Re: [Frameworks] Kodak analyst II won't stop
Hey Nic, The plunger on the on the Analyst II is designed to reverse the direction of the film, not stop it. All the ones I've used function this way. I imagine the lamp on that specific projector runs too hot for it pause on a frame without burning it, so the best you can do is slow it down and throttle the reverse plunger if you want to review a shot. More advanced analytic projectors can freeze on a single frame and advance one frame at a time. (We've got a "Pony" at the AgX space which can do this if you need to borrow it). Best, Stefan > From: brynolf...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:16:18 -0400 > To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > Subject: [Frameworks] Kodak analyst II won't stop > > Hi all, > > I've got an Analyst II and the remote doesn't stop the film, instead it > reverses the direction, no matter which direction it's playing, forwards or > reverse. Anyone seen this before? Suggestions to fix? > > Thanks! > > nic > ___ > 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] Only 24 hours left – help a new artist-run film lab get off the ground!
Dearest Frameworkers, AgX, Boston's new film collective with a focus on photochemical filmmaking practice, is in the final hours of a $10,000 fundraising campaign that aims primarily to cover the costs of building out our darkroom and moving several prized pieces of equipment that are being donated to us (including an Oxberry optical printer, Bell & Howell Model C contact printer, and Oxberry animation stand). Please consider helping us meet our goal! Once we've acquired this equipment, we'll have all the means to make full, married sound prints in-house (minus the actual printing of the optical track, until a sound camera comes out way) which will be a major evolutionary step for the Boston-area film community, and eventually the broader film community as we hope to open up to visiting artists and offer residencies in the future. We're about three quarters of the way there and we've got some great incentives for donating, including actual 16mm film prints of works by Robert Todd, Richard Tuohy, and Stephen Broomer! Check it out: http://igg.me/at/agx/x/11500530 Many thanks, Stefan Grabowski http://www.agxfilm.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] AgX Film Collective fundraising campaign is now live!
AgX Indiegogo Officially Launched! AgX: An artist-run film lab and collective needs your support! It's really happening! The AgX Indiegogo campaign has officially launched! Support the Boston area's brand new artist-run film lab and collective and be rewarded with books, DVDs, original artwork and actual film prints from amazing filmmakers, theater memberships, magazines and much more! Thanks to all who came out to our open house and screening this past weekend at Waltham Mills Open Studios! We met so many people excited to connect or reconnect with the materiality and magic of filmmaking. Whether as an official AgX member, occasional workshop participant or avid audience member, many are eager for an active, collaborative film resource – And together we will make it happen! We just need this initial catalyst of donations and AgX will be a full-fledged film lab and workspace! You can probably already feel the warm, luminous glow from all of the future projections your pledge is supporting. Visit our Indiegogo campaign to help us us now!
Re: [Frameworks] super8 in europe,
I don't know what the going rate is in Europe, but I know Wittner carries a number of black and white stocks in Super-8 format: http://www.wittner-kinotechnik.de/katalog/04_filmm/s8_filmm.php -Stefan Grabowski From: lea...@hotmail.com To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:23:16 +0200 Subject: [Frameworks] super8 in europe, hello,someone can tell us the cheapest way to buy super8 black/white in europe, with and without development included,thank you,lea, ___ 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
Re: [Frameworks] Adaptor Sources for Super 8mm and Reg 8mm viewers
