Pip Chodorov: Filmmaker, musician and film teacher offers his insight to the use of the term experimental in relation to cinema. Thanks to the kind people at Re:Voir in Paris, who facilitated this interview. 

A Selection of the filmmakers discussed in this episode:

Jonas Mekas

Stan Brakhage

Maya Deren

Ken Jacobs

Peter Kubelka

Jay Rosenblatt

Alan Berliner

Paul Sharits

Robert Breer

Stan Vanderbeek

Len Lye

Maurice Lemaitre

Hans Richter

Jeff Scher

Critics/ Authors mentioned in this episode

Scott MacDonald

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How to Enjoy Experimental Film

H2EEF 1 What Is Experimental Film? With Pip Chodorov

Voices heard in this trailer: (in order of appearance) Diana Reichenbach, Jean Detheux, Neil Brand, Stefano Miraglia, Joost Rekveld, MM Serra, Nicky Hamlyn, Vicky Smith, Steven Woloshen, Pip Chodorov

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Artist & Curator Stefano Miraglia discusses his work in film production and exhibition as well as his thoughts on the co-operative Collectif Jeune Cinema.

Filmmakers discussed in this Episode:

Leandro Varella

Nick Collins


Stefano Recommends:

Elisa Celda

Tinne Zenner

Gautam Valluri @gautamvalluri 

Eva Kolcze @evakolcze 

Joseph Bernard @josephbernard.art 

Lis Rhodes

Malcolm LeGrice

Anna Thew

H2EEF 2 Loud Films with Stefano Miraglia

Dr. Vicky Smith discusses her work in film and her desire to communicate to the embodied viewer through multiple senses. 

Vicky's DVD can be purchased here: https://luxmovingimage.square.site/product/vicky-smith-grainy-realism/127?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true

Find more of her work on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user26846409

Filmmakers discussed in this episode:

Len Lye

Guy Sherwin

Man Ray

Normal McLaren

Critics/ Authors discussed:

P. Adams Sitney

Laura Marks

Vicky Recommends:

Annabel Nicolson

H2EEF 3 Gaze Vs. Graze with Vicky Smith

Fresh from his triumphant BBC series The Sound of TV, Writer, composer, presenter and pianist Neil Brand discusses some of the earliest of cinema and how experimental processes influenced almost all cinema pioneers.

For more information and to support his work, visit https://www.neilbrand.com

Filmmakers discussed in this episode

Lumière Brothers

Georges Méliès

Burt Acres

Dziga Vertov

Sergei Eisenstein

F.W. Murnau

Ladislas Starevich

Godfrey Reggio

Walter Ruttmann

D.W. Griffith

Hans Richter

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Robert Weine

Robert Siodmak

George Loane Tucker

René Clair

Abram Room

Fernand Léger

H2EEF 4 Silent Experimentation with Neil Brand

PART 1 OF 2: Artist, writer and infectiously enthusiastic advocate of direct filmmaking Steven Woloshen discusses some of the history of this form of experimental filmmaking. You'll also hear why Steven wants everyone to have a go at working directly on film for themselves and express his passion for workshops to make his approach approachable and accessible to as many as possible. You won't want to miss part 2! Filmmakers discussed in this episode: Norman McLaren Len Lye Hans Richter Steven Woloshen Dziga Vertov Steven Woloshen recommends: Bastien Dupriez Gina Kammensky Julian Antonisz José Antonio Sistiaga Karl Lemieux Lis Rhodes

H2EEF 5 Filmmaking at Arm's Length with Steven Woloshen (PART 1)

How to Enjoy Experimental film is your approachable user-guide to some of the most unusual and extraordinary moving image works ever created. Aiming at the newcomer to experimental films as much as those who love them already, this podcast features interviews with artist filmmakers, film experts and programmers to shine a light on some of the darkest corners of the cinematic landscape. H2EEF aims to make the case for experimental film as something that can be widely enjoyed by viewers wherever you may be, as opposed to a niche interest.

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