Comments for John Bailey's Bailiwick http://www.theasc.com/blog John Bailey's thoughts on cinematography and artistic expression Thu, 03 May 2012 15:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Flannery O’Connor: Andalusia in Milledgeville by Ken Ayers http://www.theasc.com/blog/2012/04/09/flannery-oconnor-andalusia-in-milledgeville/#comment-19282 Ken Ayers Thu, 03 May 2012 15:39:33 +0000 http://www.theasc.com/blog/?p=5073#comment-19282 I was at Emory University graduate school in history from 1969-72 when I discovered her writing. She was far from gothic, so many amazing experiences of life in Georgia were right out of an O'Connor short story. What is most fascinating is the example of the cartoon etching she did in college, an illuminative detail. THANKS John's reply: Ken, yes, the word "Gothic" is a facile handle to affix to a wide range of Southern writers whose stories and experience can't be shoehorned into Ivy League critics' perspectives. And a reading of Brad Gooch's biography of O'Connor details so well just how many of her characters and incidents cut close to the bone of her own daily experience. I was at Emory University graduate school in history from 1969-72 when I discovered her writing. She was far from gothic, so many amazing experiences of life in Georgia were right out of an O’Connor short story. What is most fascinating is the example of the cartoon etching she did in college, an illuminative detail. THANKS

John’s reply: Ken, yes, the word “Gothic” is a facile handle to affix to a wide range of Southern writers whose stories and experience can’t be shoehorned into Ivy League critics’ perspectives. And a reading of Brad Gooch’s biography of O’Connor details so well just how many of her characters and incidents cut close to the bone of her own daily experience.

]]> Comment on Jean Tinguely: “A Magic Stronger Than Death” by Rob Hummel http://www.theasc.com/blog/2012/04/23/jean-tinguely-a-magic-stronger-than-death/#comment-18865 Rob Hummel Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:48:10 +0000 http://www.theasc.com/blog/?p=4896#comment-18865 Another wonderful piece! While at IBC last September, this Tinguely piece was just outside my hotel. I shot this with my iPhone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQMQ2cv9S58 Another wonderful piece!

While at IBC last September, this Tinguely piece was just outside my hotel. I shot this with my iPhone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQMQ2cv9S58

]]> Comment on Our Men in Havana: Walker Evans and Alexey Titarenko by tommy mc donnell http://www.theasc.com/blog/2011/07/04/our-men-in-havana-walker-evans-and-alexey-titarenko/#comment-18690 tommy mc donnell Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:36:21 +0000 http://www.theasc.com/blog/?p=3688#comment-18690 years ago the star-ledger(a new jersey newspaper)did a series of articles on life in castro's cuba. in pictures i noticed that the buildings were dilapidated and in ill-repair. the thought struck me, those buildings were built by cubans what the hell happened to a people that they could no longer even maintain what an older generation was able to construct. this seems to occur anywhere socialism is the economic system in power. just look at the inner-cities of america, they are in complete decay populated by a people unable to even maintain what previous generations were able to build. the consequence of living in an economic system that rewards you on the basis of how needy you can make yourself. John's reply: Tommy, while I do not consider this blog to be a platform for political perspectives, I must say that Cuba's woes, it seems to me, are more a product of decades long economic boycotts by the United States than any homeland political ideology such as "socialism." China, for example, is dominant in the international marketplace despite its loathsome human rights record. years ago the star-ledger(a new jersey newspaper)did a series of articles on life in castro’s cuba. in pictures i noticed that the buildings were dilapidated and in ill-repair. the thought struck me, those buildings were built by cubans what the hell happened to a people that they could no longer even maintain what an older generation was able to construct. this seems to occur anywhere socialism is the economic system in power. just look at the inner-cities of america, they are in complete decay populated by a people unable to even maintain what previous generations were able to build. the consequence of living in an economic system that rewards you on the basis of how needy you can make yourself.

John’s reply: Tommy, while I do not consider this blog to be a platform for political perspectives, I must say that Cuba’s woes, it seems to me, are more a product of decades long economic boycotts by the United States than any homeland political ideology such as “socialism.” China, for example, is dominant in the international marketplace despite its loathsome human rights record.

