From: denah johnston (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Jan 20 2009 - 19:31:59 PST
*Night of the Comet* if you're into the 80's nostalgia.
Trailer can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70nNSxnHB4c&feature=related
-- :denah On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Anna Biller <email suppressed>wrote: > *Le Dernier Combat, * Luc Besson (1983) > > > On Jan 20, 2009, at 5:32 PM, jo dery wrote: > > *Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - *Hayao Miyazaki (1984) > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:09:56 +0100 > From: email suppressed > Subject: Re: Apocalypse films > To: email suppressed > > I agree with Jonathan. I have a couple of suggestions of films on the > atomic bomb, maybe some have already been mentioned on this thread, can't > remember: "Black Rain" an early Imamura film, and "Crossroads" by Bruce > Conner. you might want to have a look on an interesting biopic by the Dubini > brothers "Das Verschwinden des Ettore Majorana", a documentary on the > italian physicist who disappeared out of a refusal (so goes their thesis) to > participate with Fermi et.al. to the production of the american nuclear > bombs. i also did a couple of short experimental films about Majorana. Best, > Marco > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan M Hall > Sent: Jan 20, 2009 6:00 PM > To: email suppressed > Subject: Re: Apocalypse films > > Dear Margaret, > I think a discussion of apocalypse could easily and helpfully include > material that comments on and reflects the atomic bomb experience. There's > an endless amount of material on the subject, much of it, not surprisingly, > from the US and Japan. Experimental Japanese work includes *The Navel and > A-Bomb* [Heso to genbaku] (Hosoe Eiko) 1960 and the animation piece * > Shadow* [Kage] (Hayashi Seiichi) 1968. On the American side, I think > Leslie Thornton's recent *Let Me Count the Ways, 10...9...8...7... *, > which was recently part of a program at the SF Cinematheque, would be of > great interest. For historical reasons it's not surprising, but Americans > have seemed much more hesitant to engage their own atomic bomb/apocalypse in > its most recent and concrete manifestation, so provoking your students to do > so would be valuable and intellectually rewarding for them, I bet. > > You might also consider Steven Okazaki's *White Light/Black Rain* (2006) > or a chapter in Mark Nornes' book on Japanese documentary. *US-Japan > Film Wars*and *Hibakusha Cinema* are also helpful books. I use all these > materials with a good deal of success in the classroom. > > Yours sincerely, > Jonathan M Hall > University of California Irvine > > On 20 Jan 2009, at 03:35, Margaret Jamieson wrote: > > > > > > Hi List: > > I'm teaching a class on apocalypse films and would welcome any > suggestions, especially: shorter films, experimental films, non-fiction, > international films, and other platforms, like games or installations. The > premise of the course is to follow the anxieties of culture through > apocalypse films, and the readings go from Boccaccio to Wheeler Winston > Dixon, and the films from Birth of a Nation to Bruce Connor (with, rest > assured, lots of aliens in between), so I'm very open to ideas. > > Thank you for your generosity, as always--MJ > > __________________________________________________________________ For info > on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>. > > > __________________________________________________________________ For info > on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>. > > > ------------------------------------------------ > Marco Poloni, Korsörer Strasse 1, D-10437 Berlin > gsm +41.78.6322028, skype marcopoloni > > __________________________________________________________________ For info > on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>. > > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live™ Hotmail(R): Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. Check it > out.<http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009>__________________________________________________________________ > For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>. > > > __________________________________________________________________ For info > on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>. > > __________________________________________________________________ For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.