Chodorov wrote: > All but Kodachrome: for that you can only get a low-con black and

Re: [Frameworks] developing super 8 200T / 500T / ekta (New York)?

2022-12-06 Thread Pip Chodorov
Hey Moira, Of course one can develop it oneself in a darkroom or at a cooperative lab like Mono in Brooklyn. But for a commercial lab I recommend Metropolis. They recently set up their own wet lab and they develop, scan and print all formats. They get a lot of super-8 and results are great.

Re: [Frameworks] Peertube for experimental filmmaking?

2022-11-22 Thread Pip Chodorov
Thank you Nicholas, I will ensure that on the next version of the app it is made clear that the password requires special characters. For now the platform is only available as a mobile app. We chose to develop the app for iOS and Android in order to take advantage of features specific to the

Re: [Frameworks] Peertube for experimental filmmaking?

2022-11-21 Thread Pip Chodorov
Dear Nicholas, please verify that the password you chose contains special characters! The horizontal mode lock is normal. Thank you, Pip > On Nov 22, 2022, at 10:01 AM, Nicholas Kovats wrote: > > I can input and create account credentials but the save button is faded and > does not work. >

Re: [Frameworks] Peertube for experimental filmmaking?

2022-11-20 Thread Pip Chodorov
Ubu, except that they were also pirating our content. Let us know if you find anything! Pip Chodorov > On Nov 20, 2022, at 11:27 PM, Florian Cramer wrote: > > Do other people here have experiences with Peertube and can recommend > friendly servers/'instances'? Or are there e

Re: [Frameworks] Marie Menken's Hurry, Hurry in digital format to rent?

2022-11-18 Thread Pip Chodorov
Dear Quentin, Of course not, which is why we did not include that film in our DVD. However they often cater to programmers and can digitize the print for you. Pip > On Nov 18, 2022, at 7:51 PM, Quentin Darcq wrote: > > Dear Pip, > > New York Filmmakers’ Coop. digitize some Marie Menken's

Re: [Frameworks] Marie Menken's Hurry, Hurry in digital format to rent?

2022-11-18 Thread Pip Chodorov
Dear Elena, In many cases we do rent screening files in case of digital projection, but we do not have Hurry Hurry. I suggest you contact the New York Filmmakers’ Coop. They can probably digitize their print and provide it to you. If not then maybe Light Cone can provide it. Pip Chodorov

[Frameworks] Jakobois

2022-09-18 Thread Pip Chodorov
Dear friends, I just heard that the French filmmaker Jakobois passed away yesterday, but I can’t find any information. Is it true? Does anyone have any news? He was only 72. Thanks, Pip -- Frameworks mailing list Frameworks@film-gallery.org

[Frameworks] Jonas Mekas redeemed

2022-09-11 Thread Pip Chodorov
In 2018, an article appeared in the New York Review of Books that claimed Jonas Mekas had been a Nazi sympathizer in his youth, guilty by association of war crimes. The author used rhetoric and flawed logic to make his point, and his intent seemed to be to raise his own career as a researcher

Re: [Frameworks] preserving digital video files long-term

2022-09-11 Thread Pip Chodorov
Spinning rust, yes. You can also use solid state drives but these are much more expensive and - little known fact - they can only be written to a finite number of times. I recommend helium drives with less friction between the platters. Good research has been done that helium drives report