Filmmaker Presentation Oct 11th- Jan Svankmajer

               Talk about engaging with the class… Dylan was great! So engaging and full of energy!

    I really enjoyed his introduction where he asked the class to keep our heads down and eyes closed. Continuing his dialogue he circled the room, rousing this sense of anxiety and excitement 

(akin to the nervous feeling as a kid playing Duck-Duck-Goose). And finally… LOUD NOISE!

                He knew what he was doing I did so well. At that moment all of our attention was on him, and served as a nice segue for the remainder of his spirited presentation.

                Jan Svankmajer was such an interesting artist. I love how his sound designs makes the images feel so abrasively tactile. Almost to the point of corporeal perversion. So many tongues! So creative in how he created both genial and dissonant conversations in Dimensions of Dialogue (1982). How the lovers in the second segment were molded and meshed together, in both loving and antagonistic ways.

                Great stuff! I certainly won’t be snacking anytime soon after seeing Food (1992). For what that’s worth, I can certainly saw that Svankmajer had a lasting effect on me as an audience.