[Frameworks] Collage and political narrative

[Gene Youngblood]

Andy, your search brings up the possibility of contrasting collaged and non-collaged parallel narratives. An example of the latter could be Sympathy for the Devil, which pairs the building of two revolutions, musical and political.


> On Feb 29, 2016, at 4:52 AM, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Abigail Child's films​
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> Now (Santiago Álvarez, 1965)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ6c5n1ycoE <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ6c5n1ycoE>
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> Tribulations 99 (Craig Baldwin, 1992)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-So8ncddSBY <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-So8ncddSBY>​
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> Well, maybe, those films are not "entirely shot by the filmmakers..."​
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> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Elena Duque <elenaduque at gmail.com <mailto:elenaduque at gmail.com>> wrote:
> It for Others, by Duncan Campbell may be one:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6SCDeh4_A <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6SCDeh4_A>
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> 2016-02-29 5:17 GMT+01:00 Andy Ditzler <andy at andyditzler.com <mailto:andy at andyditzler.com>>:
> Dear all, 
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> I would appreciate any suggestions of films and videos using collage structure in the context of political work. I'm thinking of a great video by the Brazilian artist Tadeu Jungle, Herois da Decadensia (1987), which incorporates parallel tracks of political documentary, street performance art, Surrealist-inspired imagery, and other items. Though its elements are wildly divergent, it coheres into a kind of "collage narrative." It struck me that Makaveyev's WR: Mysteries of the Organism and Sweet Movie both work in this fashion, as does Rivette's Out 1, with its parallel conspiracy narrative and documentary footage of theater groups in rehearsal. 
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> Can anyone think of other work in this mode? Works that cut between divergent events and sections, to create a whole? I'm especially interested in knowing of short works, but anything that comes to mind would be useful. I've always been fascinated by this kind of work. 
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> I'm thinking of this "genre" as distinct from the found footage collage tradition exemplified by Bruce Conner's A MOVIE, since the above works were all shot by the filmmakers. Nevertheless, suggestions that frustrate this divide are also welcome. Many thanks. 
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> Best,
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> Andy Ditzler
> Founder and curator, Film Love: www.filmlove.org <http://www.filmlove.org/>
> Co-founder, John Q collective: www.johnq.org <http://www.johnq.org/>
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