You can also get them from Spectra Film and Video: http://www.spectrafilmandvideo.com/Products.html From: i...@oddballfilm.com Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 17:54:41 -0700 To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: [Frameworks] Adaptor Sources for Super 8mm and Reg 8mm viewers Hello all: I'm searching for a source for adaptors for Super 8mm and Reg 8mm hand cranked viewers and reels. Any suggestions appreciated! Best regards, Stephen Parr Director Oddball Film+Video www.oddballfilm.com Oddball Films www.oddballfilms.blogspot.com 275 Capp Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Phone 415.558.8112 Fax 415.558.8116 For a link to our latest projects: oddballfilm.com/projects_2013.pdf http://letterboxd.com/oddballfilm/lists/ Follow us on facebook and Twitter! http://www.facebook.com/oddballfilm http://twitter.com/Oddballfilms ___ 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] Balagan fundraising screening: Tonight, 8:30pm
TONIGHT at 8:30: screening in the park Tonight at 8:30pm: a screening to benefit Balagan's Fall 2014 season, on the grass in magical Post Office Square. The weather should be just right, there will be cushions to sit on; bring a friend, a snack and a few bucks to contribute to Balagan's funds! Films and videos by: Dominic Angerame (San Francisco) Stephen Broomer (Toronto) Mark Cetilia (Providence) Rene Dongo (Boston) LJ Frezza (NY) Lorenzo Gattorna (Baltimore) Ernesto Livon-Grossman (Boston) Haruka Mitani and Michael Lyons (Kyoto) Ben Pender-Cudlip (Boston) Robert Todd (Boston) Douglas Urbank (Boston) Enormous thanks to the filmmakers above for donating the rentals of their films. More about them here. *** Special delivery from Brooklyn! We will have these beautiful new totes by Madeline Weisburg available at the screening! They measure 15 by 16 and are made of canvas. To pre-order yours, donate $15 or more -- or just bring some cash tonight.We can also ship. Banner image: Mountain Lying Down by Lorenzo Gattorna
Re: [Frameworks] Moon movies?
The Zone of the Total Eclipse (2006) by Mika Taanila uses positive and negative footage of an eclipse in a double projection to an interesting effect. Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:35:44 +0100 From: albertalc...@yahoo.es To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Moon movies? Moon Play (1961) by Marie Menkenhttp://films.arsenal-berlin.de/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/3176Rabbit's Moon (1950) by Kenneth ANgerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHlneSpOknUMoonbird (1959) by Faith and John Hubleyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTgma3KJuSw El Domingo 20 de julio de 2014 23:45, Jeff Kreines jeffkrei...@gmail.com escribió: And for a 70’s paranoid junk-movie take on the moon landing, there’s Capricorn One. A guilty pleasure — if not quite as paranoid as, say, Parallax View.Elliott Gould, Karen Black, O.J. Simpson, and many others. Jeff kreineskinettaj...@kinetta.comkinetta.com On Jul 20, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Beebe, Roger W. beebe...@osu.edu wrote: An excerpt of mine (but there are stars sun c. in addition to the moon): https://vimeo.com/35062965 Also, Jeanne Liotta’s twofer, the world-beating Observando El Cielo and Eclipse, which is, of course, sun+moon, but is wonderful especially when PLAYED LOUD. … R. On Jul 20, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Michael Betancourt hinterland.mov...@gmail.com wrote: Since it's the 45 anniversay of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, I'm in the mood for Moon movies. Here's mine: http://www.cinegraphic.net/article.php?story=2014071907094117 Any more to suggest? Michael Betancourt Savannah, GA USA michaelbetancourt.com twitter.com/cinegraphic | vimeo.com/cinegraphic www.cinegraphic.net | the avant-garde film video blog ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___FrameWorks mailing listFrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.comhttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks___FrameWorks mailing listFrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.comhttps://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
Re: [Frameworks] simple digital animation set-up?
