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benwoodiwiss
Добавлен 10 дек 2006
Ben Woodiwiss is a Writer/Director from London UK. He established Look/Think Films in 2010 with Producer Nick Jones.
A Lesson from The Discipline of DE: video essay
This is a video essay about a series of revelations I experienced before, while and after watching The Discipline of DE. All clips are used under fair use/criticism.
The Discipline of DE (Gus Van Sant, 1978/79)
Mala Noche (Gus Van Sant, 1986)
Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant, 1989)
My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant, 1991)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Gus Van Sant, 1993)
Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002)
Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
Cul-De-Sac (Roman Polanski, 1966)
Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
The Passion of Anna (Ingmar Bergman, 1969)
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
Scum (Alan Clarke, 1979)
Made ...
The Discipline of DE (Gus Van Sant, 1978/79)
Mala Noche (Gus Van Sant, 1986)
Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant, 1989)
My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant, 1991)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Gus Van Sant, 1993)
Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002)
Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
Cul-De-Sac (Roman Polanski, 1966)
Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
The Passion of Anna (Ingmar Bergman, 1969)
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
Scum (Alan Clarke, 1979)
Made ...
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A Lesson from Head: video essay
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This is a video essay about a series of revelations I experienced while and after watching The Monkees movie Head. All clips are used under fair use/criticism. Head (Bob Rafelson, 1968) Monkees Blow Their Minds (David Winters, 1968) Archive photographs
A Lesson from Le Plaisir: video essay
Просмотров 76Месяц назад
This is a video essay about an ongoing series of revelations I experienced before, during, and since watching Le Plaisir. All clips are used under fair use/criticism. Le Plaisir (Max Ophuls, 1952) Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins, 1974) Way Out West (James W Horne, 1937) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) Le Cop (Claude Zidi, 1984) Three Men and a Cradle (Coline Serrau, 1985) La Ronde (Ma...
Samsara (I'm Not Afraid to Disappear)
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Counting Sheep
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I wanna be the sky
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A Lesson from Seven Chances: video essay
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This is a video essay about an ongoing series of revelations I experienced while and since watching Seven Chances. All clips are used under fair use/criticism. Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, 1925) Pandora's Box (G. W. Pabst, 1929) Sherlock Junior (Buster Keaton, 1924) Children of Pleasure (Harry Beaumont, 1930) Double Whoopee (Lewis R. Foster, 1929) Fishing for Goldfish (Lumiere Brothers, 1895) ...
A Lesson from Simon of the Desert: video essay
Просмотров 230Год назад
This is a video essay about an ongoing series of revelations I experienced while and since watching Simon of the Desert. All clips are used under fair use/criticism. Simon of the Desert (Luis Bunuel, 1965) Un Chien Andalou (Luis Bunuel & Salvador Dali, 1929) L'Age d'Or (Luis Bunuel, 1930) Gran Casino (Luis Bunuel, 1947) Los Olvidados (Luis Bunuel, 1950) Susana (Luis Bunuel, 1951) Mexican Bus Ri...
A Lesson from Lonesome Cowboys: video essay
Просмотров 545Год назад
This is a video essay about an ongoing series of revelations I experienced while watching Lonesome Cowboys. All clips are used under fair use/criticism. Film clips from: Lonesome Cowboys (Andy Warhol, 1968) Poor Little Rich Girl (Andy Warhol, 1965) Outer and Inner Space (Andy Warhol, 1965) Soap Opera (Andy Warhol, 1964) The Life of Juanita Castro (Andy Warhol, 1965) Kiss (Andy Warhol, 1964) Che...
A Lesson from Koyaanisqatsi: video essay
Просмотров 194Год назад
This is a video essay about an ongoing series of revelations I experienced and continue to experience while watching Koyaanisqatsi. All clips are used under fair use/criticism. Film clips from: Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1982) Sid and Nancy (Alex Cox, 1986) Angel Heart (Alan Parker, 1987) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1987) The Case of the Bloody Iris (Giuliano Carnimeo, 1972) Los ...
Kvinnefrisen [The Frieze of Woman]
Просмотров 200Год назад
Kvinnefrisen is the award-winning first short film from Look/Think Films. A trilogy of films on the relationship between the viewer and the woman on the screen. Starring Elizabeth Knight, Angela Schultz, Francesca Paterson, and Johanna Bøttger Raita. Featuring Viktoria Winge, Julia Schact, and Ingrid Bolsø Berdal.
A Lesson from Zabriskie Point: video essay
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A Lesson from Zabriskie Point: video essay
I adore this film! I must revisit it! Great video. Instantly subbed!
