Re: Creative use of first person/talking head interviews

From: Steve Polta (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Apr 08 2008 - 11:10:20 PDT


Bryan Boyce is a San Francisco video artist whose
wprl almost always involves the manipulation of
newscasters and speechifyin' politicians (G. Bush; D.
Cheney, et.al). It's endlessly hilarious.

Available from Video Data Bank:
www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$artistdetail?BOYCEB

and here's a great sample from youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUBOU0lhQt0

Steve Polta

--- Jonathan Kahana <email suppressed> wrote:

> Adam,
>
> In addition to what's already been suggested, and
> just dealing with
> works of the last couple of years, there's the
> Speculative Archive's
> Not A Matter of If But When… (2006), and Paul Chan's
> Untitled Video
> on Lynne Stewart… (2006); or Clio Bernard's
> cellphone film Dark Glass
> (2006), which works with an interview conducted
> under hypnosis.
>
> jk
>
> On Apr 7, 2008, at 9:24 PM, Adam Levine wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone on the list could
> suggest films or
> > filmmakers
> > that have a novel (or even irreverent) approach to
> the interview -
> > be it as
> > research, raw material or part of the actual
> fabric of the film. Any
> > suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
>
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