"These Memories
Can Wait" reflects upon the ambivalent nostalgia, permeating current
films, which, in the absence of a firm historical memory, reveals a profound yearning for
its loss. In these films, this loss translates into a ludic approach to personal life.
Films discussed are "Rear Window," "Being John Malkovich," and
"Memento."
"Estheticization
of Violence in Bruce Conner's A Movie and Report,"
[Part 1] deals with the
avant-garde filmmaker and artist, Bruce Conner and his works. Bruce Conner was among the first
filmmakers to incorporate found footage and junk in his filmic creation. Made without a camera,
the films relied on sophisticated editing technique. Conner's influence on the filmic medium has
already entered the cultural main stream. MTV would not exist without his pioneering works. This
paper provides in-depth analysis of the two early films, A Movie (1958) and Report
(1963-67) and the artist's lifetime interest in violence.
"Estheticization
of Violence in Bruce Conner's A Movie and Report,"
[Part 2] Paper follows up the claim established in part 1.
Reflexive
Elements in "Rock Hudson's Home Video," "Blow Up," All About My
Mother,"
"The
Dziga Vertov Project." A thorough study of the legacy of the
Russian master documentarist.
