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