Schlagwort: film still

Old Films New Scans

Recently I had the opportunity to have several of my old almost forgotten super 8 films scanned! Very hi res and for free as part of a film studies research project. The sound is bad, taken from the ridiculously slim magnetic tape on the film … I will have to re-edit it.

Here comes the first film, a little poem in 2 words called “ABE”, from 1989 … click here!!

Yksi Kaksi Kolme

Sometimes films just fall from heaven. I was ready, trees were sugared, friend was happy to help with camera, the dung heap – all odor and vapor. I count to three, yksi kaksi kolme in Finnish, so beautiful words, resembling to nothing else!
And the film came.
Double, triple exposed, two Dagies, three Dagies and my ever questioning how the hell does the universe ticktocktackle??

Here’s the film (German)

Here’s the film (English)

Walking On A Fragile Layer

This is a still image from a super 8 film. Expired East German ORWO material, very old, very fragile, very sensitive to temperatures …. The three colour layers tend to peel off until only one colour remains or none at all.
In this case I was lucky that content and form danced together!