Dear Matthew,
Oberhausen 48th International Short film festival in Germany had a special
programme under the theme of 'Katastrophe' which is really impressive and
there is a substantial amount of text in the catalogue:
Www.kurzfilmtage.de
Good Luck,
Erin Brannigan
UNSW - Sydney
> 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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