I'd like recommendations then, or just tips about where to find this stuff. I suppose here in NYC some of these films will eventually be screened at Anthology Film Archives, but I don't wanna wait.
― Josefa, Monday, 9 September 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
Arthur Lipsett was a genius
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 02:28 (four years ago) link
Ran across this thread while looking for something else. Craig Baldwin's Other Cinema in SF is the nexus for much of this and you can get DVDs directly.
http://www.othercinema.com
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 9 September 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
I guess Decasia is in this genre?
― emil.y, Thursday, 9 September 2021 22:37 (two years ago) link
Never seen Decasia but the description of it makes it sound very much in the spirit of the films I was talking about. Wikipedia's entry has a quote from critic Glenn Kenny saying Decasia is an "abstract narrative about mortality..." and notes that it utilized partially deteriorated film footage. This jibes with certain themes I picked up from the found footage films I saw, in which decay, destruction, and the passage of time seem to be underlying motifs.
― Josefa, Thursday, 9 September 2021 23:33 (two years ago) link
Decasia is an all-time fave of mine, the decaying nitrate creates some of the most haunting cinematic images I’ve ever seen
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 10 September 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link