Latest video reviews
ctrlC/ctrlV by Katrijn Clemer
Belgian poet Katrijn Clemer reads her poem, which, according to the note at Vimeo,
was constructed out of 100 lines taken from a diary.
Each line deconstructed into separate words, constructed back into 20 new lines.
Deconstructed those 20 again into words and then constructed the poem using the cut/up technique.
Annmarie Sauer translated it into English for the subtitles. Swoon did everything else.
Steak Night by Melissa Broder
A fun animation and text from filmmaker Daniel Lichtenberg and poet Melissa Broder. “Steak Night” appears in her widely reviewed new book, Meat Heart. The soundtrack includes original music by Diana Salier and Rob Justesen, and the poem is read by Edward Carden. Both music and animation were produced at Photon SF.
“Steak Night” originally appeared online at The Awl.
The Conqueror Worm by Edgar Allan Poe
Poe would’ve loved this! It was directed by Aurélie Godefroy with music by the band Les Pleureuses, whose keyboard player and art director, Yannis Lo Pellegrino, is the main actor/reciter here, and shares credit with Godefoy for the making of the film.
Costa Rica by Zachary Schomburg
According to the Vimeo desciption, “Costa Rica” appears in Zachary Schomburg’s latest collection, Fjords (see the review by J.A. Taylor at The Nervous Breakdown). Not sure how I missed this when he uploaded it 8 months ago, but it’s as good as any poem-film he’s ever made, proving once again that Schomburg is not just a inventive poet but one of our most adept video interpreters of his own work.
Without You (Ohne Dich) by Hermann Hesse
http://vimeo.com/47438051
A very minimalist take on the Hesse poem by Philip David Edson. It uses the classic James Wright translation for the titling, with punctuation and capitalization removed.
