John Menick

The lecture is from June, but I can’t tell when the video was posted.

It also looks like volume 2 of the Poetics of Cinema has been published in French.

1925-2006

Also on Expanded Cinema: Marker, Farocki, and Kubelka. Curated by Joao Ribas.

From Expanded Cinema:

Chilean expatriate director Raul Ruiz weaves a lurid, circular tale of murder and fate in this 20 minute film, comprised mostly of still photos.

Taking its title from the series of barking dogs interspersed throughout the film, the narrative centers on Monique, a woman who descends into a world of exploitation, betrayal, and eventually, murder. Told through a combination of voice-over narration, still images, and passages of 35mm film, it makes deft use of repetition, humor, deadpan narration, and visual economy to create a sense of fatal recurrence in this tabloid-inspired melodrama.

Here.

In Greencine.

New York magazine notes the 83-year-young auteur’s move (back?) to Greenpoint, and onto your iPod:

For Apple’s video iPod, he’ll be filming 365 short videos and releasing one a day, beginning September 15. Plus, he’ll be curating a downloadable series of classic shorts by experimental filmmakers and videos by the likes of Martin Scorsese, John Waters, Jim Jarmusch, and Abel Ferrara. “Life is beautifully, beautifully busy.”

More at http://www.jonasmekas.com/.

It’s quite striking that when workers are interviewed… these people are given a brief 15 seconds when they haven’t opened their mouths all year. We give them 15 seconds or even three minutes to speak, “What do you think of this strike?” … Who can answer when he’s had his mouth sewn shut?