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News & ArtsFriday, November 2, 2012
Film Short Film Fridays
Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM
This week's film is “The Swimmer,” a short by Salise Hughes, a local artist who, among other practices, recycles and remixes forgotten scenes/moments/sequences in Hollywood movies of the classical period. In “The Swimmer,” a moment in an old film starring Burt Lancaster, is appropriated or, to use the language of the Situationist International, détourned.
1
Do. Not. Like.
This mashup, however well intended, is just irritating on the eyes (even with a half-naked Burt Lancaster). It doesn't seem particularly creative. Two thumbs down.
This mashup, however well intended, is just irritating on the eyes (even with a half-naked Burt Lancaster). It doesn't seem particularly creative. Two thumbs down.
2
Unlike #1 - i like. My day was filled with people talking, gabbing, gossiping, blabbing. Nice to come home to a weird silent film. Does she have longer films?
3
The Swimmer was one of my late mother's favorite films. It is very odd. The narrative is jumpy, somewhat amateurish. But- it's also becoming one of my favorite films too, and it shows a nice snapshot of a mid-sixties east coast summer. Maybe it's the scenes of lazy summer afternoons and the melancholy ending.
I like this mashup. It has a hypnotic appeal, a lot like the original video bumps 'Adult Swim' used to run. They also captured that melancholy end-of-summer zeitgeist by using videos of empty swimming pools.
I like this mashup. It has a hypnotic appeal, a lot like the original video bumps 'Adult Swim' used to run. They also captured that melancholy end-of-summer zeitgeist by using videos of empty swimming pools.
5
"The Swimmer" is an incredibly good and often overlooked film. Lancaster was brillant. Much the same as Eastwood's "Bird"...little noticed, however it too an exceptional work.
6
Appropriated implies giving new meaning/purpose. I didn't get what these images were appropriated for. Any suggestions?
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