an early black and white example of a mock-documentary, this features a young filmmaker (holzman) who attempts to discover the 'truth' about his life by recording it on film, drawing on jean-luc godard's observation that 'film is truth 24 times a second'. the film covers eight days in july, 1967, as holzman documents his neighbourhood, stalks female strangers, interviews a friend and a neighbour, drives his girlfriend away with his continuous filming, and eventually becomes frustrated himself with the lack of revelations provided by his camera. although more introspective than any of the other texts listed here, this film is also more direct in its examination of the nature of film and its relationship to reality.
9:30 'stroszek'
<<dir. werner herzog, us/ger;
bruno S. was spotted by herzog in the documentary ‘bruno der schwarze - es blies ein jäger wohl in sein horn' (1970). herzog promptly cast bruno — an improvisational street musician with no experience of acting — as his lead actor in ‘the enigma of kaspar hauser' (1974). director have seen the untapped potential of bruno S. — the unwanted, uneducated son of a prostitute who had previously spent most of his life in mental institutions or jail.
bruno also starred in stroszek (1977), which herzog wrote in a few days especially for him.
. monday'screening [20 th march]..generation'68 experienta
7:30 'a david holzman's diary'
>>dir. jim mcbride, us.1968
an early black and white example of a mock-documentary, this features a young filmmaker (holzman) who attempts to discover the 'truth' about his life by recording it on film, drawing on jean-luc godard's observation that 'film is truth 24 times a second'. the film covers eight days in july, 1967, as holzman documents his neighbourhood, stalks female strangers, interviews a friend and a neighbour, drives his girlfriend away with his continuous filming, and eventually becomes frustrated himself with the lack of revelations provided by his camera. although more introspective than any of the other texts listed here, this film is also more direct in its examination of the nature of film and its relationship to reality.
9:30 'stroszek'
<<dir. werner herzog, us/ger;
bruno S. was spotted by herzog in the documentary ‘bruno der schwarze - es blies ein jäger wohl in sein horn' (1970). herzog promptly cast bruno — an improvisational street musician with no experience of acting — as his lead actor in ‘the enigma of kaspar hauser' (1974). director have seen the untapped potential of bruno S. — the unwanted, uneducated son of a prostitute who had previously spent most of his life in mental institutions or jail.
bruno also starred in stroszek (1977), which herzog wrote in a few days especially for him.
one of the greatest movie in his filmography..