Week 4

I thought that Eliza really set up the semester of presentations very well. Jonas Mekas seems to have begun the fad of vlogging and possibly even the concept of Youtube. Her presentation made me want to search the internships that you had mentioned. It also made my wanderlust for NYC even more painfully prominent.
Billy and Michael kept the ball rolling. I thought it was so interesting to learn more about the earlier experimentalists, because all I really hear about is Man Ray, Maya Deren, and Stan Brakhage. Not that anything is wrong with any of them, but I enjoy learning new perspectives!
I was originally a Studio Art major, so learning about early animations (or animations in general) are a particular interest of mine. In 6x1 this summer, I drew on a film to create a moving fire and fish and trees. It took forever and it lasted about 10 seconds (crying emoji).
Hans Richter's Rhythmus 21 must've been so cool to see premiered. How different than anything else! A little dry now compared to Jacob Black changing into a wolf, but still (only kidding, everyone knows Harry Potter has my affections).
Harry Smith seems like a hoot. I especially loved watching his work and wondering how many drugs, and what kind of drugs he was taking at the time. A 7 (?) hour film... with that crazy plot. Huh. Did he hang out with John, George, Paul, or Ringo?

The Absolute Film article pretty much reminded me of the Disney Fantasia movie from when I was little... I think the last time I watched it was when I was about 4. I hated it. There were no mermaids, no princesses, and nothing I could sing along too. Plus, I was a highly sensitive kid, and remembered there being some kind of conflict occurring--I don't even know if that was actually the case.
Maybe I should re-watch it. I wonder what I would think now....