First of all, this is a metafilm, some hollywood propaganda, and it is not meditative at all, but it is a thing that students should see in any introduction to film class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhhnFP1GWHI The youtube version looks terrible, if anyone knows of a better one I would love to see it. I guess I think of Jordan Belson's _Cycles_ as the kind of thing you are looking for. Pennebaker's _Daybreak Express_ is a cool and beautiful film that starts slow, then becomes very upbeat and exciting, but then becomes slow and quiet again at the end. McLaren's _A Chairy Tale_ is kind of weird and might be a bit long for keeping students attention, but I think it makes a point about being loved and appreciated. Keaton's _The Railrodder_ is on youtube and it is in many ways a kind of slow and contemplative film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYmcN12M97o May require some explanation about swimming the atlantic and so forth. So many of the abstract films I can think of are anything but slow and contemplative... --scott _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
