I film therefore I am. — Jim Lane
Cinesthesia 07 Original Broadcast: February 29, 2024. RADIO PLAYLIST 1. aquapher (Jared Bremner) / rings • 2. aquapher (Jared Bremner) / consonant • 3. aquapher (Jared Bremner) / broked • 4. aquapher (Jared Bremner) / vowel • 5. aquapher (Jared Bremner) / ambidexchewus • 6. LA Alfonso / MeMovie: Director’s Notebook, Episode 1 (work-in-progress) 7. Ennio Morricone / On Earth as it is in Heaven (film: The Mission) 8. Ennio Morricone / Brothers (film: The Mission) 9. Ennio Morricone / Carlotta (film: The Mission) • 10. Ennio Morricone / Vista Nostra (film: The Mission) • 11. Ennio Morricone / Climb (film: The Mission) • 12 aquapher (Jared Bremner) / Eincynn
The Filmmaker as the Film’s Protagonist: here is a list (in progress) of personal documentaries, first-person films, diary films, documentaries as film memoirs, and cinematic self-inscription https://letterboxd.com/lesteralfonso/list/the-filmmaker-as-the-films-protagonist/by/release-earliest/ on my Letterboxd account.
Shortly after the release of David Holzman’s Diary (1967), the U.S. documentary scene shifted to factual modes of autobiography inspired by a fictional prototype. The imaginary experiment inspired some documentarists to explore the relationship between the nonfiction camera and their private world. What was once an anomaly in documentaries is now more typically accepted. “The invigoration of autobiography in the documentary has set up new possibilities for both modes of representation.” In his book, Jim Lane offers a modern-day Cartesian aphorism, ‘I film therefore I am.’ However, he says, “Self-inscription in film and video remains a complex practice, beholden to discourse conventions and history.” READ MORE https://laalfonso.substack.com/
Reference: Jim Lane. The Autobiographical Documentary in America. The University of Wisconsin Press, 2002.
aquapher https://aquapher.bandcamp.com/
LA Alfonso / MeMovie: Director’s Notebook, Episode 1 (work-in-progress) https://vimeo.com/821517718