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Hollis Frampton

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Hollis Frampton was an American filmmaker renowned for his avant-garde films. Born on March 11, 1936, and passing away on March 30, 1984, Frampton's work delved into the relationship between image and narrative, making him a pivotal figure in the American avant-garde film movement.

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“A film is a machine made of images”

Made Film Machines

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“When it comes to practically everything, we seem to be of two minds.”

Mind Two Seems Two Minds

Book:On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters: The Writings of Hollis Frampton

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“A specter is haunting the cinema: the specter of narrative. If that apparition is an Angel, we must embrace it; and if it is a Devil, then we must cast it out. But we cannot know what it is until we have met it face to face.”

Ifs Knows Faces Mets Devil Angel Embrace Casts Narrative Cinema Haunting Face To Face Apparitions

Author:Hollis Frampton

“Homage to Michael Snow's environmental sculpture 'Blind.' The film proposes analogies, in imitation of 3 historic montage styles, for three perceptual modes mimed by that work.”

Film Three Style Blind Environmental Snow Imitation Sculpture Historic Propose Analogies Homage

Author:Hollis Frampton

“If you start responding to every stimulus, then you end up as a nerve gas case, quite literally. Neurons fire at once.”

Ifs Ends Cases Fire Gas Nerves Stimulus Responding Neurons

Book:On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters: The Writings of Hollis Frampton

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“To my mind any phenomenon is paracinematic if it shares one element with cinema, e.g., modularity with respect to space and time.”

Ifs Mind Space Share Elements Cinema Phenomenon Cinematic

Author:Hollis Frampton

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Born: March 11, 1936
Died: March 30, 1984
Known for: Filmmaker
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