James T. Hong's "The Form of the Good" (2006): http://www.ubu.com/film/hong_form.html
The very recent Light Cone screening of War/Military themed films (in which Hong's film was also included) might also be worth checking out: http://lightcone.org/fr/news-319-scratch-nous-ne-sommes-pas-les-derniers 2014-01-29, Gawthrop, Rob <[email protected]>: > Peace & Plenty: Ivor Montague > Hell Unlimited: Norman Mclaren & Helen Biggar > > Rob > > > On 28/01/2014 20:49, "John McAndrew" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> For a little under a year my main source of income has come through >> working >> as a gallery warden in a historical museum specializing in arms and >> armour >> (it's a questionable place to work in admittedly, but anyway...). >> Recently >> the museum's cinema space has become freely available to staff members to >> use on evenings whenever it's available and given both the digital and >> potential film projection facilities available, and the cinema itself >> being >> housed in quite a unique location, I've been pondering over the idea of >> independently programming a selection of >> experimental/underground/artists' >> films and videos that ties together the "avant-garde" as we commonly know >> it with its original military terminology. Either way, it would make a >> refreshing change to the current programming decisions of showing >> Hollywood >> war and action films that everyone has seen a hundred times over... >> >> Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - >> both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that >> may >> explore such vanguard themes? Or know of any existing curated screenings >> or >> written texts that have also explored this connection? I'm open to >> hearing >> any and all suggestions for works involving the military and armed >> forces, >> weapon technology (firearms, explosives, swords etc), armour, combat >> and self-defence, historical battles or wars (maybe even fictional ones >> too), appropriated war/training films, critiques of the armed forces, >> militias, laws involving the right to keep and bear arms, etc etc etc... >> >> Many thanks for reading! >> >> Best, >> John >> > > Falmouth University > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing >> list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listi >> nfo/frameworks > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