Thanks so much! 🙌 Everyone should revisit this film every now and then 🔥
Would have been wild if Charles Manson got in
😆
7:00 I would like the hear the Magnolia story, please.
Okay, no promises - I'm already working on a different one at the moment 🙌
I never saw the movie though I was a fan of the TV show. However, it was the first thing my mond went to from the title, so I cliked. And now I'm subscribed. so that's fun.
This is a rollercoaster, I love it 🔥🙌
@@benwoodiwiss generally, there are fewer typos, but I like to include a few so you feel like this comment is left by an authentic human... (or I forgot to proofread again, so it goes)
I liked the Monkees musical group and TV show, but the movie was a big disappointment.
But that makes sense when you think how they were trying to do something *so* different
"Do you mean to tell me you don't see the connection between government and laughing at people?"
🤣 I was 50/50 on whether to go with that line or the line I ended up going with
Man I hope this channel gets bigger! I'd share it, but I don't have any friends 😅
Oh dude, thank you so much - and I appreciate the sentiment 🙌
I don't know that it's very relevant to what you say, but it looks to me like "the shot" is actually two shots with a hidden cut.
One on the throw, one on the roll? I sure don't need much encouragement to watch it a few more times 🙌
@@benwoodiwiss Yeah basically. I think there's a cut in the blank frames between the throw (which doesn't seem very directional) and the roll (which does). Not a hill I'm willing to die on, but it kinda looks that way to me.
@@verybutton You could be right here, I keep watching it and it's hard to tell - Antonioni *did* love going to extra (hidden) effort - hey, the roll is my hill, so we're all cool, this is just a super interesting possibility 🤝
Great movie.
Amen 🙌
you pick such interesting films for your video essays, i really loved the “Lonesome Cowboys” video, thank you, keep going
Oh wow, thank you so much, and really pleased you like them 🙌🔥
🤘my friend
🙌 🤝 thank you!
Hey man! Clicked on this by chance and glad that I did. Yes, it may be difficult to get over the failures or loss of loved one, but let's not forget that there is joy in being alive and being a part of this show called Life. Keep on keeping on!
Thank you so much 🙌
Great reflexions on movie! 👏👏👍
Thank you so much 🔥🙌
Antonioni's main thematic trope was isolation. Often times the languid pace of certain shots deals with externalizing visually what the characters might be going through internally. He's like an impressionistic painter who uses visuals versus dialogue to express character development and move story forward. Often times he's extremely subtle like Lavventura or La Notte, and others he's very overt and almost cartoonish about it like Zabriskie. I think you could've used Children of Men instead of the Dardennes. Much more widely known and probably better example, at least in invisibility. I think long takes tend to get ruined when they're noticeable, because it becomes just an ego thing of a filmmaker showing off. If you're already AWARE that you haven't changed the shot you're probably boring people more than building tension. A lot of European and Asian arthouse handicap themselves from getting more mainstream audiences in the West for their work when they disregard pacing for the sake of a longer shot language. That's why I think Cuaron happens to be more interesting as a long take filmmaker than most people we relate to the technique because you almost never reach that point of noticing the long take, it's all just about blocking and processing events in real time not extending shots for no reason. In Roma, one of the most devastating scenes is her getting stood up at the cinemas after telling her boyfriend she's pregnant. She steps outside to look for him and there's like this minute where she's just desperate and relizing what's happening, no dialogue, no camera move, just her alone getting drowned by the crowd noise and the street vendors. It's not only emotionally and cinematically perfect, it's a freaking time machine because almost every latin person of a certain age who grew up down there is TRANSPORTED in that mini scene. It's soooooo realisitc and just, amazing. Compared to certain blocking decisions in The Revenant or Birdman for example (same DP different director), where the camera scenes constantly feel like they're "acted" and "performed" because the camera has to swoop and circle around the characters reaction to the over the shoulders and swoop back, it's all just very noticeable and you'd save so much by simply editing. It became too much like VR as opposed to seeing a majestic long shot. Bi Gan's Long Day's Journey also gave me that same feeling. Masterful craft and inspiring to watch, but also quite dull and ultimately ineffective at creating lasting emotional impact. Very good hybrid directors who use long takes to frame specific scenes and moments of their films are Scorsese (Irishman, that PHONE CALL), Spielberg and Steve McQueen. In fact, Joe Walker always says that Steve has that innate ability to hold JUST until the shot makes its point, then we cut not before. Check out Twin Peak The Return for a filmmaker that is in complete control of film language and uses pacing almost as a thematic element. This entire video reminds me of that one episode ending where the barkeep is literally sweeping at the end of the night for 3 minutes in silence. Most episodes actually tend to end in atmospheric long takes as credits roll. Haunting.
