Documentaries, old and new, with stills and notes for students, makers, and observers of documentary film and video. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Chick Strand
Chick Strand's documentaries and experimental films live on after her death recently at the age of 78. These stills are from her 1986 "Fake Fruit Factory," a 16 mm film documentary mostly shot in close-up. Strand's camera patiently observes women at work preparing and painting paper-mache fruits. A non-sync audio track weaves in a variety of voices in Spanish with English subtitles.
Title:
Fake Fruit Factory