Interesting films are copies of life (or something related to life) that enclose and acknowledge themselves.
I call this "folding," where the film does something and them does something with itself, usually the same "something." That's the idea in many, many films. It is a hot topic in some films schools and many script labs.
And that's what this veteran of film intellectual circles addresses (even though he is from a historically daft area cinematic ally).
Nominally, this is about a man who copies his own reality and encounters the copies. What makes it interesting viewing is how the "copying" is woven into the actual making of the film: what we see was "filmed," then each frame made into a photocopy (with many artifacts of paper) and then filmed. So we get two layers of paper and two layers of film interwoven. Only the paper artifacts are acknowledged.
Very clever. It is only an essay compared to a real folded film like "Moulin Rouge," but a fun film school exercise in real folding.
Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
I call this "folding," where the film does something and them does something with itself, usually the same "something." That's the idea in many, many films. It is a hot topic in some films schools and many script labs.
And that's what this veteran of film intellectual circles addresses (even though he is from a historically daft area cinematic ally).
Nominally, this is about a man who copies his own reality and encounters the copies. What makes it interesting viewing is how the "copying" is woven into the actual making of the film: what we see was "filmed," then each frame made into a photocopy (with many artifacts of paper) and then filmed. So we get two layers of paper and two layers of film interwoven. Only the paper artifacts are acknowledged.
Very clever. It is only an essay compared to a real folded film like "Moulin Rouge," but a fun film school exercise in real folding.
Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.