Ubuweb tip offs and finds thread

weird how it feels like it speeds up as you become acclimatised to the pace

It was shot at 1/2 speed or something, and practiced several times before the shoot. I haven't watched online so I have no idea how much you can hear, but in a theater the sound design is particularly amazing (and VERY much designed, although in a good way)

i think it must be /10 speed bc they say its six minutes and the video is over an hour

ok! I knew it was slow!

http://www.ubu.com/historical/porter/index.html
^guy who I did my MA dissertation on

http://www.ubu.com/film/rose_pressures.html
^awesome short film. I actually prefer Secondary Currents of his, but I doubt it'd work so well on a small computer screen.

this is kindof epic <3 tod dockstader

http://www.ubu.com/sound/dockstader.html

Cool what was your MA in?

Critical Theory. Please don't kill me.

Why would I do that? That's great

lol thats what i kinda wanna do mine in, well art theory but yeah

Haha, I just get scared of the anti-crit 'proper philosophers' that sometimes pop up on ilx. Although half of my undergrad was 'proper philosophy' anyway, so theoretically I shouldn't be so scared.

Art theory sounds cool - I found it a bit odd doing a dissertation on an artist as it's not really my field, but Porter's so intermedial that it comes as part of a much wider package.

haha whoever they are they are they sound like dbags

okay the pressures of the text is pretty hilarious

"this word yatorkte, its so central to what he's saying. it's, um, such a pivotal point and, yet i dont... i don't know uh... i mean, if i were to adequately translate it... i'd have to talk about the whole context from which it arises. The whole socio- cultural nexus which, "

Anyone with some favorite recent additions? Or any of these Top Tens particularly good?

http://www.ubu.com/resources/feature.html