[Frameworks] The Flicker

[Jonathan Walley]

Hello everyone,

I’m showing The Flicker tomorrow in a seminar, and the print arrived from Filmmakers’ Coop with sound on CD (no optical track), which surprised me. When I’ve rented the film in the past, the print came had an optical track; to confirm my memory of this, I looked at images of the strip online (http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/collections/reference-library/stills/494 <http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/collections/reference-library/stills/494>). I don’t remember showing it any other way.

The instructions that came with the print simply indicate that the CD should be started with the picture, but my understanding is that the rhythm of the sound is supposed to be synchronized with the flicker patterns in the image. Am I wrong?  

Anyone know something about this? I can contact MM at FMC (though I know she’s also on this list), but I thought I’d also put the question to the larger Frameworks community to see if anyone has projected The Flicker this way, and if anyone has tips, ideas, experiences, etc., to share.

Tony Conrad: continuing to baffle and challenge us from beyond.

Best,
JW

Dr. Jonathan Walley
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Cinema
Denison University
walleyj at denison.edu



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