[Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure

[Beebe, Roger W.]

I think Kelly mentioned A Propos de Nice, but I’m thinking that most of the city symphonies of that era presented both work and leisure as part of their portraits.  Berlin, Symphony of a Great City is the one I know best, since I teach it often, but you might want to look at Rien que les heures, Man with a Movie Camera and other films of the period as well.

…
R.


On May 12, 2014, at 5:03 PM, Francisco Torres <fjtorrespr at gmail.com<mailto:fjtorrespr at gmail.com>> wrote:

Phil Niblock has done some amazing stuff in Asia....


On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Gawthrop, Rob <Rob.Gawthrop at falmouth.ac.uk<mailto:Rob.Gawthrop at falmouth.ac.uk>> wrote:
The "Free Cinema" movement in the UK is important here.  See
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/444789/
and Humphrey Jennings'  "Spare Time"

Rob


On 11/05/2014 16:43, "Chris G" <spydir at gmail.com<mailto:spydir at gmail.com>> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for films that portray situations of labor and leisure
> together. It would be great if there were texts specific to those films,
> but I'm also seeking out writings on/that reference this dynamic within the
> context of films, cinemas or public spaces. I'm trying to find modernist
> essays on cinema as spaces of leisure as well. Obviously Sharon Lockhart's
> "Lunch Break" comes to mind. I feel like there was a thread similar to this
> a while back, so I apologize if this is redundant, but I wasn't able to
> find anything through a search of the archive.
>
> Thanks!
> Christopher
>

Falmouth University

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