Dance Against Deficit Lies – The Video
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/18809989[/vimeo] 14 January 2011, Bank of England
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/18809989[/vimeo] 14 January 2011, Bank of England
Report on Netroots UK, 8 January 2011 [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/18653603[/vimeo]
It’s a very curious moment. The first phase of the new youth rebellion (for there will soon be another) is winding down, the whole country is frozen over, yesterday’s snow lies on the ground, and here in Putney—like the days … Continue reading
The last few weeks have seen a new spate of agitational web videos, accompanying the amazing upturn of politicking in Britain in response to the brutal, ill-considered and philistine cuts proposed by the coalition government which took office last May.
With Memories of Overdevelopment the young Cuba film-maker Miguel Coyula has made a remarkable sequel to one of the classic films of the Cuban Revolution, Memories of Underdevelopment by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Intriguingly, the new film, like the old, is based … Continue reading
Michael Nyman’s Palimpsest of Man With A Movie Camera In a new work called NYman With A Movie Camera, Michael Nyman has conducted a really interesting experiment by taking the music he wrote a few years ago for Vertov’s Man … Continue reading
There is continuing confusion about the use of frame grabs for illustrating books and articles about film. It’s a question I get asked regularly, and yesterday there was a query about it on a discussion list I subscribe to, which … Continue reading
It’s the first time that a General Election in the UK has seen a televised leaders’ debate, and the unforeseen result has unsettled the political establishment by providing Nick Clegg with a visibility which previously evaded him. The resulting boost … Continue reading