Beginning with this Spring 2010 edition, Blackbird is featuring a new form of creative nonfiction we’ve chosen to call the video essay. In its intent the video essay is no different from its print counterpart, which for thousands of years has been a means for writers to confront hard questions on the page. The essayist [...]
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Some Notes on the Origin of the Video Essay
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bresland, chris marker, lopate, sans soleil on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Un Photo-Roman
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chris marker, la jetee, stream of consciousness on a something i love on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
La Jetée, as defined by Chris Marker, is neither a film, nor video, nor even an essay; instead, its own title sequence defines it as follows: ‘un photo-roman.’ If my limited knowledge of the French language serves me, Marker’s calling La Jetée ‘a picture book.’ Now, it might be my stream of consciousness or my [...]
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