Remodernist film
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Remodernist film developed in the United States and the United Kingdom in the late 1990s and early 21st century and is related to the British art movement Stuckism and its manifesto, Remodernism.
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[edit] History
Remodernist film calls for a return to emotional and spiritual meaning in cinema, as well as an emphasis on narrative structure and subjectivity. Elements of French New Wave, No Wave Cinema and punk film, expressionist and transcendental filmmaking helped lead to this new film movement. They champion the works of Andrei Tarkovsky, Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, F.W. Murnau, Wong Kar-wai, Jean Vigo, Amos Poe, Jean Epstein and Nicholas Ray among others [1].
The first Remodernist films and filmmakers included Youngblood (1995) by Harris Smith, Shooting at the Moon (1998-2003) by Jesse Richards and Nicholas Watson, and Medway Bus Ride (1999) by Wolf Howard [1].
Remodernist film began as a film movement when a collective of filmmakers and photographers called Remodernist Film and Photography was founded by Richards and Smith in 2004, although the idea of Stuckism in relation to filmmaking and photography had been active since 2001 when Richards and Nicholas Watson began releasing work as The New Haven Stuckists Film Group. On March 8, 2008 their film Shooting at the Moon made its London premiere at Horse Hospital during its FLIXATION Underground Cinema Club event.
After a break from production for a few years, Remodernist film recently began seeking equipment and funds for new films in January, 2009[2].
[edit] Manifesto
On August 27, 2008, Jesse Richards published a 15 point Remodernist Film Manifesto, calling for a "new spirituality in cinema", use of intuition in filmmaking, as well as describing the remodernist film as being a "stripped down, minimal, lyrical, punk kind of filmmaking". Point 4 notes,
"The Japanese ideas of wabi-sabi (the beauty of imperfection) and mono no aware (the awareness of the transience of things and the bittersweet feelings that accompany their passing), have the ability to show the truth of existence, and should always be considered when making the remodernist film."
There are also several polemic statements made in the manifesto that criticize Stanley Kubrick, filmmakers that shoot on digital video, as well as Dogme 95 [3]. In December, 2008, the Turkish film magazine Bakiniz translated the manifesto into Turkish [1].
[edit] External links
- Sex and Lies 1997 Trailer for an early Remodernist film by Jesse Richards and Nicholas Watson.
- Remodernist Film Seeks Outside Help
- Official Blog for Remodernist Film/Jesse Richards
- Interview with Remodernist filmmaker and photographer Jesse Richards on MYARTSPACE.com
[edit] See also
- Jesse Richards
- Wolf Howard
- Nicholas Watson
- Amos Poe
- Shooting at the Moon
- Stuckism
- Remodernism
- Addressing the Shadow and Making Friends with Wild Dogs: Remodernism
- No Wave Cinema
- underground film
- Stuckism Photography
- Postmodernist film
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Interview with Remodernist Filmmaker Jesse Richards", Bakiniz, December 28, 2008 Retrieved December 28, 2008
- ^ "Remodernist Film Seeks Outside Help", When The Trees Were Still Real, January 15, 2009 Retrieved January 15, 2009
- ^ "Remodernist Film Manifesto", When The Trees Were Still Real, August 27, 2008 Retrieved September 1, 2008
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