[Frameworks] meditative films?

[Jason Halprin]

I seem to recall Amy Halpern telling me that although she hasn't released
DVD/digital versions of her work, there are transfers made in most cases.
You might try contacting her directly through her website to find out at
amyhalpern.com.

I would suggest COLLEEN FITZGIBBON's 1975 film RESTORING THE APPEARANCE TO
ORDER IN 12 MIN as one that documents a ritual of self-care, in this case
the methodical scrubbing of a filthy sink in her art studio. You can view
an excerpt here: https://vimeo.com/21020445

Strangely...I might also suggest Hollis Frampton's NOSTALGIA as an
accessible experimental film dealing with transformation, memory, and
ritual...if not exactly self-care.

Depending on where how expansive you are with your definition of self-care
(to include mourning, for instance) and ritual (the replacement of a
community ritual with a personal one), I might suggest my 2007 Super 8 film
APOSTATE UNVEILING (3 min), viewable here: https://vimeo.com/37219050


Jason Halprin
jihalprin at gmail.com
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 11:38 AM Christian LEBRAT <
lebrat at christian-lebrat.net> wrote:

> Most of Brakhage films...
>
> Le 12/12/2019 à 17:26, Francisco Torres a écrit :
> > most of Ken Jacobs films...
> >
> > 2019-12-12 12:15 GMT-04:00, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com>:
> >> First of all, this is a metafilm, some hollywood propaganda, and it is
> >> not meditative at all, but it is a thing that students should see in any
> >> introduction to film class:
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhhnFP1GWHI
> >>
> >> The youtube version looks terrible, if anyone knows of a better one I
> would
> >> love to see it.
> >>
> >> I guess I think of Jordan Belson's _Cycles_ as the kind of thing you are
> >> looking for.  Pennebaker's _Daybreak Express_ is a cool and beautiful
> film
> >> that starts slow, then becomes very upbeat and exciting, but then
> becomes
> >> slow and quiet again at the end.
> >>
> >> McLaren's _A Chairy Tale_ is kind of weird and might be a bit long for
> >> keeping students attention, but I think it makes a point about being
> >> loved and appreciated.
> >>
> >> Keaton's _The Railrodder_ is on youtube and it is in many ways a kind of
> >> slow and contemplative film.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYmcN12M97o
> >> May require some explanation about swimming the atlantic and so forth.
> >>
> >> So many of the abstract films I can think of are anything but slow and
> >> contemplative...
> >> --scott
> >>
> >>
> >>
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