San Francisco Cinematheque Program Notes (1984)

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without talking about what's good in the fiL-n. If it's truly av.i'ul. rr.en it's just ri^ht. because that's exactly what v.'e had in nund. If you can't enjoy that kind of awfulness. "hat's another ir<atter,.. and I'd have to say 'that's your problem because, after all. there are plenty of other lends of awfulness that you really do enjoy, and YOU know it!'..." R.N. BLEU SHUT ''-r7C! 33 "lin Soundtrack by Nelson v/ith William Wiley " Bleu Shut 13 a prime example of the participatory film, a form which emerged at the ena of the 1960s out of extensions of the structural film... The participatory films follow the direction established by the structural cinema in finding corollaries for the conscious mind..." P.A. Sitney, Visionary Film "...You can see a boat in a harbor and have one reaction to it, walk around and see the name and have a different reaction. The boat feels one way if it's called Mary Jane; it feels another way if it's called The Weekender. It loote different. For me those names, and the kitsch mentality they reflect are ap- pealing and repulsive. Since you can feel both ways about them, there's an edge and that edge appeals to me... The clock came out of my own arduous struggle to sit through a lot of independent movies. I often have a powerful urge to look back to see how much is left on the reel, ViTien I succumb, the reel always looks huge! I put the clock up there so that no one would have to turn around." -R.N. DEEP W;STUH:I ^197'+) 6 mln "Nelson calls Deep Westum a 'death film'. Dr. Samuel West, an Oakland dentist who was an early supporter and collector of Wiley, Geis, Hudson, et al, h^ad died shortly before the film \vas made. 'Nothing ^vas spelled out,' Nelson says, 'but it was in all our minds at the time'. Deep Westum is a memorial gesture and a meditation on mortality. .A.t the same time, it pays tribute to the en- dviring ties and personal affection that have characterized the work of Nelson, Wiley and their friends. And this friendship is, in great measure, the subject of their work." -J. Hoberman HAMLET ACT Cl982) 21 min Screenplay by Joe Chang -Docu-Drama style (Hamlet as a video camera-person)