[Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies

Tue Aug 28 22:20:49 UTC 2018

You ought to watch Zoltán Huszárik's experimental film *Elégia* (1965),
with superb cinematography by János Tóth. It's simply one of the best and
most beautiful films I've ever seen.
r.

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>    1. Re: Estar slide film (Scott Dorsey)
>    2. Seeking examples of film elegies (Sarah Bliss)
>    3. Re: Seeking examples of film elegies (christopher nigel)
>    4. Re: Seeking examples of film elegies (Gene Youngblood)
>    5. Re: Seeking examples of film elegies (Katherine T Model)
>    6. Re: Seeking examples of film elegies (Adam Hyman)
>    7. Re: Seeking examples of film elegies (Christian Bruno)
>    8. Re: Seeking examples of film elegies (Aman Wadhan)
>    9. Re: Seeking examples of film elegies (Ekrem Serdar)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com>
> To: info at thosesoundsbetween.co.uk, frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:14:11 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Estar slide film
> Open up one of the slide mounts.  Read the emulsion number off the piece of
> film.  Tell us what it is, and we might be able to answer your question.
>
> Also... what do you currently have that you want to turn into slides?  Are
> they negatives, or are they slide originals, or are they prints?
> --scott
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> From: Sarah Bliss <bliss at sarahblissart.com>
> To: frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:49:36 -0400
> Subject: [Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies
> Greetings Frameworkers,
>
> I write from AgX in Boston, where we are making our way, in grief and with
> love, since the death of our beloved Rob Todd.  At AgX, we sometimes hold a
> salon for members. The theme of our next will be elegies.  What filmic
> examples of elegies do you know?
>
> The Poetry Foundation defines an elegy as: "In traditional English
> poetry, it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but
> ends in consolation."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sarah Bliss
> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com
>
>
> Frame grab from *La Petite Mort*
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> From: christopher nigel <christophernigel64 at gmail.com>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:26:15 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies
>
> Robert Frank Film / The Present
>
> Dealing with the death of his son Pablo / how do you go on in life !
>
> Best
>
> Christopher
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Sarah Bliss <bliss at sarahblissart.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Greetings Frameworkers,
>>
>> I write from AgX in Boston, where we are making our way, in grief and
>> with love, since the death of our beloved Rob Todd.  At AgX, we sometimes
>> hold a salon for members. The theme of our next will be elegies.  What
>> filmic examples of elegies do you know?
>>
>> The Poetry Foundation defines an elegy as: "In traditional English
>> poetry, it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but
>> ends in consolation."
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sarah Bliss
>> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com
>>
>>
>> Frame grab from *La Petite Mort*
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:39:43 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies
> Alexander Sokurov’s trilogy, Elegy of a Voyage, Elegy of the Land and
> Moscow Elegy (lovely portrait of Kozintsev’s apartment).
>
>
> On August 28, 2018 at 9:05:14 AM, Sarah Bliss (bliss at sarahblissart.com)
> wrote:
>
> Greetings Frameworkers,
>
> I write from AgX in Boston, where we are making our way, in grief and with
> love, since the death of our beloved Rob Todd.  At AgX, we sometimes hold a
> salon for members. The theme of our next will be elegies.  What filmic
> examples of elegies do you know?
>
> The Poetry Foundation defines an elegy as: "In traditional English
> poetry, it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but
> ends in consolation."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sarah Bliss
> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com
>
>
> Frame grab from *La Petite Mort*
>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:59:29 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies
> Threnody—Nathaniel Dorsky
>
> The Dragon is the Frame—Mary Helena Clark
>
> Best,
> Katie Model
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:40 PM Gene Youngblood <atopia at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Alexander Sokurov’s trilogy, Elegy of a Voyage, Elegy of the Land and
>> Moscow Elegy (lovely portrait of Kozintsev’s apartment).
>>
>>
>> On August 28, 2018 at 9:05:14 AM, Sarah Bliss (bliss at sarahblissart.com)
>> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings Frameworkers,
>>
>> I write from AgX in Boston, where we are making our way, in grief and
>> with love, since the death of our beloved Rob Todd.  At AgX, we sometimes
>> hold a salon for members. The theme of our next will be elegies.  What
>> filmic examples of elegies do you know?
>>
>> The Poetry Foundation defines an elegy as: "In traditional English
>> poetry, it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but
>> ends in consolation."
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sarah Bliss
>> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com
>>
>>
>> Frame grab from *La Petite Mort*
>>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:30:56 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies
> Perhaps *Necrology* by Standish Lawder.  Does it work as elegy, for you
> to decide:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dadi7mw5gCs
>
> When we had a memorial screening for Brakhage, we included
> *Passage Through: A Ritual*  (1990, 16mm, color/ sound, 50min)
>
> And also Brakhage’s *Panels for the Walls of Heaven* is really lovely
> (2002, color, silent, 31 min.) Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
>
> And Kitch’s Last Meal, by Carolee Schneemann, (1976, 55 min.), perhaps.
> Hard to know what will work as consolation.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Adam Hyman
>
> From:  FrameWorks <frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com> on behalf of
> Katherine T Model <ktm2000 at nyu.edu>
>
> Threnody—Nathaniel Dorsky
> The Dragon is the Frame—Mary Helena Clark
>
> Best,
> Katie Model
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:40 PM Gene Youngblood <atopia at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> Alexander Sokurov’s trilogy, Elegy of a Voyage, Elegy of the Land and
> Moscow Elegy (lovely portrait of Kozintsev’s apartment).
>
> On August 28, 2018 at 9:05:14 AM, Sarah Bliss (bliss at sarahblissart.com)
