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A Movie

Bruce!

http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xp252&v3=1&related=1

Couldn’t get the sucker to embed, but if you click on the above it should all happen. Bruce Conner’s A MOVIE.

I remember when movies were like that! As a tiny kidlet, watching cowboy movies on TV, and not understanding most of what went on. It really was like a stripped-down bunch of cliches galloping across the prairie for no reason. When the good guy fought the bad guy, I immediately got confused. I kept trying to remember who was wearing which shirt or had which colour hair (people all looked alike then).

I don’t know if it’s Conner’s intention, but this piece brings back the confused state of childhood for me in a rich and mmmm, kind of pleasing way!

(Thanks to David Ehrenstein for linking to Dennis Cooper’s blog where I found this.)

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2 Responses to “A Movie”

  1. David Ehrenstein Says:
    March 11, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    You’re welcome.

    If (perish the thought!) all other films ever made disappeared and only A Movie remained, future generations would still be able learn from it all they would ever need to know about the meaning and practice of cinema.

  2. dcairns Says:
    March 12, 2008 at 12:00 am

    If they had A Movie and also some photos of crowds queueing and big theatres full of patrons — maybe that shot of all the people in the 3D glasses — that would give them a nice image of the ritual of cinema.

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