You might want to look into Dragonframe - http://www.dragonframe.com It's a really powerful piece of software that works with most DSLRs and HDV cameras. -Stefan Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 09:38:23 -0700 From: davidgatessher...@gmail.com To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: [Frameworks] simple digital animation set-up? I want to get together a simple digital animation set-up that includes a camera and software for Mac. I would like something that functions like the old JK controllers and shoots in HD. Any suggestions? -- David Sherman 646 E. 5th StreetTucson, AZ 8705 520-366-1573www.explodedviewgallery.org www.davidshermanfilms.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
Re: [Frameworks] KOKDAK Ektachrome Super 8 G
I have a few rolls of Type-G kicking around that I've been meaning to process as well. As far as I understand, it can be processed in E-6 chemicals, but you'll have to remove the remjet backing (I think someone posted a formula for a way to do that with borax not too long ago). I've heard it was basically balanced for light in between Tungsten and Daylight, giving everything sort of a greenish cast in the end. That leads me to thinking it might look okay shooting under fluorescent lighting, but I still haven't processed mine so I can't say for sure. -Stefan Grabowski Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 14:34:23 -0400 From: kittylitter...@gmail.com To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: [Frameworks] KOKDAK Ektachrome Super 8 G Can you use regular E-6 chemistry that I was using for other Ektachrome Super 8mm for Ektachrome Super 8mm G type? I just realized I have some roll that says it is G type - I read online that this is somehow a different type of film and that takes different type of development... is that true? what is it - just a type of film that can be Tungsten and Daylight - how is that possible? xoK ___ 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
Re: [Frameworks] exp film orgs suggestions
Boston also has MassArt Film Society (http://massartfilmsociety.blogspot.com/) and the Balagan Film Series (http://balaganfilms.com) Magic Lantern Cinema in Providence (http://magiclanterncinema.com/) Sight Unseen in Baltimore (http://sightunseenbaltimore.com/) Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, OH http://wexarts.org/film-video Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:06:49 -0500 From: crlel...@uwm.edu To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: Re: [Frameworks] exp film orgs suggestions Milwaukee: Microlights https://www.facebook.com/pages/Microlights/145321888972059 UWM Union Theatre’s Experimental Tuesdays at the Union Theatre http://www.aux.uwm.edu/union/union_theatre/ Woodland Pattern Book Center (occasional) http://woodlandpattern.org - Original Message - From: Huckleberry Lain huckleberryl...@gmail.com To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:29:41 PM Subject: [Frameworks] exp film orgs suggestions Hello friends I'm putting together a lecture for USC at the end of March and I'm organizing a list of micro-cinemas, exp film orgs and periodicals for young filmmakers to get to know. I'm mainly looking for organisations that are supportive of young filmmakers like Echo Park Film Center, but I'm also including some places they can go to watch important classics like PFA (I'm staying away from film festivals). Here's my current list (I know I'm forgetting a bunch): LA Filmforum Echo Park Film Center Academy Film Archive Anthology Film Archive Pacific Film Archive Millennium Film Workshop Artists Television Access Light Industry RedCat Harvard Film Archive MoMA Pittsburg Filmmakers Filmmaker’s Co-operative ABC No Rio Black Hole Cinematheque Lux Center for Film and Video Art CineWest MoCA Pasadena's Armory Center for the Arts SF Cinematheque OtherCinema iotaCenter CVM ReVoir Frameworks - hi-beam.com 40 Frames Dublab Prelinger Archive OtherZine Millennium Film Journal Bomb! LA Record Thanks for your help! ___ 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
Re: [Frameworks] Bucket Developing 16mm Tri X Reversal
