Re: French films: place, nature and landscape (suggestions?)

From: Pip Chodorov (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Apr 02 2009 - 16:28:06 PDT


Here's a French landscape program I did in Moscow thirteen years ago.
Of course there are more recent films made since then, but it's a start!
Pip

PAYSAGES CONTEMPORAINS (landscapes & waterscapes)

LOWDER Rose
BOUQUET 1 - 10 1994 - 95 16mm coul sil 12'
THIRACHE Marcelle
PALME D'OR 1993 16mm coul sil 4'
McKANE Miles
NARCISSE PRETEXT 1989-92 16mm coul sil 6'
ROUSSET Martine
LES HEURES 1990 16mm coul opt 5'30"
BOUHOURS Jean-Michel
VAGUES A COLLIOURE 1991 16mm coul opt 6'
BOKANOWSKI Patrick
AU BORD DU LAC 1993 16mm coul opt 6'
WELSBY Chris
DRIFT 1994 16mm coul opt 17'
OSTROVSKY Vivian
COPACABANA BEACH 1982 16mm coul opt 10'
HAMMEN Scott
SEVEN LANDSCAPES 1995 16mm coul sil 10'
CHODOROV Pip
END MEMORY (IMPROMPTU) 1995 16mm coul opt 5'30"
BEAUVAIS Yann
NY LONG DISTANCE 1994 16mm coul opt 9'

At 16:38 -0400 2/04/09, Scott Ross wrote:
>Hello,
>I'm doing research on French (and francophone) films that depict
>landscapes, the natural world, or a strong "sense of place" in
>interesting ways. For example, I'm looking at "JLG/JLG autoportrait en
>décembre" for Godard's use of the Lausanne countryside, short
>documentaries by Jean Painlevé, and Michael Snow's "La Région
>central." Does anyone have any suggestions for films or scholarly
>criticism on the subject? I'm not restricting myself solely to
>experimental works. I'm looking in particular for films available
>online, on VHS, or on DVD, since I don't have access to projectors at
>my school. Thanks!
>Scott
>
>
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