Comments for cinemaelectronica http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com Digital Video, Art, and Politics Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:52:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Indie Scam by Dave http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/indie-scam/#comment-316 Dave Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:52:48 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1338#comment-316 Jon, It’s small consolation, but posts like this and films like yours are worth more than the whole damned ‘industry’ of ‘independent’ cinema. Jon,
It’s small consolation, but posts like this and films like yours are worth more than the whole damned ‘industry’ of ‘independent’ cinema.

]]> Comment on Reading the Times (NY) by KJ http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/reading-the-times-ny/#comment-313 KJ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:01:02 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1442#comment-313 Jon, if you haven't already read this, kick back with it when you get some time. It's an interview with Goldman Sacks Chairman Lloyd Blankfein and other Goldman execs. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6907681.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1185799 Jon, if you haven’t already read this, kick back with it when you get some time. It’s an interview with Goldman Sacks Chairman Lloyd Blankfein and other Goldman execs.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6907681.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1185799

]]> Comment on TRINITY (up at ZKM) by jonjost http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/trinity-up-at-zkm/#comment-309 jonjost Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:28:48 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1349#comment-309 Yes, that's the piece - and everything except two sections made with a particle generator - one of the alphabet, and the other "the big bang" was made from a single wild handheld shot looking up the trunk of a tree - about 1 min 20 sec. Nearly 6 hours of material, all different from itself, made from that shot. Yes, that’s the piece – and everything except two sections made with a particle generator – one of the alphabet, and the other “the big bang” was made from a single wild handheld shot looking up the trunk of a tree – about 1 min 20 sec.
Nearly 6 hours of material, all different from itself, made from that shot.

]]> Comment on TRINITY (up at ZKM) by craigg http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/trinity-up-at-zkm/#comment-307 craigg Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:34:02 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1349#comment-307 "Trinity" was what you were working on when I first joined up on CE. Isn't this whole thing a shot of a tree? “Trinity” was what you were working on when I first joined up on CE. Isn’t this whole thing a shot of a tree?

]]> Comment on Open Source Movie Editing by Rajiv http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/open-source-movie-editing/#comment-304 Rajiv Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:29:19 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1084#comment-304 You can find more about Linux and other opensource compilations at my site. Let me know if you need any help -Rajiv You can find more about Linux and other opensource compilations at my site.
Let me know if you need any help
-Rajiv

]]> Comment on Open Source Movie Editing by moviecutonline http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/open-source-movie-editing/#comment-303 moviecutonline Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:44:33 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1084#comment-303 great post dude, i love every part of it. thanks for sharing great post dude, i love every part of it. thanks for sharing

]]> Comment on James Benning Boogie Woogie by Matthew Flanagan http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/james-benning-boogie-woogie/#comment-302 Matthew Flanagan Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:37:49 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1276#comment-302 Yes, Pedro Costa was complaining about this at the Tate Modern retro in London recently too, especially with regard to how Kodak have ceased to produce or develop (actual) b&w stock - they're simply not interested anymore... Benning talks about practicalities of film vs. digital <a href="http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs34/int_peranson_benning.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> too: <i>"As far as I know, yes. I don’t want to shoot 35mm as I don’t want to get into that kind of money. I’ve always been against spending lots of money on projects, and I sometimes think that if a lot of my films were 35mm or 70mm they might turn into a coffee-table book. There’s something about the small gauge that makes them more real for me. But now, yeah, I’m disturbed that I’m being forced out of my craft by new technologies that are developing that are getting more attention, that means there’s less attention on what I’ve been working in. And nobody’s aspiring to be a good 16mm projectionist except James Bond in Chicago, there’s nobody else who even can fix them. And the labs, they make believe they still do good work but they don’t pay attention to it at all."</i> Thanks for the info re: <i>Slow Moves</i> - e-mail on the way! Yes, Pedro Costa was complaining about this at the Tate Modern retro in London recently too, especially with regard to how Kodak have ceased to produce or develop (actual) b&w stock – they’re simply not interested anymore…

Benning talks about practicalities of film vs. digital here too:

“As far as I know, yes. I don’t want to shoot 35mm as I don’t want to get into that kind of money. I’ve always been against spending lots of money on projects, and I sometimes think that if a lot of my films were 35mm or 70mm they might turn into a coffee-table book. There’s something about the small gauge that makes them more real for me. But now, yeah, I’m disturbed that I’m being forced out of my craft by new technologies that are developing that are getting more attention, that means there’s less attention on what I’ve been working in. And nobody’s aspiring to be a good 16mm projectionist except James Bond in Chicago, there’s nobody else who even can fix them. And the labs, they make believe they still do good work but they don’t pay attention to it at all.”

Thanks for the info re: Slow Moves – e-mail on the way!

]]> Comment on James Benning Boogie Woogie by jonjost http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/james-benning-boogie-woogie/#comment-301 jonjost Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:21:20 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1276#comment-301 I put your site on my blogroll and thanks - love the stuff you find and publish. I put your site on my blogroll and thanks – love the stuff you find and publish.

]]> Comment on James Benning Boogie Woogie by jonjost http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/james-benning-boogie-woogie/#comment-300 jonjost Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:16:37 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1276#comment-300 I think James' shift wasn't only economic, but also practical - I quit dealing with labs 13 years ago, not just because of the money, but because of the horrible job they did at their job: the labs long ago ceased wanting to do film business and they did a lousy job to discourage you from wanting it too. I think James had more than enough torture from the labs. And I would bet he'd say his XDcam3 HD is much better in all respects than 16mm film - certainly the imagery is, and the sound cannot begin to be compared. I've never been known to be very good at etiquette of any kind, alas.... Slow Moves DVDs from me, $30 + $3 shipping. Contact me via www.jon-jost.com address for further info. I think James’ shift wasn’t only economic, but also practical – I quit dealing with labs 13 years ago, not just because of the money, but because of the horrible job they did at their job: the labs long ago ceased wanting to do film business and they did a lousy job to discourage you from wanting it too. I think James had more than enough torture from the labs. And I would bet he’d say his XDcam3 HD is much better in all respects than 16mm film – certainly the imagery is, and the sound cannot begin to be compared.

I’ve never been known to be very good at etiquette of any kind, alas….

Slow Moves DVDs from me, $30 + $3 shipping. Contact me via http://www.jon-jost.com address for further info.

]]> Comment on James Benning Boogie Woogie by Matthew Flanagan http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/james-benning-boogie-woogie/#comment-299 Matthew Flanagan Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:44:47 +0000 http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/?p=1276#comment-299 Very glad you found the passage I typed up and a use for it, Jon. Benning's HD direction is very intriguing, but I do wish that it had emerged purely from aesthetic rather than financial concerns. No worries about hyperlinking - internet etiquette can be a tricky thing! (Thanks also, E.) Also, this is probably the wrong place to ask, but I've always wanted to see your <i>Slow Moves</i> - do you circulate it at all? Very glad you found the passage I typed up and a use for it, Jon. Benning’s HD direction is very intriguing, but I do wish that it had emerged purely from aesthetic rather than financial concerns. No worries about hyperlinking – internet etiquette can be a tricky thing! (Thanks also, E.)

Also, this is probably the wrong place to ask, but I’ve always wanted to see your Slow Moves – do you circulate it at all?

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