25 July 2012

Claire Denis - Identity and Environment, Strangers and Nationality

Claire Denis talking about narrative construction, multiple narratives, identity, clichés, 'walls' and borders, nationality, strangers, outsiders, immigration, nomads, wanderers, gender, suicide Rear Window and White Material; lecturing on and revealing the methodology of narration, and cultural anthropology in cinema. Public lecture open for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe 2010 Claire Denis.
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10 July 2012

Joyce Wieland - Sailboat (1967)

Joyce Wieland was an experimental filmmaker and artist whose work challenged and bridged boundaries among avant-garde film factions of her time. Her works introduced a kind of manual manipulation of the filmstrip that inscribed an explicitly female craft tradition into her films while also playing with the facticity of photographed images. Wieland's output was small but received considerable attention in comparison to other female avant-garde filmmakers of her time. As both a gallery artist and a filmmaker, Wieland was able to cross over between those realms and to garner attention and support in both. 

06 July 2012

Dorothy Arzner - Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)


Dorothy Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director. Her directorial career in feature films spanned from the late 1920s into the early 1940s. Throughout that time she was the only woman working in the field.

03 July 2012

Agnès Varda - Black Panters (1968)

Directed by Agnès Varda, Black Panthers is a lyrical portrait of the Panthers in their early years, campaigning for the release of their leader Huey P. Newton. Varda is the key documentary exponent of the French Nouvelle Vague.

01 July 2012

Agnès Varda - Les Fiancés Du Pont Macdonald

Agnès Varda (born 30 May 1928) is a French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her movies, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style.