[Frameworks] Avant-Garde cinema and war

[Rob Gawthrop]

Two films in anticipation of the 2nd World war were: Hell Unlimited by Helen Biggar & Norman McLaren;  and Peace & Plenty by Ivor Montagu.

There was a film shot during the first Gulf War of a family watching the news of the war on  TV as the bombing was taking place outside their home.  I wish I knew more about it., does anyone on the list know?

Rob

> On 14 Nov 2022, at 19:38, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> In avant-garde cinema and video art it seems that the representation of war is a minor issue. Compared to the relevance of war movies in industrial cinema, it seems that experimental filmmakers and videoartists have barely dealt with war conflicts. Even so, I have found a list of titles that dismantle the conventional representations of war cinema or that propose unusual ways of approaching it, mainly through found footage. 
> 
> Do other titles come to mind that complement the list below?
> 
> PAUL SHARITS Piece Mandala / End War (1966)
> STAN BRAKHAGE 23rd Psalm Branch: Part I (1967)
> BRUCE CONNER Crossroads (1976)
> THE DUVET BROTHERS War Machine (1984)
> JOSU REKALDE Sin imágenes (1994)
> BARBARA HAMMER Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War (2001) 
> HARUN FAROCKI War at a Distance (2003)
> HARUN FAROCKI Serious Games I (2010)
> BIRGIT HEIN Kriegsbilder (Images of War) (2006)
> AERNOUT MIK Raw Footage (2006)
> TONI SERRA / ABU ALI The Job (2010)  
>  
> Do you know any relevant text on the subject besides War and Cinema by Paul Virilio?
> Any suggestion will be appreciated. 
> 
> Best,
> Albert Alcoz
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