Week One, Part Two.

"Ritual and More"
-What are some characteristics of psychodrama in the 40s?
Statues, especially when they come to life, dream sequences, temporal and spacial unreality.

"The Magus"
-Paraphrase the paragraph on p. 90 that begins “The filmic dream constituted…” in your own words.
The use of a dream as a means of storytelling is the most common method of storytelling in avant garde films of the 40s. It allows spacial and temporal unreality and allows the subject to appear multiple times in one frame.

-According to Sitney, what is the ultimate result at the end of Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome?
The ultimate result is a triumph of the imaginations and the subsumption of characters into the Magus.


"Cinema 16"
-What were some general tendencies in the programming at Cinema 16, and how were films arranged within individual programs?
Goal: Pleasurable, exciting education, variety - mostly within documentaries and avant garde, but including all other forms of filmic media, to supple individual personal expression.
Arrangement: As Eisenstein's montages - colliding to create maximum thought.

-What kinds of venues rented Kenneth Anger’s Fireworks?
A very wide strange variety - a lot of individual people rented it for the usual universities and film societies, but it was also (strangely) rented by the US Naval Hospital, Colonial Williamsburg and the Dupont Institute.

-What were some of Cinema 16’s other activities (beyond exhibition and distribution)?
Aiding filmmakers in completing their projects, lecturing and showing films at schools and university and offering a competion/awards show.

-What impact did Cinema 16 have on New York City film culture?
It was a model for other film societies, it influenced the "movers and shakers" and young/aspiring filmmakers, it opened doors for european influence.