Anyone with more than a passing interest in the films of Orson Welles (and not just Citizen Kane) should immediately check out American: Exhibits from the C.F. Kane Museum, described at The Auteurs’ Notebook, where it is temporarily posted, as “a six-part video investigation into the work of Orson Welles by B. Kite.”
Kite’s technique – deconstructing and recombining images and sounds from Welles’ films while a narrator comments on them – is reminiscent of what Jean-Luc Godard did in his multi-part Histoire(s) du Cinema. But Kite does it better! His video poem/essay reminds me why I love Welles so much in the first place.
Thanks to D. Cairns for the link.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
B. Kite on O. Welles
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This goes for everyone on the site, but particularly Jerry, since I've already commented on Acidemic & Powerstrip:
I am making the rounds to remind everyone about the "Reading the Movies" exercise I started. I'm going to compile everyone's lists into one master list in a week or two, so jump in! The original post can be found here:
http://thedancingimage.blogspot.com/2009/05/reading-movies.html#links
Thanks.
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