Have you seen Swanberg's movies? He obviously makes movies with experimental filmmakers/musicians influences, she's he has more than an open mind, he's interpreting their work too. As for assessing Brakhage in his top 10 list, he's probably given a limited space to write. I don't know what you guys expect from the guy...planetjake wrote:I'm not super offended by his remarks or anything. I heard that kind of stuff at film school (from teachers as well as students) EVERY DAY. It's just that he makes no attempt to asses the work beyond his initial impressions beyond "I have a more open mind now!"bearcuborg wrote:In defense of Swanberg, I will say I felt the same way when I first encountered experimental films/videos/installations. However, my most prized DVDs in a collection of thousands, are the works of experimental/underground and avant garde artists. My introduction (like most) to their work was probably from watching music videos, however when I actually saw the original source of the work I wanted to resist just like Swanberg. However, if you look at his films you will see that he is actually on the wavelength of experimental artists, rather than conventional filmmakers.
I appreciate his honest remarks. Brakhage, who taught young filmmakers, would have probably appreciated the honesty too.
Mumblecore gets such a bad rap, and that's unfortunate because they are really doing something quite spectacular.
As for the Bresson joke, I guess that was funny but I would like to see a detailed post with examples. I write this in curiosity and not in sarcasm.