[Frameworks] Films about the clock

[Andy Ditzler]

Hello,

Consider also Guy Sherwin's *At the Academy *and *Metronome, *both of which
feature timekeeping devices related to the clock.

Andy Ditzler
Founder and curator, Film Love: www.filmlove.org
Co-founder, John Q collective: www.johnq.org



On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 4:20 PM Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> Thank you all for the answers. The winner is *Bleu Shut* (1971) by Robert
> Nelson, with four different votes!
>
> The suggestions will be really useful although i see it is rather
> difficult to mention contemporary works. I have found some others created
> around the seventies, like those filmed by Guy Sherwin: *Candle & Clock
> (London 1977)* and *Clock & Train (Leaving Birmingham 1978). *
>
> Best,
> Albert
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 10:17 AM Daniel A. Swarthnas <swarthnas at mail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Albert!
>>
>> I guess you have been thinking about Bleu Shut (1971) by Robert Nelson.
>> In "classic" narrative cinema you will find many films of course,
>> like Smultronstället/Wild Strawbarries (1957) by Ingmar Bergman and Victor
>> Sjöströms Körkarlen(1921)
>>
>>
>> Daniel A. Swarthnas
>> Cinema Parenthèse
>> swarthnas at mail.com
>> +46(0)705778603
>>
>>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 1:07 PM
>> *From:* "Albert Alcoz" <albertalcoz at gmail.com>
>> *To:* "Experimental Film Discussion List" <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
>> >
>> *Subject:* [Frameworks] Films about the clock
>>
>> Hello frameworkers,
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m trying to write a short article in spanish about different notions of
>> time concerning contemporary experimental film and video. Since the concept
>> of “time related to cinema” is almost impossible to delimit I have decided
>> to concentrate just about the clock.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, i’m searching films and videos where the clock is an important
>> object/issue for the development of the piece. By now I have just found
>> appropiation works as *60 Seconds* (2002) by Christoph Girardet and *The
>> Clock* (2012) by Christian Marclay but i’m sure there are dozens.
>>
>>
>>
>> There’s a brilliant film by Chris Gallagher named *Time Being* (2009)
>> that could also be useful to theorize some ideas but I need some more
>> titles.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Albert
>>
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