[Frameworks] Flicker Films

[Andy Ditzler]

If I remember correctly, Andrew Noren's Imaginary Light (1995) has a
regular flicker pattern for a substantial part of its length (approximately
thirty minutes).

Consider Andy Warhol's early silent films - the required projection speed,
16 or 18 fps, introduces a slight flicker (very subtle in comparison to
what we would consider "flicker film"). Warhol's "strobe cuts" in later
films such as Nude Restaurant (1968) and Lonesome Cowboys (1969) are a
different kind of flicker effect.

I like the Newsreel Collective logo which appeared at the beginning of
their films, accompanied by the sound of a machine gun - flicker in the
service of the revolution.

Brian Frye's Lachrymae (2000) is a nice counterpart to "flicker" films - as
I believe Fred has pointed out elsewhere, the onscreen fireflies are an
evocation of film projection.

Andy Ditzler
Atlanta, GA
www.filmlove.org


On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:13 PM, LJ Frezza <ljfrezza at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello again gentlepeople,
> I'm looking to put together a survey of pioneering flicker films, as
> well as contemporary works, all preferrably on celluloid, and I was
> wondering if you guys were interested in throwing a few suggestions my
> way. I have a few ideas of my own, of course, but I always like to see
> what Frameworks thinks about these sorts of things
> -LJ
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