Floating Through Film

On Episode 192 of Floating Through Film, we're concluding our series picked by Dany on Experimental Film. This week we're focusing on another major figure of the American Avant-Garde, the "structuralist" filmmaker Ernie Gehr! Dany spends the first half of the episode going through some of Gehr's interests andconcerns in the cinema, before we briefly discuss some of the films he made over the course of his careers (listed here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-5-ernie-gehr/). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: FTF Comedy Canon Music: -Intro: Early Summer-Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43sTxRVpRBM&list=PLxV6VwFCe969YrUNVkVfL7qyNN9sO41Ct&index=1 Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/⁠, Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/luke67s⁠)Blake Tourville (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/⁠, Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/vladethepoker⁠)Dany Joshuva (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/⁠, Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/grindingthefilm⁠) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: ⁠https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm⁠Letterboxd: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/⁠Email: [email protected]

On Episode 191 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Experimental Film. This week we're focusing on another figure of the American Avant-Garde,the "abstract" filmmaker Jordan Belson! Dany spends the first hour going through some of Belson's interests and concerns, before we briefly discuss some of the films he made over the course of his careers (listed here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-4-jordan-belson/). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Ernie Gehr (List of films we're reviewing: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-5-ernie-gehr/) Music:-Intro: Allures-Outro: Raga   Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/⁠, Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/luke67s⁠)Blake Tourville (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/⁠, Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/vladethepoker⁠)Dany Joshuva (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/⁠, Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/grindingthefilm⁠) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: ⁠https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm⁠Letterboxd: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/⁠Email: [email protected]

On Episode 190 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Experimental Film. This week we're focusing on another one of the key figures of the American Avant-Garde, Stan Brakhage! Dany spends the first hour going through some of Brakhage's main ideas and interests, before we briefly discuss some of the films he made over the course of his careers (listed here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-film-week-3-brakhage/). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Jordan Belson (List of films we're reviewing: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-4-jordan-belson/) Music:-Intro: Early Summer-Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJP-dt4ne-w) Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/⁠,Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/luke67s⁠)Blake Tourville (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/⁠,Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/vladethepoker⁠)Dany Joshuva (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/⁠,Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/grindingthefilm⁠) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: ⁠https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm⁠Letterboxd: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/⁠Email: [email protected]

On Episode 189 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Experimental Film. This week we're focusing on one of the key figures of Avant-Garde film, Maya Deren! Dany spends the first hour going through some of the main ideas of her film and film theory, before reviewing 1943's Meshes of the Afternoon (1:03:27), 1944's At Land (1:14:51), and concluding with her 1946 masterpiece, Ritual in Transfigured Time (1:28:08). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Stan Brakhage (List of films we're doing available here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-3-brakhage/edit/) Music:-Intro: Early Summer -Outro: Early Summer  Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/⁠, Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/luke67s⁠)Blake Tourville (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/⁠, Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/vladethepoker⁠)Dany Joshuva (LB: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/⁠, Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/grindingthefilm⁠) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: ⁠https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm⁠Letterboxd: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/⁠Email: [email protected]

On Episode 188 of Floating Through Film, we're starting a new series picked by Dany, Experimental Film! Dany starts the episode by trying to give some definitions of what "experimental" cinema could even be, before moving to Week 1's topic, The Early Avant-Garde. Taking 5 categories (Direct onFilm Animation, Cine-Poems, Dada/Surrealism, Absolute Film, French Avant-Garde) from A.L. Rees's book on Experimental Film, we go through a couple short films from each category (all films on available on Youtube, listed here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-film-series/). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Maya Deren  Music:-Intro: Colour Box (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEqTwwkB3Y)-Outro: Lichtspiel Opus 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkJwE2Q9Cac)Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]