You can still get a T-Max kit from Photographers Formulary in the US: http://stores.photoformulary.com/reversal-developer-for-t-max/ It's listed as developer but contains the bleach as well. - Stefan Grabowski From: rogerdwil...@sympatico.ca To: jihalp...@yahoo.com; frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 18:13:32 + Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Bucket Developing 16mm Tri X Reversal I think Kodak discontinued making the T-max kit a few years back, which is one of the reasons why I process as a negative and then make my prints using kodak 7203 print stock. But you can still process as a reversal and there are recipes out there to make your own bleach for reversal processing. Here is a link to my site where I have notes on negative processing with D19. http://www.rogerdwilson.ca/2/post/2014/02/hand-processing-16mm-bw-film-with-kodak-d19.html Roger D. WilsonFilm Scientist613 324 - 7504rogerdwilson@sympatico.cahttp://www.rogerdwilson.ca Without failure you can never achieve success. I have based my process and my career as an experimental film artist on this statement; and I welcome it as it pushes me forward as an artist to try something different, something new. Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 09:12:21 -0800 From: jihalp...@yahoo.com To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Bucket Developing 16mm Tri X Reversal Here's a guide to processing as reversal using a T-Max kit: http://www.ralphdickinson.com/process_site/allpages.html Can you provide us with a little background here? For example, as Roger put, reversal or negative? Anything special you're looking for in developing, or as clean an image as possible? What's your prior experience with processing (still or motion film)? etc. -Jason Halprin On Friday, March 7, 2014 12:18 PM, chapin long lonch...@gmail.com wrote: Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Chapin ___ 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 ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] This week in Boston - two Balagan shows
Tuesday: Consuming Spirits / Sunday: Echo-Systems Dear friends -- We hope you will join us for this week's Balagan Film Series screenings! New details below... Consuming Spirits (2012) by Chris Sullivan Tuesday, September 17, 7:30pm, Brattle Theatre Director in person! This achingly sad, occasionally grotesque story of family secrets, sexual longings and small-town malaise, told through drawings, paper cutouts and miniature models, has more in common with intimate graphic novels like David Small’s Stitches or Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home than with any live-action indie melodrama I can think of. The wintry, northern, class-divided setting might resonate with readers of Joyce Carol Oates. But the blend of narrative quasi-realism and wild, somber visual invention in Consuming Spirits is entirely original. — A. O. Scott, NY Times See the trailer and more images on our site. Facebook event is here. Echo-Systems: outdoor music + film Sunday, September 22, 7:30pm Norman B. Leventhal Park (map) Bring a cozy sweater to this outdoor event featuring double-projection experimentation and musical improvisation! New participants announced: JP-based filmmaker Robert Todd and Fort Point-based filmmaker Douglas Urbank will present their most recent single- and multi-channel 16mm works in collaboration with local experimental musicians, Ernst Karel and Jorrit Dijkstra. Rain date: Sunday, September 29th. Check out our site for bios. Facebook event is here. OF INTEREST: TONIGHT (Mon): HFA presents... A Tribute to Anne Charlotte Robertson, part 2 (not to be missed) Sep 18 (Wed): Film Society presents... Ivan and Ivana (2011) by Jeff Silva (award-winning doc by our co-curator) Sep 23 (Mon): HFA presents... Standish Lawder (in person) Sep 28 (Sat): Non-Event presents... EBBS + Betsey Biggs at the
Re: [Frameworks] buy dev + print 16mm film in America
Hi Sophie, If you'll be in New York , you can buy 100' rolls of 16mm film from BH. Hunt's Photo in Boston also stocks 16mm. Or you could purchase directly from Kodak if you can wait for them to ship it. For prints - FotoKem supposedly does good work though I haven't had much experience with them. If you have time to send it to the East Coast, I highly recommend sending to Colorlab in Maryland. Best, Stefan Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:53:49 +0100 From: m...@sophielascelles.co.uk To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: [Frameworks] buy dev + print 16mm film in America Dear All, I will be touring the US for 2 months, can anyone tell me how much it costs to buy, develop and print a roll of 100 ft 16mm negative film? How do prices compare to the UK? Also where do I buy film on the east coast and where do I dev + print in LA? Thanks Sophie ___ 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] Ronald Nameth's Exploding Plastic Inevitable
Dear Frameworkers, Does anyone know of any prints of Ronald Nameth's film Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable that are still available for exhibition? Best, Stefan Grabowski co-curator, Balagan Film Series http://balaganfilms.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Liquid Light onto clear 16mm - any tips?
