[Frameworks] Flicker Films

[Will Erokan]

I second that

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Jack <jack at jacktext.net> wrote:

> Anthony Balch's The Cut Ups which has a flicker effect and Towers Open
> Fire which features footage of Gysin & Sommerville's Dreammachine.
> Of course the Dreamachine itself is all about flicker effects.
>
> Jack
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 26/04/2012, at 6:25 AM, Will Erokan <williebenign at gmail.com> wrote:
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> In my opinion, Gaspar Noe's Enter The Void, is one of the elegant examples
> of Flicker employed in an overground film.
>
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Andy Ditzler < <andy at andyditzler.com>
> andy at andyditzler.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
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>>
>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:13 PM, LJ Frezza < <ljfrezza at gmail.com>
>> ljfrezza at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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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