[Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept)

[Ekrem Serdar]

The consortium sounds like a good idea. Focus on uni.'s and cinemas etc,
that already rent from canyon first, then try to expand to unis that may
not print budgets, then unis that may not have proper projectors, and so on.
Perhaps make the libraries pay for it, selling it like a pro quest or jstor
type service, with various tiers in terms of each unis ability. I don't
know...
Also be on the lookout for those students who'll apply for various school
grants for flicks too and encourage them. UT here is very industry
oriented,  but a couple students are doing a great job getting some money
for flicks this semester even having the department fix their never used
xenon bulber, etc.

--
ekrem serdar
austin, tx

On Feb 19, 2012, at 1:28 PM, "scott at financialcleansing.com" <
scott at financialcleansing.com> wrote:

*Canyon has tried for nonprofit status a number of times. Problem is that
while Canyon filmmakers rarely make anything like a profit, Canyon is a
distributor whose goal is to rent films and send the profits back to the
filmmmakers and ideally make enough of a profit for themselves to expand
their facilities or whatever. They're hardly a financially
successfulprofit-making enterprise, but they aren't by the definitions
used in
California "nonprofit." *
*
*
*One hopes that now that it's clear that in fact no one does make a profit
from avant-garde work, nonprofit status might be a possibility. It is a
tribute to the remarkable commitment of the folks who have kept Canyon
afloat for now half a century that they have been a very successful
distributor--at least in terms of the service they have provided--without
needing nonprofit status.*
*
*
*Scott*

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Subject: Re: [Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept)
From: Matt Helme <dcinema2134 at yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, February 19, 2012 12:03 pm
To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>

I was wondering why Canyon went for profit anyway?
Matt

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  *From:* Tim Halloran <televisual at hotmail.com>
*To:* Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
*Sent:* Sunday, February 19, 2012 11:00 AM
*Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept)

Could not agree more. But a workable middle ground needs to be found,
utilizing digital reproductions for cursory surveys but integrating real
projected prints where it is essential to the work. Maintaining one or two
projectors for these unique experiences doesn't seem like too much of a
burden. Projected discs of readily available material for everything else.

Tim

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On Feb 18, 2012, at 8:29 PM, fc at fredcamper.com wrote:

> While I don't have any solutions, Canyon's becoming a not for profit seems
> like a good start. Perhaps then some in "the industry" who claim early
> inspiration from experimental films will get out their checkbooks. Keeping
> Canyon going wouldn't take that much. Perhaps some in the Bay Area could
> form a fund raising committee.
>
> At the risk of bringing up an old issue here, I am disturbed that nowhere
> in the debate is it mentioned that there is a unique aesthetic value, for
> many films, to presenting them as originally intended, on film. Yes,
> projectors are harder to find; yes, some schools won't pay for rentals. I
> don't have any solutions to all that. But if the members of this list
> won't even acknowledge the particular qualities of film projection, and
> that so many of the greatest works of the avant-garde were made with those
> particular qualities in mind, and that such works often lose hugely on
> video, then the "battle" is over before it has even begun. You can hardly
> try to find projectors and rental funds if you don't even care. Similarly,
> instructors who don't care about this difference can hardly explain it
> with any passion to their students. I have found that many students can
> indeed appreciate the unique qualities of film with only a little
> explanation and encouragement.
>
> David Tetzlaff:
>
> "...everything needs to gets digitized, and made available in a medium rez
> form along with prints. So, when you rent a print of 'Cosmic Ray' from
> Canyon, you get an SD DVD of 'Cosmic Ray' to put on reserve in the library
> for the length of the term...."
>
> This does not even acknowledge that there are still filmmakers, still
> living filmmakers, perhaps even in my view some of the very greatest of
> filmmakers, who refuse to "digitize" their work because they feel too much
> is lost. Is there no respect at all for the artist's intentions with
> regard to her or his work?
>
> Fred Camper
> Chicago
>
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