[Frameworks] meditative films?

[Chris Freeman]

We've shown quite a bit of meditative films at Boathouse Microcinema, so I
did a quick look through our archives.  Here's a list of some work by
Portland and NW filmmakers.  No idea how much of this is available online.

Nicole Baker - Memory of a Green World
Hannah Piper Burns - Pinctada Fucata
Lindsay Costello - Flowers are the Best Dog I've Seen
Melina Coumas - Day off Vibes
Katrina Edelen - Ritual
Eric Fox - Scape
Ariel Kirk-Gushowaty - Flood
Laura Heit - The Deep Dark
Kurtis Hough - Cryosphere
Sydney Southam - Ice Cream
Roger Stack - Readying
Micah Weber - No Stories Can Be Told
Ryder White - 1:64,000,000,000




On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 10:31 AM Jason Halprin <jihalprin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> jasonhalprin.com <jihalprin at gmail.com>
>
>
> 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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