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The Realist (2013)
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The Realist (2013)
Degrees of Limitation (1982) by Scott Stark
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The Realist (preview)
by Scott Stark
preview created for the Toronto International Film Festival, taking place in September 2013.
The Hollow Ones: Michael Sicinski on SCOTT STARK'S THE REALIST
When watching Scott Stark’s wonderful new film The Realist, my mind unexpectedly shot back to a 1977 work by Peter Kubelka. Although it’s strange to think of a minor Kubelka film, especially in a career characterized by such parsimony of expression, not that much has been written about Pause!, partly because it is so notably different from the heavily edited, “high articulation” films on which Kubelka built his reputation. Pause!, by contrast, consists of uninterrupted camera rolls of Kubelka’s fellow Austrian avant-gardist Arnulf Rainer, as he contorts his face and body, struggling to maintain his balance. As one watches Pause!, it becomes apparent that the limitations of Rainer’s body are setting the parameters of Kubelka’s shots. In fact, although we cannot be exactly certain of this, it appears that Rainer is taking a breath at the start of each shot, and that Kubelka’s shot lasts until Rainer collapses under the necessity of resuming respiration. Continue Reading on MUBI Notebook
FIELDS AND FRAMES
Three experiments in cinematic space. OUTWORK Dir Stephen Sutcliffe. UK 2013. 24min A filmic collage inspired by micro-sociologist Erving Goffman’s book Frame Analysis, which explores how conclusions drawn from interactions shift dramatically due to changes in their framing contexts. THE REALIST Dir Scott Stark. USA 2013. 40min A highly abstracted melodrama storyboarded with flickering still photographs, peopled with department store mannequins and located in the visually heightened universe of clothing displays, fashion islands and storefront windows. THE CHIMERA OF M Dir Sebastian Buerkner. UK 2013. 24min Entering the unfamiliar virtual space of a 3D, stereoscopic digital animation, viewers find themselves behind the eyes of an unseen and distinctly unreliable protagonist. Running time c89 min FRI 18 15:45 NFT3 book tickets
THE REALIST by Scott Stark
THE REALIST Dir. Scott Stark
USA 2013. 40min A highly abstracted melodrama storyboarded with flickering still photographs, peopled with department store mannequins and located in the visually heightened universe of clothing displays, fashion islands and storefront windows.