Ever since I got a full-time job, my interest short/experimental film websites has increased. Looking up shorts, photos, and other multi-media projects are a great way to escape for a few minuets during a hectic day.
Ken Jacobs' website has a plethora of footage from his 400 minuet opus
Star Spangled to Death. Jacobs culled all kinds of footage from the last half century into an intense audio-visual examination of American culture. Says Jacobs:
Star Spangled to Death is an epic film shot for hundreds of dollars! Combining found films with my own more-or-less staged filming, it pictures a stolen and dangerously sold-out America, allowing examples of popular culture to self-indict. Racial and religious insanity, monopolization of wealth and the purposeful dumbing down of citizens and addiction to war oppose a Beat playfulness.
Following in his father's footsteps, his son,
Azazel Jacobs, was one of
Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" this year. Check out his
blog.
Multi-media artist
Marcello Mercado's site is chocked full of intriguing designs and photography. Like Jacobs, Mercado's forte lies in turning everyday images/media into cultural critique. I find his work beautiful, horrific and impossible to forget.
If you haven't had the opportunity to see
Andrei Severny's short films at various festivals, head over to his
website where you'll get a pretty good idea of what he's all about. His films juxtapose poetry with technology, architecture and landscape. The images strike cords of Tarkovsky with their placement of man against towering backdrops and ominous structures.
Other cool sites include:
Miranda July's Website - won't get bored here
Philip Baker's Website - another director whose shorts I love
Mark Romanek - recently updated and redesigned
David Lynch - always fun
And if you've enjoyed the NYFF shorts that have been profiled on this site for the last couple weeks, head over to
Jamie Stuart's mutiny company page. He has quite a prolific body of work.
Have fun!
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posted by Benjamin Crossley-Marra @ 10/24/2007 11:39:00 AM
Comments (1)
Thank you, that was very cool.
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posted by Stefano @ 10/25/2007 10:05 AM
