[Frameworks] Vaudeville & silent clowns in experimental film?

[Warren Cockerham]

Not exactly vaudevillian.. Alan Schneider's (and Samuel Beckett's) FILM
(1965) features a 68 year-old Buster Keaton
http://www.ubu.com/film/beckett_film.html

Also Danielle Wilmouth's A HERETIC'S PRIMER ON LOVE & EXERTION (2007) and
FANFARE FOR MARCHING BAND (2011) feature some vaudeville choreography...
https://vimeo.com/user3891192

Warren

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Shona Masarin <shonamasarin at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Does anyone know of any experimental films that have explored vaudeville,
> slapstick and/or silent era clown films (eg. Buster Keaton) in some way or
> another?
>
> I am working on a collaborative dance film with choreographer, Cori
> Olinghouse, who has been studying movement forms like eccentric dance,
> mime, and voguing. Our film will seek to invoke the spaces of Vaudeville
> through a Dada/Surrealist eye. We are attracted to the way these two forms
> share aspects of humor, oddity, and slapstick.
> Here's a link to a preview of our film project on our Kickstarter page:
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/139958170/ghost-line
>
> Some films that have inspired us thus far are Hans Richter's "Ghosts
> Before Breakfast" and Anna Halprin in James Broughton's "Golden Positions".
>
> Any leads will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
>
> Shona Masarin
>
> www.shonamasarin.com
> shonamasarin at hotmail.com
>
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