]]> Comment on Trisha Ziff and The Mexican Suitcase by Irma Marrufo http://www.theasc.com/blog/2012/01/30/trisha-ziff-and-the-mexican-suitcase/#comment-18382 Irma Marrufo Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:11:47 +0000 http://www.theasc.com/blog/?p=4805#comment-18382 Where or how can I see or get hold this movie? I think it would be interesting in a Mexican America class.... John's reply: Irma, I don't know how to find the film. I don't believe it is on DVD yet but should be soon. You can Google for the website and see if there is new info there. Where or how can I see or get hold this movie? I think it would be interesting in a Mexican America class….

John’s reply: Irma, I don’t know how to find the film. I don’t believe it is on DVD yet but should be soon. You can Google for the website and see if there is new info there.

]]> Comment on Flannery O’Connor: Andalusia in Milledgeville by Melody Nashan http://www.theasc.com/blog/2012/04/09/flannery-oconnor-andalusia-in-milledgeville/#comment-18346 Melody Nashan Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:18:14 +0000 http://www.theasc.com/blog/?p=5073#comment-18346 Very enjoyable! This makes me want to add Andalusia to a future trip to Georgia! Very enjoyable! This makes me want to add Andalusia to a future trip to Georgia!

]]> Comment on Flannery O’Connor: Andalusia in Milledgeville by Barbara Overby http://www.theasc.com/blog/2012/04/09/flannery-oconnor-andalusia-in-milledgeville/#comment-18309 Barbara Overby Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:23:13 +0000 http://www.theasc.com/blog/?p=5073#comment-18309 This is wonderful! Haven't had time to read it all, but am extremely interested and will follow it. Barbara This is wonderful! Haven’t had time to read it all, but am extremely interested and will follow it. Barbara

]]> Comment on Raymond Cauchetier’s New Wave Photos at AMPAS by Steve Wax http://www.theasc.com/blog/2012/03/26/raymond-cauchetiers-new-wave-photos-at-ampas/#comment-18218 Steve Wax Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:55:36 +0000 http://www.theasc.com/blog/?p=5034#comment-18218 John: What a fantastic piece! It would seem that, like Robert Frank and his mixed feelings about his great fame for The Americans, it's important to Cauchetier that we know his other work before and after that of The New Wave. This is a challenge, as the early Goddard & Truffaut images are so powerfully evocative of a era that inspired so many of us of a certain age. You article goes a long way to revealing more of his lifelong production of great images. Thank you! John's reply: Steve, I feel privileged to have seen so much of Raymond's work. I am convinced that as good as the New Wave work is, it is mere prologue to what will eventually become his legacy. I find it unbelievable, for instance, that none of the great French art publishing houses such as Flammarion or Gallimard have yet to commit to a book of his extraordinary Romanesque sculpture photos, not to mention the trove of notes and observations he has amassed about that work. I know that he considers his work on the Cambodian temple complex of Angkor Wat to be his most important and he has long planned a book on it, one especially important now that so much damage was done there during the reign of the Khmer Rouge in the 70s several decades after his own photos there. John: What a fantastic piece! It would seem that, like Robert Frank and his mixed feelings about his great fame for The Americans, it’s important to Cauchetier that we know his other work before and after that of The New Wave.

This is a challenge, as the early Goddard & Truffaut images are so powerfully evocative of a era that inspired so many of us of a certain age. You article goes a long way to revealing more of his lifelong production of great images. Thank you!

John’s reply: Steve, I feel privileged to have seen so much of Raymond’s work. I am convinced that as good as the New Wave work is, it is mere prologue to what will eventually become his legacy. I find it unbelievable, for instance, that none of the great French art publishing houses such as Flammarion or Gallimard have yet to commit to a book of his extraordinary Romanesque sculpture photos, not to mention the trove of notes and observations he has amassed about that work. I know that he considers his work on the Cambodian temple complex of Angkor Wat to be his most important and he has long planned a book on it, one especially important now that so much damage was done there during the reign of the Khmer Rouge in the 70s several decades after his own photos there.

