To all of these great suggestions for Bryan, I'd like to add *The Conformist *, which uses a car trip as a central trope.
Best, CC On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 5:32 PM, franco base <frenk.ca...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the best animation movie about car > > by Bruno Bozzetto > Il signor Rossi compra l'automobile > "Mr Rossi buy a car" > 1966 > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQksyniUqPo > > > > 2012/12/15 Jack <j...@jacktext.net> > >> The book lost highways: the illustrated history of the road movie that I >> co-edited has some essays that may be of interest. >> >> Jack >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 16/12/2012, at 2:47 AM, Bryan Konefsky <bkonef...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks everyone for your input... still hoping to get a few more film >> ideas AND suggestions on readings. >> best, >> bryan konefsky >> >> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:49 PM, David Dvorchak <da...@as220.org> wrote: >> >>> Laurel and Hardy is "Two Tars" >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Chuck Kleinhans < >>> chuck...@northwestern.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> The about to open, On The Road, and an almost endless stream of road >>>> movies in Hollywood. >>>> >>>> There's a famous Laurel and Hardy film (whose name I forget at the >>>> moment) which includes tearing a car apart in a dispute. >>>> >>>> Not about film, per se, but in the 1920s the expansion of relatively >>>> inexpensive autos created a certain moral panic around cars as mobile >>>> bedrooms for young people who could escape being chaperoned. >>>> >>>> Chuck Kleinhans >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Dec 14, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Bryan Konefsky wrote: >>>> >>>> > >>>> > 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, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> FrameWorks mailing list >>>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dave Dvorchak >>> AS220 Communications Director >>> da...@as220.org >>> (401) 831-9327 x121 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FrameWorks mailing list >>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Bryan Konefsky >> director, Experiments in Cinema >> presidente, Basement Films >> lecturer, Dept of Cinematic Arts UNM >> visiting lecturer, UCSC >> board of advisors, Ann Arbor Film Festival >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- Caryn Cline Filmmaker and Teacher New York City and Seattle, WA vimeo.com/carynyc
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