Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Remember Summer?

This was made for a screening of films based upon the sun that was supposed to happen in San Francisco last year, but got cancelled at the last minute.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

it's a blue blue tuesday, but what a beautiful day

Jeffery Von Ragan's film "Down Canvas Cloud" drizzles a wonder of blues down upon san francisco life.

Down, Canvas Cloud from Jeffrey Von Ragan on Vimeo.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Creepy escapades

Walking around late at night i'll often think of this film. There's so much out there and so many people and we don't have eyes in the backs of our heads or on the sides, what are we missing, and what's really going on between the cracks of reality?

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Multiple layers of generational speak

Richard Touhy's film "Cocky-Two" begins somewhat normal, but quickly folds into itself over and then over and then over and over again creating a kaleidoscoptic vision of bird and mirrors, but what i find truly amazing is the unique languages created by the bird layered over and over itself.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Come hang with Johnny Public

Jon Moritsugu's film "mommy mommy where's my brain?" compiles together distraught disturbances, antagonized yearnings, and some fine editing indeed.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Beware the Witch

Nice exquisite corpse film in vein of a scavenger hunt.

Beware the Witch from Sailors on Belmont on Vimeo.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Happy Autum

QUE VIVA NUEVCA MEJICO!! AYYYYYYYY YI YI YI YI YI YI YI YIIIIIIIIII!!!!
QUE VIVA FIESTA!!

Le Tigre en La Cage

A poor ol' Tiger all bored in Prison for mauling the Neighbor kid just wants some love.

Le Tigre en La Cage from Sailors on Belmont on Vimeo.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Paper Landscape at Les Voutes Paris

I stumbled across this while looking at Bruce McClure stuff. I really like this a lot though. The interaction between filmmaker then and now separated only by the projection of the past is pretty poetic.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Prepare a Rite

Reading the paper is bad for me.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Island Song (1976)

Charlemagne Palestine (b. 1947)
This is a work of art. It reminds me as well of Jon Jost's film "Bell Diamond". That empty odd landscape of rocks and shacks, in a place you know, but don't know. And of course the beautiful sounds, the wonderful noise, the masterful tones the rhythms. What an odd piece of music and yet so wonderfully true.

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

Dance of the Deviant

This was my first attempt at a "narrative" cartoon made with this style, hi-contrast 16mm film hand processed. It all began with this character I made and I simply wanted to make him dance!

Dance of the Deviant from Benjamin Popp on Vimeo.

Via Chicago

This is an introduction I made for a film screening this past June

via chicago show intro from Benjamin Popp on Vimeo.

No Vacancy!

This was made for a friend's Urban Planning graduate thesis project entitled "No Vacancy!". The idea of the project is to place artists into vacant spaces while they are waiting to be rented, fill in the voids with color and ideas.

Health Care Para Toda!

I needed to say something about health care and this was my only voice I could think of to use. I made this in an hour.

Health Care Para Toda! from Benjamin Popp on Vimeo.