miércoles, septiembre 01, 2004
because I am an artist
I am devoting my life to what is inappropriately called "The Experimental Film" in America, because I am an artist and, as such, am convinced that freedom of personal expression (that which is called "experiment" by those who don't understand it) is the natural beginning of any art...There is no place for an artist in the film studios, because they have universally adopted theatrical or literary forms and have become [an] extension of the art of the theater at best, or the novel at worst. There is virtually no art of the film to be found in any formalized motion picture producing system I know of and probably never will be. Brakhage, Metaphors on Vision.
Cosmic Baseball Asociation on Brakhage
The "freedom of personal expression." How could such expression ever find the light of day in the commercial movie making industry where stars and fantasy stories mixed to produce profits not visions? Films that have been called "experimental," "avant-garde," "personal," "subjective," "trance," "lyrical," "independent," "underground" and so on are films in which the artist's motivation is more poetic than commercial.
Cosmic Baseball Asociation on Brakhage
The "freedom of personal expression." How could such expression ever find the light of day in the commercial movie making industry where stars and fantasy stories mixed to produce profits not visions? Films that have been called "experimental," "avant-garde," "personal," "subjective," "trance," "lyrical," "independent," "underground" and so on are films in which the artist's motivation is more poetic than commercial.
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# posted by alvaro @ 6:54 p. m. 
