I actually have a bit of problem trying to define the term "experimental film" itself. I think that the real problem is that the term "experimental" has come to be used as a term we always associate with the avant-garde, for art that dares to try and to dare to fail, to test new grounds and to push art beyond familiar boundaries itself.
Need experimental film always be associated with the nuclear Holocaust? That is what I ask.
If I am not wrong though, maybe you can try to see if you can obtain access to South Korean director, EJ Yong's experimental shorts? I am speaking more from the area of my expertise, East Asian cinema, and will not be able to comment much on other areas like US or UK cinema. That could be one good start.
Kevin Teo
--- Matthew Hodgins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> atomic bomb, apocalyptic visions, post-war anxiety, the end of
> History,
> experimental film
>
> these expressions circumscribe the topos of a paper that i'm trying
> to write
> for a course in experimental film. this project has been sitting on
> the
> corner of my desk for several months and it's high time to get
> working on
> it, but i'd like to save myself the trouble of renting stacks of
> tapes in
> search of mushroom clouds. can anyone name some experimental films
> that
> might be interesting within the above-mentioned context?
> recommended
> readings would also be appreciated. ultimately, it would be nice to
> develop
> a thesis linking essential aspects of the genre itself to the same
> widespread social anxieties. i mean, is it just me? does not the
> image of
> the mushroom cloud seem particularly well-suited to the experimental
> genre?
> why is this?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> matthew hodgins
> montréal, québec
>
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