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Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991)
no more weird than cnn
just wanted to add that i really like the video, and i think its no more weird than any television talk show or game show or news show or presidential election show: it mixes up a lot (in our heads i mean), but the confusion comes from the matter, not from the artist.
it's full of speculations and confusing plot points, as part of what it is about. in fact it was the only movie i ever saw, that was able to both analyze and illustrate the TV strategies of war reporting since operation desert storm (which it is exactly about) and the beginning new world order. that's maybe what seems technically overwrought?
seems to me, other artists like godard or kitano work the same way, merging so many images, synthezising so many parts of life, in the end you're overwhelmed. because we are not used to watch movies that way. because there is little chance to see stuff like this in cinemas.
thx for your attention. ;)
Blindman's Ball (1988)
Pure Synesthesia
A intense, multi-exposed celluloid delirium about a poor man in fever and a woman taking care of him. The main set is a simple chamber, a bed. Under sound artist Anthony Moore's giddy accordion/sampler score, the soundtrack manages to merge all visual and acoustic layers to a level where realities, fantasies and memories appear to consist of the same matter. It's been almost 2 decades since i've seen »blindman's ball«, but I watched it many times then and still remember voice bits of Portuguese fado legend Amalia; steps on wooden stairs; watering towels to cool down the fever. An extremely synesthetic picture, this. Psychedelic. A great work, too.