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beamish14
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by beamish14 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:24 pm
dadaistnun wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 11:28 am
Glad to see
Queen of Diamonds make it - I've only begun exploring Menkes's films this year and had really dug everything I've watched so far.
It is an interesting choice-and already preserved by the Academy
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Lemmy Caution
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by Lemmy Caution » Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:41 am
TCM was just running a day of films newly inducted into the Film Registry. My Welcome to America viewing of TCM. I caught the waterfront racial drama Edge of the City. And before that the end of a 70s women's prison documentary which was very interesting, but only listed as movie, so I need to dredge up the title. The 25 mins I saw was pretty riveting. Great re-intro to TCM!
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Matt
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by Matt » Fri Dec 15, 2023 1:14 pm
The documentary was
We’re Alive. The same restored version is available free on
YouTube, and there’s
a great story about how the restoration came to be.
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Lemmy Caution
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by Lemmy Caution » Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:19 am
Great stuff. Thanks for the links. Not only is the restoration and crediting history interesting, but the backstory how the film got made is tucked in there. In 1974, the trio of students from UCLA were supposed to teach a filmmaking course at the California Institute for Women. But the prisoners seized on it as a way to get their concerns raised and voices heard. So they switched to making a documentary, considering it as a collaborative effort. I'll have to watch the whole film now.
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hearthesilence
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by hearthesilence » Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:27 am
Feels like the height of UCLA's film school days post-Coppola et al. I think Charles Burnett and Thom Andersen would've been enrolled at the time too.
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beamish14
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by beamish14 » Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:00 pm
hearthesilence wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:27 am
Feels like the height of UCLA's film school days post-Coppola et al. I think Charles Burnett and Thom Andersen would've been enrolled at the time too.
Burnett was acting as a DP on student films through at least 1985! Jamaa Fanaka was certainly there, too
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Blip Martindale
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by Blip Martindale » Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:47 pm
beamish14 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:00 pm
Burnett was acting as a DP on student films through at least 1985!
Whut the - ? Was he teaching there? Was he paid in some way? Was this merely a gesture of good will towards aspiring filmmakers?
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beamish14
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by beamish14 » Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:45 pm
Blip Martindale wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:47 pm
beamish14 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:00 pm
Burnett was acting as a DP on student films through at least 1985!
Whut the - ? Was he teaching there? Was he paid in some way? Was this merely a gesture of good will towards aspiring filmmakers?
He was able to take advantage of their facilities for his own projects like
Bless Their Little Hearts, and he enjoyed supporting other filmmakers. I don’t believe he’s ever been an instructor there, but he has taught at Cal Arts (as has
Hearts director Billy Wooodberry)
