this is kind of amazing

[bohonato]

http://www.ubu.com/film/

avant-garde and underground galore
or close to it.

[judih]

thanks, bohonato,
i'm checking out Andy Warhol
What have you seen? What do you recommend?

[bohonato]

I haven't gotten a chance to watch a bunch, but I saw the Jean Genet, and half of the David Wojnarowicz.

The Jean Genet was Un Chant d'Amour from 1950. Its a love story set in a men's prison, and originally intended to be a porn film. Banned due to explicit homosexual content, though the genitalia probably didn't help either.

Wojnarowicz's is Where Evil Dwells, from 1985. I fell asleep halfway through, not due to the film, but because I was just tired. I think the best word to describe it would be disturbing.

I'm going to half to set a time to watch more, as there are several of my favourite artists represented here.

[bennie2]

great site! I was reading something today about brakhage so I watched this:
http://www.ubu.com/film/brakhage.html

Interesting film. I like that idea that sound is an aesthetical error in filmmaking, making it harder to pay attention to the visuals, thus detracting from the main focus of film; pictures.