... and I'll throw in my two cents as a literature person: Theodore Roszack's novel THE FLICKER might be of interest as well ...
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From: Nicky Hamlyn <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:04 am
Subject: Re: research | amorce
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> 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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