One of the central tenants of modernist film and photography is the use of extreme camera angles. Whether members of the so-called “New Vision” of the Bauhaus in Germany, the Italian Futurists or the Russian Constructivists, these photographic artists hoped to break out of the same old tired viewing habits based on central perspective, in order to depict reality in new and surprising ways.
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February 17, 2012 - 12:07 pm
January 20, 2012 - 12:38 pm
The first film festival of the calendar year for Angelinos is not Sundance, but rather the Scandinavian Film Festival, staged over two weekends at the beginning of January at the Writers Guild Theatre on Doheny. I recently attended the opening day of the 13th SFF. Founded in 2000 by the operatic baritone James Koenig, formerly of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, now an Angelino and for 13 years the passionate director of the Scandinavian Film Festival.
January 6, 2012 - 11:52 am
The afterglow of the “L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema” exhibition’s closing night party carried us all through the holidays. The wonderful nine weeks of inspired drama, both on screen, on stage, and in the audience also helped. During our holiday break, I took the opportunity to see other “Pacific Standard Time” exhibitions, but when I got an email on New Year’s Day from S. Torriano Berry, announcing a screening at KAOS Network, I knew I needed my L.A. Rebellion fix.
L.A. Rebellion Blog
February 7, 2012 - 4:10 pm
Since 1997, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has partnered with the Sundance Institute to preserve independent documentaries, narratives and shorts. The resulting Sundance Collection at UCLA is highlighted each year at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with special "From the Collection" screenings of key titles.
January 31, 2012 - 11:54 am
The past week’s reporting out of Sundance, surrounding Spike Lee’s comments at the premiere of his feature Red Hook Summer, has raised and rehearsed a number of familiar, fraught, but important conversations about media and race.