]]> Comment on Spomenik—Jan Kempenaers and “The End of History” by Olyn Peralta http://www.theasc.com/blog/2011/02/28/spomenik%e2%80%94jan-kempenaers-and-%e2%80%9cthe-end-of-history%e2%80%9d/#comment-17731 Olyn Peralta Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:37:11 +0000 http://www.ascmag.com/blog/?p=2683#comment-17731 Greetings, Yesterday, March 29, 2012, I saw a magazine in a Mexican supermarked with a Spomenik. I looked inside and saw more Spomeniks. Electricity shot through me, light started dancing and a chelo played unearthly music. The FORMS of the Spomeniks (or anything else for that matter) speak, shout, sing their meaning to anyone open enough to listen. The forms relate the intention not only of the sculptor but of the time when they were created. Look silently and you will discover that most of them have an almost overwhelming emotional content. Then reason took over: I came to this and other web sites to get enlightened. Sadness..... It seems that most people must have a historical political context to apreciate the Spomeniks. Just relax and contemplate the forms. About the photos of Jan Kempenaers - Good enough to see what they are but greatly deficient in understanding the meaning of his subject. Irony has no place nor in the title of his book nor anywhere else when it comes to genocide. Respectfully Olyn Greetings, Yesterday, March 29, 2012, I saw a magazine in a Mexican supermarked with a Spomenik. I looked inside and saw more Spomeniks. Electricity shot through me, light started dancing and a chelo played unearthly music. The FORMS of the Spomeniks (or anything else for that matter) speak, shout, sing their meaning to anyone open enough to listen. The forms relate the intention not only of the sculptor but of the time when they were created. Look silently and you will discover that most of them have an almost overwhelming emotional content.
Then reason took over: I came to this and other web sites to get enlightened. Sadness….. It seems that most people must have a historical political context to apreciate the Spomeniks. Just relax and contemplate the forms.
About the photos of Jan Kempenaers – Good enough to see what they are but greatly deficient in understanding the meaning of his subject. Irony has no place nor in the title of his book nor anywhere else when it comes to genocide.
Respectfully
Olyn

]]> Comment on Raymond Cauchetier’s New Wave Photos at AMPAS by Zachary Feuer http://www.theasc.com/blog/2012/03/26/raymond-cauchetiers-new-wave-photos-at-ampas/#comment-17659 Zachary Feuer Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:46:29 +0000 http://www.theasc.com/blog/?p=5034#comment-17659 Love this, John. What history! Love this, John. What history!

]]> Comment on The Kodak Lunar Orbiter Camera by Arnhlei JENSEN http://www.theasc.com/blog/2009/09/20/the-kodak-lunar-orbiter-camera/#comment-17516 Arnhlei JENSEN Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:53:16 +0000 http://www.ascmag.com/blog/?p=92#comment-17516 I worked for Kodak for 34 years, retiring in 1980. during the 1960s I was Supervisor of the electronics design group for the Lunar Orbiter. it had a very tight schedule and we worked much overtime. it was a challenging program and we were proud of the results of ll five orbiters. i was a happy engineer at Kodak and am deep;ly distressed at the current state of the company. Management made a number of mistakes, serious enough to drive ut into bankruptcy. what a shame! i am glad I had the opportunity to work on many challenging programs and will always have fond memories of my time there. John's reply: Amen to all that.It is distressing what has happened. I consider that despite all the missteps and incompetent decisions, even in the lack of corporate support for its signature product, motion picture film, Kodak's film imaging division continues to produce a superior product and those filmmakers who know the difference also continue to want to shoot on film-- and I say this after having photographed eight DV projects and am currently doing a feature film with the Alexa. I worked for Kodak for 34 years, retiring in 1980. during the 1960s I was Supervisor of the electronics design group for the Lunar Orbiter. it had a very tight schedule and we worked much overtime. it was a challenging program and we were proud of the results of ll five orbiters. i was a happy engineer at Kodak and am deep;ly distressed at the current state of the company. Management made a number of mistakes, serious enough to drive ut into bankruptcy. what a shame! i am glad I had the opportunity to work on many challenging programs and will always have fond memories of my time there.

John’s reply: Amen to all that.It is distressing what has happened. I consider that despite all the missteps and incompetent decisions, even in the lack of corporate support for its signature product, motion picture film, Kodak’s film imaging division continues to produce a superior product and those filmmakers who know the difference also continue to want to shoot on film– and I say this after having photographed eight DV projects and am currently doing a feature film with the Alexa.

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