Blowing my own trumpet here: "Stan Brakhage's Roman Numeral Films" in
"Stan Brakahge: Filmmaker", ed David James, Temple UP. I discuss his
use of very short moments of black, mostly single frames, in these
films,
Nicky Hamlyn.
On 10 Nov 2008, at 20:40, Falk Messerschmidt wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm a student at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, Germany
> where I'm going to write my final thesis about amorce or blackfilm.
> I'm envisioning a short history of it's employment as a stylistic
> device rather than it's actual use a transport material or other,
> merely practical uses.
>
> Here's a short list of films I find to be symptomatical for interest:
>
> Sans Soleil (Marker)
> Stranger than Paradise (Jarmusch)
> Kárhozat (Banishment) (Tarr)
> 9/11 (Segment by Inaritu)
> Ici et Ailleurs (Godard)
> free radicals (Lye)
> Kill Bill II (Tarantino)
> Vladimir et Rosa (Godard and Gorin)
>
> Hurlements en Faveur de Sade (Debord)
> Arnulf Rainer (Kubelka)
> The Flicker (Conrad)
>
>
> What I seek is general or specific literature either philosophical
> (and be it Heideggers "das nichts nichtet" ("Was ist Metaphysik?")
> or Sartres "L'Être et le néant") or from a media studies point of
> view,
> regarding this matter and thus, of course, some more films that do
> explicitly use blackfilm.
>
> My apologies for my mediocre English and my unsophisticated theoretic
> skills.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Falk Messerschmidt
>
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