[Frameworks] Avant-Garde cinema and war (Albert Alcoz)

[Sarah Bliss]

1. Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s  documentary Erase and Forget, a portrait of ex-soldier Bo Gritz, on whom “Rambo” was based, challenging America’s cultural construction of war and heroism

2. Peter Lichter’s Pure Virtual Function. "Pure Virtual Function is an abstract meditation on the representation of violence, the connection of virtual and real agression. The film was made from painted 35 mm film strips and sound recording from Iraq war.” 
on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/116477887 <https://vimeo.com/116477887>

3. David Perlov’s Diary (Part I)  encompasses the Yom Kippur War 

4. Rouch and Morin’s Chronicle of a Summer.   the Algerian War of Independence/French-Algerian War

best, 

Sarah Bliss (she/they) Why this matters <https://pronouns.org/what-and-why>
http://www.SarahBlissArt.com



> From: Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com <mailto:albertalcoz at gmail.com>>
> Subject: [Frameworks] Avant-Garde cinema and war
> Date: November 14, 2022 at 2:38:01 PM EST
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org <mailto:frameworks at film-gallery.org>>
> 
> 
> 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
> --
> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://albertalcoz.com/>
> 

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