Helen Levitt's IN THE STREET is probably a prime example. She worked as a still photographer and reportedly developed a camera that actually took pictures looking in a different direction than what the casual observer would think. Not exactly hidden, but unaware. When she made the film, with James Agee and Janet Loeb, she might have used the same technique. The film shows kids, often showing off--aware and for the camera? or just for the grown up who is a stranger and paying attention to them? sometimes not…. It might be on UbuWeb. Of course today it might get you in trouble to just go film kids, even in public, without their parents permission since you might be taken as a voyeur/predator.
The title slips my mind, and I'm not around my books at the moment, but Ernie Gehr has a wonderful NYC film that was shot from inside, slightly above street eye level, looking out at people on the street who are mostly elderly and shown in closeup detail, without faces, as they go about daily routines. It's very loving in attention to detail and motion…respectful. David Rimmer's Real Italian Pizza would be another classic of the observational street film. See also much of Peter Hutton's work. Chuck Kleinhans On Jan 26, 2013, at 11:13 AM, matt's frameworks address wrote: Hello Frameworkers, I am trying to drum up a list of films/videos that use voyeurism and/or street photography as a central component. But in typing this I realize that neither 'voyeurism' nor 'street photography' are really the correct words/terms to use for what I am looking for. I am interested in the cinematic equivalent of 'street photography,' specifically films like those made by Nathaniel Dorsky or Jem Cohen, where the filmmaker is filmming/recording people on the street and/or other public places without their knowledge. Voyeurism tends to be associated with watching people in private spaces doing private things, which is not what i am interested in, but the word still lends itself to this query. Any ideas of films, and good words/terms to describe them would be much appreciated! -Matt -- ------------------------------- www.rodeofilmco.com<http://www.rodeofilmco.com/> ------------------------------- _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com<mailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks Chuck Kleinhans chuck...@northwestern.edu<mailto:chuck...@northwestern.edu>
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