Thank you for sharing, and I really do appreciate you taking the time to write
Have you seen The Passenger by Antonionni? The penultimate shot in that one lasts 7 minutes or so before the next cut. That film is full of long take shots.
Yes I have, love that ending 🙌
As you showed, ZP was not the first film to make use of time lapse and extended scenes. When I saw this film for the first time, I definitely did not spend time on the gas canister scene. I was enthralled by the opening student rebellion conversation, the sex/love scene in the desert, and of course the grand finale. But I think that the extended scene is a generally a "lost art" in cinema today. You mention the average length is 8 seconds. What's the average length today? The attention span has been compressed even further. We don't get the luxury of lingering in a particular scene, although some director still do make the effort to be generous to their viewers, I suppose. Your insight was ok but nothing monumental or revelatory for me. But hey, I watched your vid from start to end. And that was much longer than 8 seconds. ;-)
Hah, thanks! I think the mean average for English language ASL is down to around 2.5 seconds now - but that data's a few years old. Not sure how that ties in with increasing length of films too. Always nice to meet a fellow ZP stan 🙌
Creating a video essay on this right now, very interesting.
Amazing! Thank you so much, and please do share the link 🙏
@@benwoodiwiss Will most definitely do! I'd also love to do an analysis/video essay on Benny Loves Killing, but besides streaming it is hard to obtain footage/the whole film. I wonder if theres any way to purchase the film for a digital copy. Thank you so much for the reply and am eagerly working on both videos very soon! :D
@@TheManilaMile I don't know whether it's accessible from The Philippines, but it is available from a streaming platform called Spamflix - also wow 🤩 thank you so much! 🙏
This is amazing
Thank you so much 🙏
After watching The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, I wanted more of Bunuel and went for the shortest movie. And that is how I got to watch Simon in the desert. I really like the moral spirituality of it and am way absolutely pleased by the ending. I was not expecting it.
Right? It's a beautiful ending - I recorded/edited a whole bit on that, but cut it for time
Well, this made me feel a lot of feelings..
Thank you! 🙌 Is that good? That's probably good, right?
Again this is just absolutely brilliant, and also incredibly moving. Wonderful.
My dude, thank you so much 🙏
I love absolutely everything about this. Everything. It's brilliant as a video essay, it's brilliant as a performance, it's brilliant as a short film. The tone you've nailed here, I haven't the words at this time of night to describe it, but it's just perfect, even aside from the specifics of what you're communicating, the way you've used your voice and the layering of the voice and the pace of it and the pace of the imagery alongside (your editing I mean, not just, like, the pace of the film whizzing by or crawling), it's intimate and feels conversational or maybe even like an overheard conversation in a strange way but it's also incredibly striking and compelling as a piece of sound design. I'm really glad I caught the mention of these video essays on twitter earlier tonight, for right from the off it's obvious you've hit something in this format this is just perfectly suited to your unique brand of analysis.
I mean... dude... thank you so much 🙏 It sounds arrogant to say 'I made these for people who love cinema' but I made these for people who love cinema, and you're one of them, so it really is for you 😀 really glad you got it, and thanks so much for the kind words above - I've been spinning these into the void, with nothing but rumination on how they might be landing, so it's just lovely to see some of how this one is landing 🚀
Fucking legendary films need to be shot like this now …
🙌 Sing it
thanks for sharing this
You are very welcome, thank you so much for watching 🙏
Fascinating video essay Ben. Would be interested in seeing you develop these thoughts in further video essays. For example - the whole ‘slow cinema’ idea, where these extended shots are applied to a whole film, and you get a completely different pacing and cinema experience. I’m thinking of Bela Tarr’s films, particularly Werchmeister Harmonies. I wouldn’t want all films to be like that, but it does give it a special quality.
Clive! Thanks so much, and yeah slow cinema is a whole thing - changes the dynamic/tone of what a film is completely. I don't know if I'll keep talking about the same thing or spiral out into different areas, either way every element of cinema folds into every other element, so it'll all be related somehow :)
This is interesting. Time lapse is no doubt another form of long held shot.
Dominic! As I live and breathe. Thanks so much, and yes - time-lapse is very much tied into this. In fact, if I ever manage to finish this difficult 'second film essay' you'll see some of that included 😃