FMA 5241 001 4.00 A- CINEMATOGRAPHY WORKSHOP BASS, W
FMA 5361 001 4.00 A WRITING FOR MEDIA I PREIS,E
DIS 5501 001 1.00 A INTRO TO DISABILITY STUD KESSLER, J
FMA 5670 001 1.00 A MFA COLLOQUIUM SWANN, P
FMA 5671 001 3.00 A FILM HISTORY AND THEORY CAGLE, P
Points GPA Transfer Hours Total Hours GPA
Semester 13.00 13.00 13.00 50.68 3.90
Cumulative 13.00 13.00 13.00 50.68 3.90 0.00 13.00
READ IT AND WEEP! Warren Bass is a tuffy and hates to give out A's and it totally ruined my 4.0 but I coulda done some things differently I guess. Oh, wait, I built MY OWN JIB! What more does that guy want??
PS Disability Studies is for my Grad Assistantship.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Now is important too.
Elisabeth Subrin's List of Important Contemporary Film(makers)
and pretty awesome articles to read with them
-MARTHA ROSLER, SEMIOTICS OF THE KITCHEN (USA, 1975, 7:00)
-PAUL CHAN, MY BIRDS... TRASH... THE FUTURE (USA, 2004, 19:00);
-KELLY REICHARDT, OLD JOY (USA, 2006, 76:00) (not good)
READ:
-Raul Ruiz, “Central Conflict Theory,” Poetics of Cinema
-“Embedded in the Culture: Scott Rothkopf on the art of Paul Chan,” Artforum, Summer 2006
-Marita Sturken, “Paradox in the Making of an Art Form: Great Expectations and the Making of an History,” Illuminating Video: An Essential Guide to Video Art
THERESA HAK KYUNG CHA, MOUTH TO MOUTH (USA, 1975, 8:00)
LUCRETIA MARTEL, LA CIANAGA (Argentina, 2001, 100 min.) (I just watched this and it was fucking brilliant)
READ:
-David Howard and Edward Mabley, “Screenwriting Tools,” The Tools of Screenwriting: A Writer’s Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay” (pp 43-97)
-APICHATPONG WEERESETHAKUL, SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY (Thailand, 2006, 105 min)
READ:
-Nathan Lee, “Recovering Memory: The elan vital of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century,” Film Comment
-Raul Ruiz, “The Cinema: Traveling Incognito,” Poetics of Cinema
-SADIE BENNING, FLAT IS BEAUTIFULL (USA, 1998, 50:00)
-AARON KATZ, QUIET CITY (USA, 2007, 78:00)
READ:
-Amy Taubin, “Mumblecore”
-Helen Molesworth, “Suspended Animation,” Sadie Benning
- Scott Foundas, “Border Crossing: Claire Denis’ L’Intrus,” Cinema Scope
-Travis MacKenzie Hoover, “Identity Politics: Issues in the Films of Claire Denis,” Cinema Scope
VIEW ALSO:
CHARLES BURNETT, KILLER OF SHEEP (USA, 1973, 81 min.)![]()
ANDREW BUJALSKI, MUTUAL APPRECIATION (USA, 2006, 109 min.)
-CLAIRE DENIS, L’INTRUS (France, 2004, 121 min.)
READ:
-Frederic Jameson, “Video: Surrealism Without the Unconscious,”
Postmodernism, Or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
-ED RANKUS, BARBARA LATHAM AND JOHN MANNING, ALIENNATION (USA, 1980, 29:00)
-SETH PRICE, SELECTED WORKS (USA, 15:00)
-RYAN TRECARTIN, A FAMILY FINDS ENTERTAINMENT (USA, 2004, 42:00)
READ:
Dennis Cooper, “First Take: Dennis Cooper on Ryan Trecartin, Artforum
-TSAI MING-LIANG, I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE (Taiwan, 2006,
115 min.)
READ:
-Raul Ruiz, “For a Shamanic Cinema,” Poetics of Cinema
-BARBARA ALPERT, FREE RADICALS (Austria, 2004, 120 min.)
READ:
-Walid Ra’ad/The Atlas Group, “Civility, we do not dig holes to bury ourselves,” Stuff It: The Video Essay in the Digital Age
-Tran. T. Kim Trang, “The Blindness Series: A Decade’s Endeavor,”
tuff It: The Video Essay in the Digital Age
-Leslie Thornton, “We Ground Ourselves, Now, On a Moving Earth,” Motion Picture
-Linda Peckham, “Total Indiscriminate Recall: Peggy and Fred in Hell,” Motion Picture
-WALID RA’AD, HOSTAGE: THE BACHER TAPES (USA/Lebanon, 2001, 16:00)
-TRAN T. KIM TRANG, OCULARIS: EYE SURROGATES (USA/Vietnam, 1997, 20:00) and OPERCULUM (1993, 14:00)
-LESLIE THORNTON, PEGGY AND FRED IN HELL (USA, selected episodes, 1989-2006)
READ:
-Alan Gilbert on Julia Melzer and David Thorne, Artforum, January, 2008
-JULIA LOKTEV, DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT (USA, 2006, 94:00)
-JULIA MELTZER & DAVID THORNE, WE WILL LIVE TO SEE THESE THINGS, OR FIVE PICTURES OF WHAT MAY COME TO PASS (USA/SYRIA, 2007, 47:00) (also will be exhibited at The Whitney Biennial as an installation)
VIEW ALSO:
MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM, THE ROAD TO QUANTANAMO (UK, 2006, 95 min.)
