Thank you all for the great suggestions and ideas. Truly appreciated. I also very much like Chuck's "observational street film" tag- perhaps the best moniker for the style of filmmaking I am interested in.
THANKS!!! -matt mccormick On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Tom Whiteside <tom.whites...@duke.edu>wrote: > Also Burckhardt’s “Under the Brooklyn Bridge” and “What Mozart Saw on > Mulberry Street”**** > > ** ** > > *From:* frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com [mailto: > frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] *On Behalf Of *Andy Ditzler > *Sent:* Sunday, January 27, 2013 12:20 PM > *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List > > *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] voyeurism / street photography in exp cinema** > ** > > ** ** > > Hi Matt, **** > > ** ** > > It's been awhile since I've seen Rudy Burckhardt's "Eastside Summer," but > it's spontaneous street photography (lovely, 1950s NYC footage). **** > > ** ** > > I wonder, though, if by "recording people on the street," etc., you mean > that the filmmaker is shooting one particular spot, or one person, or one > activity. That would be different than Burckhardt et al. I would think more > of the sequence from Jim McBride's "David Holzman's Diary" for which the > cameraman (Michael Wadleigh) shot a handheld 'tracking shot' while walking > past a row of park benches, filming the people sitting on them. This > documentary footage (a single long take) is then incorporated into the > film's fictional context as if it were shot by the film's protagonist. *** > * > > ** ** > > Andy Ditzler**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 2:13 PM, matt's frameworks address < > li...@rodeofilmco.com> 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 > ------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- ------------------------------- www.rodeofilmco.com -------------------------------
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