Face/Off: Japanese 8mm

[ccortez]

But I'll try to pay better attention as to what you would like me to talk about exactly. Okay ccortez?

just tryin' to nudge the train back onto the tracks. it is my thread, after all. ;)

[Uppsala BildTeknik]

I'm not sure if they were all D8 or if some shot S8 or Straight-8 or DS8 or whatever... but there was never and jitter or shake, just really good registration.

With the "Straight-8" being Single8 my guess is that there is your answer to the registration and lack of jitter. ;)

[etimh]

But I'll try to pay better attention as to what you would like me to talk about exactly. Okay ccortez?

just tryin' to nudge the train back onto the tracks. it is my thread, after all. ;)

ccortez, point taken--sorry for the digression, sincerely. And it was just brought to my attention that the crack I made about "lazy production people" might have been taken wrong by some.

This was in no way directed towards you or the other actively working folks on the board. I have the utmost respect for you guys that are actually working and making a living in production.

It was, in fact, abstractly directed at the attitude, expressed so often by my production students, that they are not in film school to "talk about film," but to "make films." I appreciate the enthusiasm behind this attitude but it does get frustrating trying to explain to them the value of developing some critical history and theory to go with their production skills.

Regardless, my comment was not directed at you and I apologize if any offense was taken.

Tim

[avram_dodson]

I really enjoyed the Japanese 8mm series as well. It was the only thing I had time to see during the festival. Or rather, made time to see (turned off the cell for a while). The filmmaker, Tetsuya Mariko, who flew in from Japan was a great guy. The sense of fun and lyricism captured in his (and his collegues') films is contageous. He had another film in the fest "Mariko's 30 Pirates" that I missed, but hear is great. I'll try to get in touch with him, and see if the stuff is somewhere on that krazy interweb, so y'all can all enjoy. talking about 8mm is fun, but not as fun as watching.

-a

[ccortez]

This was in no way directed towards you or the other actively working folks on the board. I have the utmost respect for you guys that are actually working and making a living in production.

I try to be active, but in no way am I doing anything like making a living in production. Maybe for that reason, I didn't notice your comment, but I appreciate the sincerity.

No, I'm just an enthusiastic amateur hoping to get a second career out of film in my rapidly approaching waning years. If not, at least I'll have a darkroom and a bunch of great cameras. 8)

[Shion]

The original quote is "talking about music is like dancing about architecture" and noone seems to know who came up with it first.

Igor Stravinsky, maybe? I popped the quote into Google, and a few pages came up suggesting it was him... as well as several other possibilities.

-Bon