Comments on: Still (1969-71, Ernie Gehr) Pt. II: Screen of consciousness

By: alsolikelife

alsolikelife — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:16:01 +0000

i think the factoid of the film being shot from where gehr spent 8 hrs a day working and/or staring out the window did more to galvanize my appreciation for the film than any number of insightful interpretations on the film’s aesthetic significance. something like that brings the whole thing down to earth and makes it not just accessible but quite moving, really. go figure.

with literature i can’t help but avoid reviews or commentary, as I don’t know where to look for them!

By: jesse

jesse — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:46:49 +0000

“During â€œsceneâ€ #4, Iâ€™m starting to regret my decision to read up on the film before watching it. I wonder if reading those articles made me overconceptualize the work in my head, that it preempted my ability to receive the film first and foremost as an experience rather than as a concept.”

Such a thin line to walk on, particularly with “difficult” films, like this one seems to be–I try to always avoid all contact with any kind of critical commentary/review of a film before I actually watch it (though curiously, I don’t feel the same about literature), though sometimes I find myself thinking afterwards “I probably would have enjoyed that more if I had had some idea of what was going on beforehand.”

Anyway, just a random thought, since that seems all I’m capable of throwing up these days.

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