I've considered this myself but never tried it. Does anyone have any experience treating clear leader first with a workable fixative spray such as one used on paper illustrations to prevent smudging, then painting on the liquid light? Seems to me like that could do the trick. -Stefan Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 07:57:46 -0700 From: jihalp...@yahoo.com To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Liquid Light onto clear 16mm - any tips? I had this problem. Robert Schaller taught me that it will work much better if you can find some print stock, and then put that in fixer without exposing it. You'll remove the silver-halide, but leave the gelatin, and Liquid Light will stick to this much better. You can also dry it (in complete darkness) with a hair dryer for 10-15 min. I found that this created a tighter bond that was sufficient for photograms and contact prints on 4-6 ft strips of 16mm film. Regardless, be very gentle in the processing and drying. -Jason Halprin From: Devon D devonimat...@hotmail.com To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 8:53 AM Subject: [Frameworks] Liquid Light onto clear 16mm - any tips? Howdy, Trying to paint Liquid Light photo emulsion onto clear 16mm leader. exposing photograms etc, then hand processing. But the emulsion is falling off by the time we get to fixer. Works slightly better with clear film that has some emulsion already on it, but not much. Anybody have any better experiences / tips to share? Maybe spraying a clear varnish onto the leader first, or roughing up with fine sandpaper? or . . . Thanks Big! Best, Devon Damonte Olympia, WA ___ 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
[Frameworks] Thursday, March 14 in Boston: DIY Dystopia
Dear Frameworkers, We have a really cool event planned for 3/14. Before telling you all about it, we ask you to consider helping us out on Kickstarter. We have eleven days left and a long way to go - But we can make it with your support! Thank you! Jeff, Stefan and Mariya DIY DYSTOPIA · films + performance · Thurs, 3/14, 7:30pm · Brattle Ah, Liberty! Ben Rivers Note: unlike our past events, this show is on a Thursday and at 7:30pm. With the natural world teetering on the brink of multilateral catastrophe, a group of analog filmmakers have taken matters into their own hands. Through direct contact with the medium – lifting and reassembling images on the film strip – adhering waste matter to celluloid – leaving emulsion to languish in the landfill – the artists interpret physical processes that ravage our land. Their grave methods yield results of unexpected poetry, vibrancy and beauty. The evening will feature a live performance by the experimental music group Duck That and a special, collaborative, locally-made project by the Papercut Zine Library. PROGRAM: WWII (work-in-progress) / Douglas Urbank / 2012 / 16mm + live sound by Duck That / 7' Landfill 16 / Jennifer Reeves / 2011 / 16mm sound / 9' Buffalo Lifts / Christina Battle / 2004 / 16mm silent / 3' Oil Wells: Sturgeon Road 97th Street / Christina Battle / 2002 / 16mm sound / 3' Transaension / Dan Baker / 2006 / 16mm sound / 6' The Dante Quartet / Stan Brakhage / 1987 / 16mm silent / 8' Ah, Liberty! / Ben Rivers / 2008 / anamorphic 16mm sound / 20' our website facebook rsvp ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Balagan 2013: next show + kickstarter
Balagan '13: next show + kickstarter Dear film friends! We are happy to return to regular programming in 2013 -- see the upcoming program below -- but, to keep going, we are asking for your help. We need to raise $5,000 by March 16th: check out the Kickstarter campaign here. (We've got some nice prizes!) A few things to remember when you consider helping us out -- - we, the curators, work for free - we pay the filmmakers we screen - we share ticket proceeds with our venues - each show usually costs us more than we can make in ticket proceeds - shipping of 16mm and 35mm prints is incredibly expensive... but important!! - experimental cinema everywhere needs our love and support to continue to thrive! Please join our effort -- and spread the word! Best, Jeff, Stefan and Mariya BREAKWATER · seven films · Tuesday, 2/19, 8pm · Brattle Theatre Venice Pier, Gary Beydler From camera motion inspired by the fluidity of bubbling streams -- to the productive potential of organisms residing within -- to the symbolic significance of a teacup's or a storm's destructive powers -- water has given rise to some incredible cinematic images. With this small-gauge film program of works old and new, the first of 2013, we explore the form's aesthetic and figurative possibilities. PROGRAM (16mm unless noted) Leighton Pierce / Glass / 1998 / 7 minutes Sarah Pucill / Backcomb / 1995 / 6 minutes Matthew McWilliams / Produce / 2013 / 3 minutes / silent Michael Robinson / Chiquitita and the Soft Escape / 2003 / 10 minutes Matthias Müller / Alpsee / 1994 / 15 minutes Gary Beydler / Venice Pier / 1976 / 16 minutes Robert Todd / Movements / 2012 / 4 minutes / super8 presented on video our website facebook rsvp
