A Movie by Jen Proctor (2010)
A loving remake of Bruce Conner’s seminal 1958 found footage film A Movie using appropriated material from YouTube and LiveLeak. As a remake, the video provides a parallel narrative that explores the changes in historical and visual icons from 1958 to 2010 – and those images that remain surprisingly, and delightfully, the same. The work also comments on the pervasiveness of footage available for appropriation in an online world, and the way disparate threads in the YouTube and LiveLeak databases can be assembled to create “a movie.”
Director: Jennifer Proctor
Runtime: 12 min
Release Date: September 9, 2010
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is A Movie by Jen Proctor about?
- A loving remake of Bruce Conner’s seminal 1958 found footage film A Movie using appropriated material from YouTube and LiveLeak. As a remake, the video provides a parallel narrative that explores the changes in historical and visual icons from 1958 to 2010 – and those images that remain surprisingly, and delightfully, the same. The work also comments on the pervasiveness of footage available for appropriation in an online world, and the way disparate threads in the YouTube and LiveLeak databases can be assembled to create “a movie.”
- Who directed A Movie by Jen Proctor?
- A Movie by Jen Proctor was directed by Jennifer Proctor.
- How long is A Movie by Jen Proctor?
- A Movie by Jen Proctor has a runtime of 12m (12 minutes).