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Cinematography,
Photography
and Literature Robert Frank's Aesthetic Triptych William A. Nericcio
Lovers
of
film, photography,
and literature are often left to pursue their
insatiable aesthetic
desires
only one medium at a time. Happily,
the work of Robert Frank
presents
a singular opportunity to bring together and enjoy
these three dynamic
and increasingly incestuous media
simultaneouly. In
the pages that follow, brace yourself for a
multi-media
screening presentation, lecture, and discussion
will consider... a).
Robert Frank’s
infamous short film Pull My
Daisy, adapted from a play by
Beat poet deities Jack
Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg... b).
selected Robert Frank photographic
plates
including “Elevator--Miami Beach” and “Television
Studio, Burbank, California.” ... c).
selected works by Beat poets and writers... The
goal of this piece, originally produced for MOPA
in San Diego, was
to see how the aesthetic dynamics of one medium
impacts upon the
development
of other related media: how, for example, Robert
Frank’s work as a
photographer
in “The
Americans” evocatively contaminates his
camera-work
in Pull My
Daisy; or how Beat literary aesthetics
impacts upon Frank’s
narrative strategies
as a photographer and film-maker.
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A Public
Lecture