READ:
-Jay Kuehner, “Interview with Julia Loktev: Day Night Day Night”
-J. Hoberman, “Mission: Midtown”
-TODD HAYNES, SUPERSTAR (USA, 1989, 40:00)
VIEW ALSO:
-LIZZIE BORDEN, BORN IN FLAMES (USA, 1983, 80:00)
READ:
-Dave Kehr, “Shadows of Watts, in the Light”
-Todd Haynes, Superstar, (the screenplay)
-CRISTI PUI, THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (2006, Romania, 2 hours, 33 minutes)
-MICHAEL HANEKE, CACHE (AUSTRIA, 2005, 121 min.
-WONG KAR WEI, 2046 (Hong Kong, 2004, 2 hours, 8 min.)
and pretty awesome articles to read with them
-MARTHA ROSLER, SEMIOTICS OF THE KITCHEN (USA, 1975, 7:00)
-PAUL CHAN, MY BIRDS... TRASH... THE FUTURE (USA, 2004, 19:00);
-KELLY REICHARDT, OLD JOY (USA, 2006, 76:00) (not good)
READ:
-Raul Ruiz, “Central Conflict Theory,” Poetics of Cinema
-“Embedded in the Culture: Scott Rothkopf on the art of Paul Chan,” Artforum, Summer 2006
-Marita Sturken, “Paradox in the Making of an Art Form: Great Expectations and the Making of an History,” Illuminating Video: An Essential Guide to Video Art
THERESA HAK KYUNG CHA, MOUTH TO MOUTH (USA, 1975, 8:00)
LUCRETIA MARTEL, LA CIANAGA (Argentina, 2001, 100 min.) (I just watched this and it was fucking brilliant)
READ:
-David Howard and Edward Mabley, “Screenwriting Tools,” The Tools of Screenwriting: A Writer’s Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay” (pp 43-97)
-APICHATPONG WEERESETHAKUL, SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY (Thailand, 2006, 105 min)
READ:
-Nathan Lee, “Recovering Memory: The elan vital of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century,” Film Comment
-Raul Ruiz, “The Cinema: Traveling Incognito,” Poetics of Cinema
-SADIE BENNING, FLAT IS BEAUTIFULL (USA, 1998, 50:00)
-AARON KATZ, QUIET CITY (USA, 2007, 78:00)
READ:
-Amy Taubin, “Mumblecore”
-Helen Molesworth, “Suspended Animation,” Sadie Benning
- Scott Foundas, “Border Crossing: Claire Denis’ L’Intrus,” Cinema Scope
-Travis MacKenzie Hoover, “Identity Politics: Issues in the Films of Claire Denis,” Cinema Scope
VIEW ALSO:
CHARLES BURNETT, KILLER OF SHEEP (USA, 1973, 81 min.)
ANDREW BUJALSKI, MUTUAL APPRECIATION (USA, 2006, 109 min.)
-CLAIRE DENIS, L’INTRUS (France, 2004, 121 min.)
READ:
-Frederic Jameson, “Video: Surrealism Without the Unconscious,”
Postmodernism, Or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
-ED RANKUS, BARBARA LATHAM AND JOHN MANNING, ALIENNATION (USA, 1980, 29:00)
-SETH PRICE, SELECTED WORKS (USA, 15:00)
-RYAN TRECARTIN, A FAMILY FINDS ENTERTAINMENT (USA, 2004, 42:00)
READ:
Dennis Cooper, “First Take: Dennis Cooper on Ryan Trecartin, Artforum
-TSAI MING-LIANG, I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE (Taiwan, 2006,
115 min.)
READ:
-Raul Ruiz, “For a Shamanic Cinema,” Poetics of Cinema
-BARBARA ALPERT, FREE RADICALS (Austria, 2004, 120 min.)
READ:
-Walid Ra’ad/The Atlas Group, “Civility, we do not dig holes to bury ourselves,” Stuff It: The Video Essay in the Digital Age
-Tran. T. Kim Trang, “The Blindness Series: A Decade’s Endeavor,”
tuff It: The Video Essay in the Digital Age
-Leslie Thornton, “We Ground Ourselves, Now, On a Moving Earth,” Motion Picture
-Linda Peckham, “Total Indiscriminate Recall: Peggy and Fred in Hell,” Motion Picture
-WALID RA’AD, HOSTAGE: THE BACHER TAPES (USA/Lebanon, 2001, 16:00)
-TRAN T. KIM TRANG, OCULARIS: EYE SURROGATES (USA/Vietnam, 1997, 20:00) and OPERCULUM (1993, 14:00)
-LESLIE THORNTON, PEGGY AND FRED IN HELL (USA, selected episodes, 1989-2006)
READ:
-Alan Gilbert on Julia Melzer and David Thorne, Artforum, January, 2008
-JULIA LOKTEV, DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT (USA, 2006, 94:00)
-JULIA MELTZER & DAVID THORNE, WE WILL LIVE TO SEE THESE THINGS, OR FIVE PICTURES OF WHAT MAY COME TO PASS (USA/SYRIA, 2007, 47:00) (also will be exhibited at The Whitney Biennial as an installation)
VIEW ALSO:
MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM, THE ROAD TO QUANTANAMO (UK, 2006, 95 min.)
READ:
-Jay Kuehner, “Interview with Julia Loktev: Day Night Day Night”
-J. Hoberman, “Mission: Midtown”
-TODD HAYNES, SUPERSTAR (USA, 1989, 40:00)
VIEW ALSO:
-LIZZIE BORDEN, BORN IN FLAMES (USA, 1983, 80:00)
READ:
-Dave Kehr, “Shadows of Watts, in the Light”
-Todd Haynes, Superstar, (the screenplay)
-CRISTI PUI, THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (2006, Romania, 2 hours, 33 minutes)
-MICHAEL HANEKE, CACHE (AUSTRIA, 2005, 121 min.
-WONG KAR WEI, 2046 (Hong Kong, 2004, 2 hours, 8 min.)
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