[Frameworks] Avant-Garde cinema and war

[Kornelia Boczkowska]

PS. I forgot to mention Kamila Kuc's experimental documentary film from 
2021, What We Shared, which re-tells the personal stories and memories 
of the 1992-93 war in Abhazia.

W dniu 14.11.2022 o 22:09, Kornelia Boczkowska pisze:
>
> Daniel Reeves’ Smothering Dreams (1981)
>
> John Smith’s Hotel Diaries (2001-2007)
>
> Also (though the war is not the main focus of these films):
>
>
> Lynne Sachs’ Which Way is East: Notebooks from Vietnam (1994, made in 
> collaboration with Dana Sachs) reflects on the historical trauma and 
> memories associated with the Vietnam war
>
>
> Martha Rosler’s Secrets from the Street: No Disclosure (1980) 
> critiques (among many other things) covert war and the U.S. presence 
> and military involvement in Central America
>
>
> Kornelia
>
> W dniu 14.11.2022 o 21:45, Rob Gawthrop pisze:
>> 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 BRAKHAGE23rd Psalm Branch: Part I (1967)
>>> BRUCE CONNERCrossroads (1976)
>>> THE DUVET BROTHERSWar Machine (1984)
>>> JOSU REKALDESin imágenes (1994)
>>> BARBARA HAMMEROur Grief Is Not a Cry for War (2001)
>>> HARUN FAROCKIWar at a Distance (2003)
>>> HARUN FAROCKISerious Games I (2010)
>>> BIRGIT HEINKriegsbilder (Images of War) (2006)
>>> AERNOUT MIKRaw 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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>>
> -- 
> Kornelia Boczkowska, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Studies in Culture
> Faculty of English | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kornelia_Boczkowska
> https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0875-9209
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