Ryerson Lecture Series: November 8, 2007 – Bruce Elder

“Reason is the advisory of thought”.
Man With A Movie Camera is a theory of film presented on film.
MWAMC is a lesson in seeing a chronological character of film’s time.
“Integration of art and life”.
“Art should make use of industrial materials and techniques.”
The artist is a worker, just like other workers.
Paradoxes.
Film as an absolute visual language.
Transportation moves things, cinema moves communication.
Cinema gives new geographic relationships, better world (juxtaposition of babies).
Traffic signals equals communication signals.
Pigeons shown flying backwards. Does camera capture life unawares or does it transform the event?

~ by epkfilms on June 14, 2008.