Lightplay Black White Gray (Germany, 1930) Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. 5:30 B&W A perfect treat for the Art…
Notes from the Underground
Welcome! As the title implies, this page is the “home base” for all the “diaries, notes and sketches” (to coin a Jonas Mekas title) devoted to independent, underground, avant-garde (insert term here) films and filmmakers. The site is always a work in progress, and never is that more true than for this section. Reviews will be added as I continue to excavate my old film notes. Watch this space!
Auteurs: Michael Crochetiere, Jim Davis, Karel Doing, Ellie Epp, Bea Haut, Ben Haymen, George Kuchar, Louise LeBeau, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Isabella Pruska-Oldenhof, Greg Pope, David Rimmer
Canadian Pacific (1974)
Canadian Pacific (Canada, 1974) David Rimmer. 10 min color This very pleasing project, one of Rimmer’s…
Nocturne (1996)
Nocturne (Canada, 1996) Michael Crochetiere. 6 min color Eureka. A movie that is just tailor-made for…
Song of the Firefly (2002)
Song of the Firefly (Canada, 2002) Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof. 5 min color This is a remarkable short…
Current (1982)
Current (Canada, 1982) Ellie Epp 3 min color Bluish lines pulsate, converge and presumably “mate” as…
Desert Veils (1992)
Desert Veils (Canada, 1992) Louise Lebeau 14 min color B&W This interesting documentary is as much…
Impulses (1959)
Impulses (USA, 1959) Jim Davis 9:15 color In what is reportedly Jim Davis’ favourite of his…
Energies (1957)
Energies (USA, 1957) Jim Davis 9:15 color This wonderful short by the esteemed Jim Davis is…
Whirlwind (1998)
Whirlwind (Netherlands, 1998) Karel Doing, Greg Pope, Bea Haut & Ben Haymen 9 min color This…
Maas Observation (1997)
Maas Observation (Netherlands, 1997) Karel Doing, Greg Pope 11 min B&W This quiet black-and-white short is…
Energy Energy (1999)
Energy Energy (Netherlands, 1999) Karel Doing 7 min B&W This is a found-footage piece which depicts…
Cyclone Alley Ceramics (2000)
Cyclone Alley Ceramics (USA, 2000) George Kuchar 11 min color This melodramatic send-up, set in an…