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September 30, 2005
Super 8 Night at Barbes
We just went to Barbes to see a monthly show of Super 8 film reels. Anyone can bring one and the guy in charge of the projector will show it. Two people provided sound for the silent films with a piano and a sci-fi sounding theramin, of all things. Despite the seriousness of it all (it felt a tad pretentious), we saw some great little three minute films of hipsters back when they were three years old and playing in the bathtub. One person brought in a 50s era film with shots of highways full of old cars and family members clowning around in their Sunday best. There was a recent film of a river in the Adirondacks which had nice shots of moving water with reflections of trees and some nice contrast. In the vintage reels, the close-ups of kids' facial expressions were fantastic. The sometimes odd choices of what to film are revealing, too. Derek has tons of old home movies that would fit right in, but I think we'll have to insist that Derek do the accompaniment, so he can play things like the Psycho soundrack in bathroom scenes, etc., and liven things up a little.
Posted by csageday at September 30, 2005 01:00 AM