IMDb: "Filmmaker Philip Botti sets out in his hometown of Middletown, New Jersey to make his first film for free with the help of a super-electronic's store 33 day money back gurantee return policy on video cameras. With camera in hand, Botti documents his oddball group of friends and family: including; a couch potato mother, a chemically imbalanced/g-string wearing hot body contestant, Middletown's number one sex crazed son, a talk show addict and a guy named Sweet Lou."
Friday, May 27, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Very Nice, Very Nice/Arthur Lipsett
WIKI: In the 1960s he was employed as an animator by the National Film Board of Canada. Lipsett's particular passion was sound. He collected pieces of sound from a variety of sources and fit them together to create an interesting auditory sensation. After playing one of these creations to friends, they suggested that Lipsett combine images with the sound collage. The result is a 7 minute long film Very Nice, Very Nice which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects in 1962. Despite not winning the Oscar, this film brought Lipsett considerable praise from critics and directors.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Rose Hobart/Joseph Cornell
WIKI: Rose Hobart (1936) is a short, 19-minute experimental film created by the artist Joseph Cornell, who cut and re-edited the Hollywood film East of Borneo into one of America's most famous surrealist short films. Cornell was fascinated by the star of East of Borneo, an actress named Rose Hobart, and named his short film after her. The piece consists of snippets from East of Borneo combined with shots from a documentary of an eclipse.
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