Dead and Immortal: Archive

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Movies at the Burton

If you live in or around Detroit and you have not visited the Burton Theatre, you are doing yourself a great disservice. The Burton Theatre is an up and coming art house on the edge of Wayne State’s campus and Chinatown on Cass. It’s named after the building in which it uses, the former Burton International School. To me, there are few things cooler than what is going on at the...

May 31st

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May 31st

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“The worst racism is perpetuated not through intent, but through thoughtless,...”

– Don’t Put My Book in the African American Section. Yes. (via notemily) (via novazembla) (via ilykadamen) (via chelle-shock) (via tiaramerchgirl)

May 30th

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May 29th

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My Month with Brakhage

On Wednesday night, I completed my viewing of all the films in the Criterion Collection anthology of Stan Brakhage’s work (just in time for them to release another set!). It was admittedly a little sad, as I truly enjoy having such a fairly large collection of one’s work. With any art, I enjoy watching a group or individual artist grow and change. Whether its in a way that I agree...

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May 19th

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Dead and Immortal: Desistfilm →

stagnantpond: You can find this Stan Brakhage film on youtube, although I’m not sure how great the quality is. To truly enjoy and understand Stan Brakhage (and this is a problem, as far as access goes), its best to watch it on a TV screen in a pitch black room. Any who, it began my month of watching Stan… Correction: To truly enjoy and understand Brakhage (and THIS is a problem, as far as...

May 18th

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May 17th

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May 14th

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Autopsies are not so great.

Yesterday was the first time that I could not get through watching a Stan Brakhage film. It was his half hour long film called “The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes.” It’s about autopsies. It is just a half hour of autopsy work. Nothing more, nothing less. I got through the first ten minutes with a lot of flinching, trying to be quiet as I feel one must be in silence when...

May 13th

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May 11th

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Desistfilm

You can find this Stan Brakhage film on youtube, although I’m not sure how great the quality is. To truly enjoy and understand Stan Brakhage (and this is a problem, as far as access goes), its best to watch it on a TV screen in a pitch black room. Any who, it began my month of watching Stan Brakhage films, and it’s currently my new favorite of his. The audio track wonderfully fits...

May 11th

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Summer Goals.

While I plan on writing and working on several film projects over the summer, I also plan on doing stuff that’s more recreational. I’ve divided it into months. You all care, I know. At least, I pretend. This month, I plan to watch every film on the Stan Brakhage Anthology Criterion DVD. Shouldn’t take a month, but I can’t remember how many films on there. Any who, one...

May 8th

emilysyrja: St. Vincent and The National -...

May 6th

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Classic Water

I plan on beginning and am hoping to finish several short films and various projects over the coming summer. I’m currently halfway through a first draft of a script based off of a David Berman poem called “Classic Water.” David Berman is known for leading the band Silver Jews, which was often considered a Pavement side project because of the on-and-off member, Stephen Malkmus. It...

May 6th

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In Dust We Trust.

May 6th

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May 5th

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May 5th

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The Power of Music in Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOVrawm9GkM “Two. Seven. Five.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIkK89Lujas Memory Tapes-Run Out While I’m finally beginning my summer which will hopefully be full of productivity, I wanted to repost my short film “Two. Seven. Five.” with a music accompaniment. After I originally completed this film, the biggest response I heard from people was that...

May 5th

emilysyrja: uprightcitizens: christielouwho: boyghost: I take great issue with the role of women as a subject in modern photography. I see a lot of this type of photograph on the internet, and it is somewhat disheartening to find it so glorified. You know the type: a fay, ethereal creature existing in a world of soft-light and glitter, with lips pouted and pigeon-toed feet, with impossible...

May 5th

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