[Frameworks] Balagan Films presents: In Captivity - December 4th (Cambridge, MA)
IN CAPTIVITY · four films · Tuesday, December 4, 8pm · Brattle Theatre In this time of extreme industrialization, wilderness is all but forgotten. In cities, the trees are kept in corrals, with clearly posted visiting hours, if not caged up in solitary confinement. While we had originally intended to put together a program of works celebrating the wild, both around us and within, we quickly realized that captivity was inescapable. Wild and tame – free and enslaved – are fundamentally entwined concepts. The very notion of liberty exists only to contrast the many constraints that humans have built. Come and be our captive (or captivated?) audience for the Boston premieres of new films by Daniel Sousa and Robert Todd, as well as classics by Malcolm Le Grice and Jonas Mekas (presented in 16mm). We promise not to lock the doors. PROGRAM Feral, Daniel Sousa, 2012, 13m, video Construct, Robert Todd, 2012, 12m, 16mm Berlin Horse, Malcolm Le Grice, 1970, 7m, 16mm - intermission - The Brig, Jonas Mekas, 1964, 68m, 16mm our website facebook rsvp ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Tonight! Nov 6: Balagan presents Spectral Evidence
We are very proud and excited to present premieres of three new films by artists with Boston and NY ties, accompanied by a deliciously crisp 35mm print of a piece by Martha Colburn. Featuring - Hay Algo y Se Va by Kim Arnias 2012, 2:53, 16mm - world premiere! (There is something. Now it's gone.) A perpetual sea of bodies, gestures and gazes collide to create a familiar yet estranging family reunion. Heritage by Cate Giordano 2012, 30:23, video - Boston premiere! Shot by Patrick Guerrero. With Julianna Schley. It is 1888 and all the buffalo are gone, leaving one of the largest cities in South Dakota empty. Now there are only two residents left. Shot 'on location' in the streets of New York City, Heritage is a melodrama about a man, played by a woman, who learns to deal with the reality of change and the freedom of being alone. Gold by Nellie Kluz 2012, 20 min, video - world premiere! A vérité-style meditation on modern-day alchemy. and Cosmetic Emergency by Martha Colburn 2005, 8 min, 35mm Cosmetic Emergency explores the idea of beauty through a collage of live action and lyrical animations. A free-form take on the current trend of cosmetic obsession and the immortal quality of painting, the film searches for what’s on the inside. Followed by an election-results afterparty at The First Printer. Our website · RSVP ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Sep 4: St. Petersburg (RUS) Doc. Film Studio at Brattle Theatre
80th ANNIVERSARY OF ST. PETERSBURG DOC. FILM STUDIO · 9/4 at 8pm · Brattle Theatre Established in 1932 (and tracing its history to as early as 1914), the St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio continues to support a group of world-class filmmakers who regularly present 35mm and digital films at international festivals. Among the most acclaimed members of this collective are three filmmakers featured on September 4th: Pavel Medvedev, a legendary figure who appeared at the 2009 Flaherty Seminar; Sergei Loznitsa, who has recently received international attention for his Cannes entries My Joy and In the Fog; and Alina Rudnitskaya, an investigator of female roles in Russian society, whose most recent film I Will Forget This Day made an impact at a host of international festivals. ALL FILMS PRESENTED ON 35MM WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. Program: On the Third Planet from the Sun (Na tret'ei ot solntsa planete), Pavel Medvedev, 2006, 35mm, 32 mins The Russian North. People who live here pick up “space garbage” in the bog, sell the scrap metal or use it in housekeeping and farming. In the Arkhangelsk region, forty-five years since nuclear bomb experiments, life is going its ordinary way. Bitch Academy (Kak stat' stervoi), Alina Rudnitskaya, 2007, 35mm, 31 mins There was a time when the word “bitch” was perceived as negative. But today it has become a bestseller. A bitch has become a kind of ideal to a modern woman, a real hero of our day. Most women older than fifteen seek to be a bitch. Who is a vixen, a modern bitch? Vixen is a woman that follows her own desires, she relies only on herself, clearly understands what she wants to get from life and men, doesn’t follow the stereotypes, knows men’s “weak” points, is self-supporting and has inner freedom.The main shooting technique is a method of observation. This film can be called “the best documentary comedy” about women. Factory (Fabrika), Sergei Loznitsa, 2004, 35mm, 30 mins Masculine and feminine, hard and soft, continued and interrupted, whole and fragmented. All that is encompassed by just one day at the factory. RSVP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And... coming up on October 2nd: Boston-based filmmaker and curator Dagmar Kamlah will curate an evening of films by the Oberhausen Manifesto group -- a 1960s' collective of radical German filmmakers who strove to break away from Papa's Kino. As the collective celebrates its 50th anniversary, film institutions around the world look back at these innovative and ambitious works. More info on our website . ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] 16mm Camera In The Fridge
