''The truth is, I don't know how to start to distribute it'' The first question you should ask yourself is who is the intended audience? Distribution often depends on that.
2015-02-02 16:46 GMT-04:00 Lady Snowblood <snowbloods.para...@gmail.com>: > The opening sets up -- > > first, a tension between the actual experience of life as a series of > sychronicities via singular point of view (the narrator finds only > "fragments") and the very real need for a cohesive story for the psyche to > hang on to (the narrator "I was looking for a story" paraphrase) > > second, the image of three women speaking to each other followed by the > voiceover of comparison/competition b/t self & other -- I think of the > first narrator having that internal struggle and coming to a space of > relating to others (or not) with a half-formed story --- > > I would love to see the whole thing. I'm pretty good at writing treatments > for very liminal work / work playing with elements of narrative. > > Jessica > > > * * * > http://drawclose.com > > On Feb 2, 2015, at 8:34 AM, Andrea Márquez <lejana.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear frameworkers, > > I would normally repress this embarrassing impetus of writing. I used to > have them a lot when I was younger, and I guess I gained some experience. > However, I'm going to ask you to watch this small fragment of our humble > film called DETOUR. > > The truth is, I don't know how to start to distribute it. I wish I could > list a number of reasons explaining why it's worth watching or tell you > something that could awake your interest, but I'm afraid that I can't. It's > probably because of my lack of "the art of the pitching", but also because > I don't understand entirely how DETOUR operates in spite of me, in spite of > what I thought the film might be, what I wanted to make it say and so on. > > Felisberto Hernández, an Uruguayan and a very extraordinary author wrote: > > "I'll also have to write many things I know very little about; it even >> strikes me that impenetrability is intrinsic to them. Perhaps when we think >> we know them we stop knowing that we don't know them, because their >> existence is inevitably obscure, and that must be one of their qualities. >> >> But I don't believe I must write only whay I know. I must also write the >> other things." >> > > I enjoy thinking there is a connection between this idea and my lack of > knowledge and qualities. > > > *Director's statement:* > “Detour” or “Around” or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Adverb that denotes the situation of people and things that surround > other. Outline of a place. Preceding a numerical expression approximately > more or less. Surrounding, around. Metathesis.Movement that is difficult to > determine. Examples: a hug in the darkness, panning that the camera > suddenly stops, sideways glance of the subject that attempts to disguise a > state, silence that precedes certain words.Circumlocution, round about > expression, periphrasis.Without circuit, without result.More or less close > but without security, without warranty.Shortly before or shortly after. > Still unaccounted for.Going away, from a distance.Narrative device that > dispenses the linear order of the successive stages leading to. > Interruptions. Love.No destination, no teleology, no money.Inefficient, > eager for simple stuffs.“Desire, yes, always desire.”Deviation, detour.* > > > I wrote this statement inspired in the way that we made the film. If you > feel that something there could be interesting for you somehow, and you > could help us to make this very little project finds its audience, here it > is the link to watch the opening scene: > > http://youtu.be/zMPEyvC1BrE > > > If you like it, I can send you the complete version link. > > > Best regards, > > > *Andrea Márqueze-mail: lejana.c...@gmail.com > <lejana.c...@gmail.com>https://floodedhousefilms.wordpress.com/ > <https://floodedhousefilms.wordpress.com/>* > > *Synopsis:* > DETOUR is a lyrical feature film contemplating the detours of three > childhood friends who reunite again after ten years. Starting with 1991 > George W. Bush's speech about the coming of a new world order and the > announcement of Operation Desert Storm, the film explores the paradigm that > started in the 90s after the dissolution of the URSS. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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