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In Reply to: Re: The Cinematographe posted by Victor Khomenko on September 28, 2003 at 10:30:06:
Victor,Yes, I loved the kind of purity of vision that the exercise inspired. And the simplicity of the camera was part of this too. I live near Panavasion, see those cameras being made and tested sometimes, and in use, and with the rigours of lighting, sound, CG effects, etc., there are so many people involved that all sensation of intimacy is drained from film by the technical layers. The financiers strip away the rest.
I often see movies that I wouldn't ordinarily, as friends have either, written, directed, shot, or edited them. I recently saw, "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" as a friend worked on the busiess side, and while I can admire it as a highly crafted object, it had a sense of being completely dead, robotic. Ironically, "Shrek"- which is completely artificial- had infinitely more life to it.
Lumiere again: There were sequences that in different ways really penetrated the problem of turning the technical restriction and lack of synchronized sound into assets- iow, understanding of the subtleties of the medium. Some were not so interesting visually but still had conceptual strength- there was the recreation of the original Lumiere film of the train arriving at the station. This did not initially seem so powerful- kind of an obvious "one liner", but then the sense of time and a rush of recognition of what became of the film medium in 100 years made it very strong.
I am not a universal fan of Warhol, but he was effective by using intentionally low-tech solutions and poor cinematography to obviate the nature of the medium. Too, there are the rarely seen films of Joseph Cornell, which I think are some of the most haunting ever, and would love to try and recapture that directness and have the technical imperfection remind me of medium. The Indonesian shadow theatre uses the flickering oil lmap behind the veil to reiterate that we are looking through to only an impression of another world. I often thought that Television should be required to be only in B&W so as not to confuse anything shown woith reality.
Certainly, you're correct that it would be simpler to buy an early camera, but I would want something that was not too refined, and I like the idea of making tools. I spent a lot of time in the world of early instrument making and I know a harpsichord maker that makes his own planes and saws, even vices and calipers. The making of the tools provides another insight into the eventual product.
Cheers,Bam
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- Re: The Cinematographe - Bambi B 12:36:25 09/28/03 (2)
- Take two - Victor Khomenko 13:10:07 09/28/03 (1)
- Re: Take two - Bambi B 17:51:54 09/28/03 (0)
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