The film vividly combines documentary, autobiography and ethical inquiry. Rent cameraperson 2016 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Cameraperson isnt a work of journalism or advocacy. Cameraperson premiered at the sundance film festival to critical acclaim and won the top prize at the sheffield docfest. It relies on footage shot by johnson across the years in numerous different countries. In cameraperson 2016, kirsten johnson has made a buoyant film about the weight of the world. Its well worth seeing and arguing about, but only if you can give it your full attention and glean the internal logic that went into its construction. I have long marveled at the ways that guzman has struggled. Kirsten johnson cameraperson official trailer 1 2016. Film, not film, whatever it is, cameraperson plays like a study not only of cinema itself, but a warm, welcome reminder that there is ideally an intelligence, and maybe even a bit of grace.
The key to camerapersons triumph is that nothing in the film was created with the knowledge of being used for this purpose, which leaves the footage itselfshot for movies directed by the likes of laura poitras, kirby dick, amir barlev, gini reticker, moore, and many othersuncompromised by manipulation or intentionality. Cameraperson is a theoretical essay on the cinematic. Cameraperson official trailer 1 2016 documentary exposing her role behind the camera, kirsten johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. Meet our filmmakers itvs documentary film funding itvs. Her documentary cameraperson premiered at the 2016 sundance film festival new frontier program and was shortlisted for an academy award. Cameraperson is a 2016 autobiographical collage documentary film. Its a scrapbook, a found poem assembled out of scraps and snippets of truth. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, johnson explores. Cameraperson director kirsten johnson discusses her. Metered street parking is also available along jefferson blvd. Cameraperson dvd burnaby public library bibliocommons. Cameraperson is a theoretical essay on the cinematic apparatus itself open this photo in gallery. The usc school of cinematic arts is located at 900 w. We asked cameraperson director kirsten johnson to pick films that have influenced her work, in her own words.
Making cameraperson, a new program featuring director kirsten johnson, producers marilyn ness and danielle varga, and editors nels bangerter and amanda laws in the service of the film, a roundtable conversation with johnson, producer gini reticker, and sound. Cameraperson and the conventions of documentary filmmaking. Its pretty look at that yellow flower theres amazing wild flowers here is the haze working for you. Kirsten johnson turns the camera around to focus on those behind the scenes in cameraperson. Janus films is proud to present a touring retrospective spanning abbas kiarostamis nearly fivedecade career. Cameraperson 2016 documentary film by kirsten johnson.
Between 2001 and 2005 the ruffed grouse population suffered a 63% decline in pennsylvania. Cameraperson dvd ottawa public library bibliocommons. Cameraperson dvd chicago public library bibliocommons. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, johnson.
Every word we hear in this oscarnominated documentary comes from the great novelist and essayist. For more info, visit the 2017 film independent spirit awards nominee screening series page. The film is an account by director kirsten johnson about her life and career as a cinematographer. And it is, above all, an act of showing rather than. Usc cinematic arts school of cinematic arts events. Cameraperson official trailer 1 2016 documentary youtube. Cameraperson is a movie, a memoir, and a confession vox. The collage film cameraperson is one of the most original, challenging, sometimes infuriating documentaries of recent times. When the film cuts from a physicist discussing quantum entanglement to a. Camerapersons kirsten johnson on stereotypes, violence. Cameraperson is somehow equally inspiring in both its humility and its boldness. Cameraperson dvd south san francisco public library.
Stunning detailed shots of the bosnian countryside introduce the awardwinning documentary, cameraperson, by kirsten johnson, produced by marilyn ness, and which premiered at sundance film festival. Film independent spirit awards voters who have completed their restricted use screener agreement will receive the following nominated titles via mail beginning friday, january, 2017. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera. Cameraperson 2016 kirsten johnson at an event for cameraperson 2016. Cameraperson has so far nabbed prizes at the boston society of film critics awards, cinema eye honors awards, critics choice documentary. As part of the williams college gaudino programs at what cost. Nonton cameraperson 2016 subtitle indonesia exposing her role behind the camera, kirsten johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. This series includes new restorations, undertaken by the criterion collection and mk2, of the koker trilogy, taste of cherry, the wind will carry us, and rarely screened shorts and documentaries. Cameraperson presents a person who, from the evidence in the film, is herself much greater, in her skill, her experience, her empathy, and her passion, than the film in which she presents. Erika cohn is an emmy award winning directorproducer who variety recognized as one of 2017s top ten documentary filmmakers. Getting close the current the criterion collection. Film independent membership card and id are required. With jacques derrida, kirsten johnson, roger phenix.
After 25 years behind the camera, johnson decided to take pieces of memorable footage and edit them together to form a memoir, an exploration of human connections and a look at what it means to film and be filmed. We recommend parking structure d, at the far end of 34th street. Cameraperson, an insideout documentary of lives across the lens. Most recently, erika completed the judge, a film about the first woman judge to be appointed to the middle easts sharia courts, which premiered at the 2017 toronto international film festival and will be broadcast on pbs 2018 independent lens. Cameraperson an interview with kirsten johnson february 26, 2017 by conor bateman interviews one of the most striking and original documentary works of 2016, kirsten johnsons cameraperson takes short sections from documentary films that johnson worked on either as cinematographer or director and collects them in a fractious collage.
As of january 2017, cameraperson has won 23 international awards, including the following. The sheer gravity of the events and circumstances director kirsten johnson has captured over the course of her career seems like it demands reverence. Not loving it, but were getting pieces of stuff that dont have haze baby crying was it. Providing screeners is completely optional for our nominees. At first, i thought these were random snippets of film and they arebut then they gradually seem to connect, showing a picture of the person behind the camera that is rarely seen.
Cameraperson dvd vancouver island regional library. Cameraperson is a cinematic collage a series of film moments selected from a truly illustrious career. Dox poland 14 may 2017 docs against gravity film festival austria 30 may 2017 tv premiere belgium 30 may 2017 tv premiere germany. Fresh and inventive yet immediately accessible, cameraperson distills its. Exposing her role behind the camera, kirsten johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. No one was sure why but in 2015 and through 2016 lisa williams and her team confirmed that our state bird is suffering losses due to west nile virus wnv infection. Kirsten johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film, a tapestry of footage captured over her twentyfiveyear career as a documentary cinematographer. It received three 2017 cinema eye honors, including outstanding nonfiction feature. Kirsten johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film cameraperson, a tapestry of footage captured over her twentyfiveyear career as a documentary cinematographer. A scene in darfur from cameraperson, kirsten johnsons documentary. Cameraperson dvd hennepin county library bibliocommons.
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