You Say You Want A Revolution
EYE WEEKLY, Aug. 31, 2000, v. 9, no. 47, pp. 30-31
Jason Anderson explains how the digital film making revolution has taken Canada by storm. At the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, a quarter of the features were shot on digital video cameras. Anderson observes that the immediacy of setup, convenience, cost effective production and image-quality of the lightweight digital video camera has appealed to contemporary filmmakers. This DV imperative coincided with the uprising of less professional and more personal production styles (as advocated by Von Trier and Vinterberg's Dogme 95 manifesto).
ITEM 2000.126 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The Uncles – Jim Allodi
What About Me: The Rise of the Nihilist SPasm Band – Zev Asher
waydowntown – Gary Burns
La Moitie Gauche du Frigo – Philippe Farlardeau
Low Self Esteem Girl – Blaine Thurier
Death of a Composer – Peter Greenaway
Time Code – Mike Figgis
Buena Vista Social Club – Wim Wenders
Bamboozled – Spike Lee
The Million Dollar Hotel – Wim Wenders
ivansxtc – Bernard Rose
The Uncles – Jim Allodi
Dancer in the Dark – Palme D'Or
The Idiots – Lars Von Trier
Johnny – Carl Bessai
Cold Feet – Jim Allodi
Cube, Rude, Blood & Donuts – Jim Allodi