The fifth installment of the Wavelength series featured 5 separate films in the experimental/avant garde vain.
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a film by Kathryn Mackay and Alexi Manis. The film was shot over the period of 2 weeks using single-frame photography. The film starts with a finished painting by Kathryn Mackay and works backwards until we end up looking at a blank canvas.
Ruby Skin
a film by Eve Heller. Ruby Skin is a film using found footage from the sixties. Varying clips spliced together to create new meanings. The film is faded giving the whole thing a magenta hue.
Shape Shift
a film by Scott Stark. The film features Stark in varying poses and moves shot by 2 cameras at 180 degree angle using very quick cuts back and forth to create a mutated fragmented look at his actions.
SSHTOORRTY
a film by Michael Snow. Snow latest film shot as a single long take spliced in 2 and then superimposed. The dialogue is in Farsi and there are subtitles. The scene is repeated 12 times.
Wavelength
a film by Michael Snow. The film that gave the Wavelength series its name. Shot in 1967 the film is recognized as one of the most influential in the history of experimental film. The film is a single shot that slowly zooms in to a photo on the far wall.
To discuss or try to explain experimental films is a hard thing to do (its like trying to describe a painting with words). You really have to see them to understand what they are all about. Of the five shown I would have to say that Ruby Skin was my favorite because it combined the things I like best in art. Found/discarded pieces of pop culture from an age gone by recycled or resurrected into a brand new piece and at only 4 minutes it suited my attention span.
tags:Tiff, toronto international film festival, film, movies
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