Film is not so unstable that it should hurt by being at room temperature (even a warm room) for a couple weeks. I've shot rolls of film that have sat in warm closets for years and still come out fine in developing. While I don't imagine the temperature of a fridge would do a lot of harm to the camera, I would worry about moisture getting into it. From: alex.mccar...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 19:36:17 -0400 To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: [Frameworks] 16mm Camera In The Fridge Hey Guys, So I'm looking for a way to keep film in a camera for awhile in an apartment that sometimes gets pretty warm. I'm wondering how bad of an idea it'd be to keep the camera in the fridge. I'm working on a project that mostly involves stills but also some motion, I'd like to able to keep exposed film in my Scoopic possibly over the course of a week or two if not longer. Any ideas? Thanks, Alex McCarron ___ 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] July 3 in Cambridge, MA: Balagan presents Reflection/Refraction
Reflection/Refraction Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Screening begins at 8pm. $10 regular / $8 student and senior. Brattle Theatre. balaganfilms.com A look into any mirror presents an image familiar yet curious -- a backwards world and an unblinking face staring back at you. The physical imperfections of its surface reflect distorted truths, often unnoticed but always present. You can never truly see yourself. Even the mind's eye sees a warped self-image, refracted by subjective perception and experience. This program features films that explore the ideas of reflection and refraction, through content, composition and structure. The final piece will be a unique performance of 16mm manipulation and live sound by Architecture of the Sun. A few of the pieces in this program will also be featured as part of a traveling program on the theme of personal space, within the home or within the mind. More information on that program, Private Territory, can be viewed at privateterritoryfilmtour.com. Program - Memory Worked by Mirrors, Stephen Broomer, 2011, 3 mins, super8 transferred to 16mm Au Bord Du Lac (By the Lake), Patrick Bokanowski, 1994, 6 mins, 16mm Mirror Animations, Harry Smith, 1956-57, 11 mins, 16mm Garden/ing, Eriko Sonoda, 2007, 6 mins, video Place for Landing, Shambhavi Kaul, 2010, 6 mins, 16mm transferred to HD video Sanjiban, Ben Pender-Cudlip, 2012, 8 mins, HD video 16mm performance by Architecture of the Sun (Brittany Gravely, Ken Linehan, Jenn Pipp) ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Takeshi Murata e-mail address
Hello, Does anyone have contact info for Takeshi Murata? I'd like to get in touch with him about showing one of his works at a future show. Thanks, Stefan Grabowski co-curator, Balagan Film Series http://balaganfilms.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] March 13th in Boston: the amazing Bruce Bickford at Balagan
Prometheus Unhinged: The Films of Bruce Bickford March 13th, 8pm, Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA We are incredibly excited to present, in person, the legendary animator Bruce Bickford and a program of his films next Tuesday night. His work has to be seen to be believed, so we will give you a little preview here. By the way, we'll be projecting the films in their intended formats, including 35mm! Born in Seattle, WA in 1947, Bruce Bickford first began animating clay at the age of 17. Upon graduating from high school, he spent three years in the military, before moving to Los Angeles to find work. In LA, he met Frank Zappa and formed a six-year long business relationship creating visuals to accompany Zappa's music live and on video releases. At the end of that partnership, Bickford returned to his home in Seattle and continues to obsessively make work, much of it as of yet released. In 2004, a documentary about Bruce's life and work, entitled Monster Road, was released to much acclaim. More info on our site. RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends! PS. And if you are curious about what we have planned next, we will soon post info about screenings of Bruce McClure, Nancy Andrews, and the Italian documentary The Castle. Stay tuned! ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
