Harrod Blank's films about car art. Su Friedrich's "Rules of the Road." Some of
the Jam Handy industrial films made for Chevrolet in the 1950's have been
called "Corporate Surrealism," the ones I know that best fit this description
are "Hall of Wonders" and "You're Ahead, Mr. X." Also the Jam Handy Chevrolet
"endurance" test films - a pickup truck climbs Pikes Peak off-road in "Meeting
the Challenge" (1949), and in "Daring the Darien" three red Corvairs cross the
dense rain forest of the Darien Gap, again "off road" simply because there is
no road. They cut their way through the jungle with machetes to prove the
durability of the Corvair, absolutely ridiculous. There was a rather
fascinating doc from the Middle East a few years back, "The Beetle."
And the O. Winston Link photograph from the back of the drive-in with plane on
the screen and train passing by. The plane on screen was a trick, but as usual
the train was the real deal, that was his specialty. The guy used to set up
something like a quarter mile of flashes to get a shot.
- Tom Durham Cinematheque
From: frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com
[mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Konefsky
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 2:57 PM
To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com
Subject: [Frameworks] new critical studies film course in car culture
Hello Frameworkers - I am in the early moments of developing a critical studies
course that looks at different ways the automobile has been imagined in cinema.
To this end I'd love to hear from ya'll with titles of films that you think
might be useful to explore/expand this idea and readings that might also
dovetail themes that might be explored.
Do know that my pal Antoni Pinent recently turned me on to a great text titled
Car Fetish.
OK, let's hear what ya got!
best,
--
Bryan Konefsky
director, Experiments in Cinema
el presidente, Basement Films
lecturer, Dept of Cinematic Arts UNM
visiting lecturer, UCSC
board of advisors, Ann Arbor Film Festival
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