> wrote:
>
>
> Greetings Frameworkers,
>
> I write from AgX in Boston, where we are making our way, in grief and with
> love, since the death of our beloved Rob
> Todd.  At AgX, we sometimes hold a salon for members. The theme of our
> next will be elegies.  What filmic examples of
> elegies do you know?
>
> The Poetry Foundation defines an elegy as: "In traditional English poetry,
> it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but ends in
> consolation."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sarah Bliss
> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Christian Bruno <honeyhouses at hotmail.com>
> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>" <
> frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:09:54 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies
>
> I feel like Bruce Conner's *White Rose * has so many of the right
> elements of an elegy.
>
>
> best
>
> Christian
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* FrameWorks <frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com> on behalf of
> Adam Hyman <adam at lafilmforum.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:30 AM
> *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies
>
> Perhaps *Necrology* by Standish Lawder.  Does it work as elegy, for you
> to decide:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dadi7mw5gCs
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dadi7mw5gCs>
> Necrology (Standish Lawder, 1970)
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dadi7mw5gCs>
> www.youtube.com
> Necrology (Standish Lawder, 1970)
>
> When we had a memorial screening for Brakhage, we included
> *Passage Through: A Ritual*  (1990, 16mm, color/ sound, 50min)
>
> And also Brakhage’s *Panels for the Walls of Heaven* is really lovely
> (2002, color, silent, 31 min.) Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
>
> And Kitch’s Last Meal, by Carolee Schneemann, (1976, 55 min.), perhaps.
> Hard to know what will work as consolation.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Adam Hyman
>
> From:  FrameWorks <frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com> on behalf of
> Katherine T Model <ktm2000 at nyu.edu>
>
> Threnody—Nathaniel Dorsky
> The Dragon is the Frame—Mary Helena Clark
>
> Best,
> Katie Model
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:40 PM Gene Youngblood <atopia at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> Alexander Sokurov’s trilogy, Elegy of a Voyage, Elegy of the Land and
> Moscow Elegy (lovely portrait of Kozintsev’s apartment).
>
> On August 28, 2018 at 9:05:14 AM, Sarah Bliss (bliss at sarahblissart.com)
> wrote:
>
>
> Greetings Frameworkers,
>
> I write from AgX in Boston, where we are making our way, in grief and with
> love, since the death of our beloved Rob
> Todd.  At AgX, we sometimes hold a salon for members. The theme of our
> next will be elegies.  What filmic examples of
> elegies do you know?
>
> The Poetry Foundation defines an elegy as: "In traditional English poetry,
> it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but ends in
> consolation."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sarah Bliss
> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Aman Wadhan <amanwadhan at gmail.com>
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> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 01:29:08 +0530
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies
> 'Mass for the Dakota Sioux' (1964)
> Bruce Baillie
>
> On Tuesday, August 28, 2018, Sarah Bliss <bliss at sarahblissart.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings Frameworkers,
>>
>> I write from AgX in Boston, where we are making our way, in grief and
>> with love, since the death of our beloved Rob Todd.  At AgX, we sometimes
>> hold a salon for members. The theme of our next will be elegies.  What
>> filmic examples of elegies do you know?
>>
>> The Poetry Foundation defines an elegy as: "In traditional English
>> poetry, it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but
>> ends in consolation."
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sarah Bliss
>> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com
>>
>>
>> Frame grab from *La Petite Mort*
>>
>>
>
>
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> From: Ekrem Serdar <ekrem at squeaky.org>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:41:12 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Seeking examples of film elegies
> Three beautiful ones dedicated to, about Marion McMahon that I think would
> be appropriate:
> *Froglight* by Sarah Abbott
> *Behind this Soft Eclipse* by Eve Heller
> of course, *What these Ashes Wanted *by Philip Hoffman
>
> Also, Abraham Ravett's *Tziporah*
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 2:31 PM Adam Hyman <adam at lafilmforum.org> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps *Necrology* by Standish Lawder.  Does it work as elegy, for you
>> to decide:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dadi7mw5gCs
>>
>> When we had a memorial screening for Brakhage, we included
>> *Passage Through: A Ritual*  (1990, 16mm, color/ sound, 50min)
>>
>> And also Brakhage’s *Panels for the Walls of Heaven* is really lovely
>> (2002, color, silent, 31 min.) Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
>>
>> And Kitch’s Last Meal, by Carolee Schneemann, (1976, 55 min.), perhaps.
>> Hard to know what will work as consolation.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Adam Hyman
>>
>> From:  FrameWorks <frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com> on behalf of
>> Katherine T Model <ktm2000 at nyu.edu>
>>
>> Threnody—Nathaniel Dorsky
>> The Dragon is the Frame—Mary Helena Clark
>>
>> Best,
>> Katie Model
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:40 PM Gene Youngblood <atopia at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Alexander Sokurov’s trilogy, Elegy of a Voyage, Elegy of the Land and
>> Moscow Elegy (lovely portrait of Kozintsev’s apartment).
>>
>> On August 28, 2018 at 9:05:14 AM, Sarah Bliss (bliss at sarahblissart.com)
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Greetings Frameworkers,
>>
>> I write from AgX in Boston, where we are making our way, in grief and
>> with love, since the death of our beloved Rob
>> Todd.  At AgX, we sometimes hold a salon for members. The theme of our
>> next will be elegies.  What filmic examples of
>> elegies do you know?
>>
>> The Poetry Foundation defines an elegy as: "In traditional English
>> poetry, it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but
>> ends in consolation."
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sarah Bliss
>> http://www.SarahBlissArt.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> FrameWorks mailing list
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