A series of nature studies, including grass, flowers, and trees.A series of nature studies, including grass, flowers, and trees.A series of nature studies, including grass, flowers, and trees.
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Studies of Nature
"Tiger Balm" is a mere study of a short by experimental filmmaker Hollis Frampton. Instead of demonstrating filmic concepts by using simple scenes to illustrate them as in previous works, this ten-minute film is a mere meditative piece in its simplicity, intended in no way to be an abstraction of any sort. Frampton himself stated that the return to color, after the "massive didacticism in black and white" with the "Hapax Legomena" series, was a refreshing and surprising work of filmmaking for even him. The film is simple in structure and its images are not particularly extraordinary in what they depict, so the main goal of the film is to create an interesting study of nature for the purpose of meditation rather than thrill and fascinate the viewer in any particular way.
"Tiger Balm" consists of a series of picturesque images, including green grass, trees, and as a highlight an interesting closeup glimpse of a bee on a flower. The only way the film becomes experimental is through the color filters, which cause some of the upward panning grass shots to appear blue. In addition, whenever doing these upward pans, figures of people are also seen in the background to suggest at human life--undoubtedly done purposefully by the filmmaker as a bit of symbolism. It's an interesting work if not remarkable in the effect it creates, and may also have been part of Frampton's colossal Magellan project due to sometimes being given the subtitle of "Memoranda Magelani #1".
"Tiger Balm" consists of a series of picturesque images, including green grass, trees, and as a highlight an interesting closeup glimpse of a bee on a flower. The only way the film becomes experimental is through the color filters, which cause some of the upward panning grass shots to appear blue. In addition, whenever doing these upward pans, figures of people are also seen in the background to suggest at human life--undoubtedly done purposefully by the filmmaker as a bit of symbolism. It's an interesting work if not remarkable in the effect it creates, and may also have been part of Frampton's colossal Magellan project due to sometimes being given the subtitle of "Memoranda Magelani #1".
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- Tornado_Sam
- Jul 24, 2019
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- Runtime10 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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