Hey Jacki I'm very familiar with your work (we own a copy in the Media Center)...it definitely fits. Not sure whether my friend is just interested in mainstream features, but if not, I'll definitely recommend your film.
gary > Hi Gary, > > At the risk of seeming self serving, my film LETTERS NOT ABOUT LOVE, > is an experimental documentary about words based on a correspondence > between two poets, Berkeley's own Prof - Lyn Hejinian - and Russian > poet Arkadii Dragomoshchenko. I gave them a list of words and asked > them to write to one another about their meaning in the context of > their lives and cultures. That correspondence took five years and is > the basis of a script narrated by actors Lili Taylor and Victor > Nord. No sync. A lot of montage. You can't get more word focused > than this, but it may not be what you had in mind. (it's New > Day... ) are we supposed to put links on this listserv? here's one, > just in case: http://www.newday.com/films/LettersNotAboutLove.html > My apologies if that's a no no. > > very best > Jacki Ochs > Human Arts AssociationVIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and > lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, > acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and > evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped > that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video > librarians, as well as a channel of communication between > libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
