Hi Roger, I hadn't checked recently and didn't know about this DVD release - thanks for the tip - but it looks like it's a condensed two-hour version of the original 12-hour series. At least something's out there, but nothing can replace the scope of the full series. Sad.
Andy Ditzler On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Beebe, Roger <roge...@ufl.edu> wrote: > RE: An American Family, it's true that it was long unavailable, but it > was released on DVD in 2011, so now it needs not simply be the stuff of > legend: > > http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=11645510 > > ... > R. > > On Jan 11, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Andy Ditzler wrote: > > Jean Rouch should definitely be mentioned, especially Les Maitres Fous, > Jaguar, and Chronicle of a Summer - as he influenced Godard and the French > New Wave. The unavailability of his films in the U.S. has eased in recent > months due to institutional DVD copies being made available through > Icarus. > > Much ethnographic film from various eras would apply: The Ax Fight > (self-reflexivity) and To Live With Herds (observational cinema landmark) > come to mind, as does Mead and Bateson's groundbreaking work like Trance > and Dance in Bali. Also Robert Gardner's Forest of Bliss and Lucien > Taylor's and Verena Paravel's recent Leviathan (for ideas of "sensory > ethnography"). > > Shirley Clarke's Portrait of Jason, for ideas of changing representation > of black and LGBT cultures and figures in documentary. Of course, Black > Audio Film Collective's Handsworth Songs and everything by Marlon Riggs. > > Further away from experimental here, but an argument could be made for > This Is Spinal Tap as a pivotal work of "fake documentary," with influence > far beyond comedy/fiction. > > Definitively unavailable, and completely pivotal: An American Family. > > > Andy Ditzler > www.filmlove.org > www.johnq.org > Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 6:19 PM, David Tetzlaff <djte...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm looking to help a friend do research on the history of documentary, >> and I'd like to introduce him to some of the more experimental side of the >> form. For his purposes, the work needs to available on video: he needs to >> see stuff, not just read about it, and he needs to be able to pull decent >> quality clips for presentation. So I'm not looking for more purely >> experimental films that have some actuality footage, but something more >> readily recognizable under a (very) broad rubric of 'documentary'. >> >> Something like "Sonic Outlaws' or "Odds of Recovery" would be pretty >> central examples. About as far down the experimental scale I'd want to get >> would be such films as "Window Water Baby Moving" or "Sink or Swim." (Thus, >> for example, "Thigh Line Lyre Triangular" is too 'far out' for this >> purpose.) I'd also welcome suggestions for essay-form docs beyond Marker >> (which I've already got). Another example of such might be Mulvey's 'Frida >> Kahlo / Tina Modotti" >> >> With those loose guidelines, feel free to recommend away without worrying >> too much about the 'fit'. I can/will edit the recs I pass on... >> >> TIA! >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Andy Ditzler www.filmlove.org www.johnq.org Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University
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