[Frameworks] Lookout Mountain films (Pat O'Neill)

[Aaron F. Ross]

Fantastic!!

I'm really, really inspired by Pat's films being available on DVD. I 
hope that more artists take the reins of self-distribution. No 
offense to the wonderful organizations that have distributed 
experimental films since the 60s. I'm just really excited by the 
prospects of the 21st century. This is a great time to be alive. The 
idea that I can *OWN* a DVD of experimental film from an established 
artist is kind of revolutionary. The old business model, in which the 
only way to watch these films was through pricey rentals of 16mm 
prints, must surely be on its way out.

Next in line for artists should be Blu-Ray distribution. I vividly 
remember Pip Chodorov's many well-founded complaints about the DVD 
format. The main problem is insufficient data rate in conjunction 
with MPEG2 compression, resulting in blocky artifacts in fast-moving 
motion pictures. With Blu-ray, all of those problems go away. Now we 
have near-35mm resolution, high data rates, and better codecs. I have 
had excellent results with the Blu-Ray format so far. It not only 
supports HD video, but also standard definition video at frame rates up to 60p!

Incidentally, I did see some compression artifacts in the DVD of 
"7362". This could possibly have been avoided if it had been encoded 
at 9.5mb/s with AAC audio, instead of 8mb/s with PCM audio.

Anyway, thanks to Pat for making his films available, and thanks to 
Beverly for chiming in with the good news!

Aaron




At 10/1/2010, you wrote:
>Dear Mark,  Thanks for responding to the thread about Pat's 
>work.  He and George Lockwood are re-working the sound track for 
>Decay.  It should be available as a DVD fairly soon.  I have no idea 
>what USC did about the interactive DVD and I agree that system 
>compatibility issues will factor in here.  Will check with Marsha 
>Kinder at USC for latest update.
>We're very grateful to everyone who wrote in support of his films.
>
>Beverly O'Neill
>On Oct 1, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Mark Toscano wrote:
>
> > Decay of Fiction will eventually be released as well, keep 
> checking the site!  I wouldn't be surprised if Tracing... was again 
> made available too, but there might be issues with compatibility on 
> current systems at this point, not sure.  Either Bev can answer 
> this, if she's on Frameworks right now, or I can try to ask Pat, 
> since I'll probably be talking to him early next week.
> >
> > Also, I highly recommend Pat's book Dicker Space, which you can 
> buy directly from him on the site as well - amazing 
> arrangements/series of found photos of objects for sale online.
> >
> > Mark Toscano
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 10/1/10, Aaron F. Ross <aaron at digitalartsguild.com> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Aaron F. Ross <aaron at digitalartsguild.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Lookout Mountain films (Pat O'Neill)
> >> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> >> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 3:44 PM
> >> I knew about "Tracing the Decay of
> >> Fiction" but am really more
> >> interested in owning a Blu-Ray of the original film.
> >>
> >> By the way, try as I might, I could not find "Tracing the
> >> Decay of
> >> Fiction" for sale online anywhere. Amazon shows it as not
> >> available.
> >> USC bookstore was useless. GreenCine has it for rental.
> >>
> >> Aaron
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > FrameWorks mailing list
> > FrameWorks at jonasmekasfilms.com
> > http://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
>
>_______________________________________________
>FrameWorks mailing list
>FrameWorks at jonasmekasfilms.com
>http://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

-------------------------------------------

Aaron F. Ross
Digital Arts Guild