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Brown Pizza 17 Manifesto

John Pastüch

about 1 year ago

I think cinema is at a dead end. Therefore, I have come up with a new manifesto to make exciting new films:

1.Editing is a lie. Do not edit.

2. Nothing can be in focus. Focus is oppressive.

3. Make movies about SOULS not PEOPLE.

4. You are a beautiful genius.

5. Mistakes are encouraged. In fact, your entire film should be a mistake.

6. Planning is for wimps!

7. Anyone can make a movie. You should just shoot anything and make it a movie because everything is cinema.

8. Don’t try to make a “good” movie. Don’t even try to do anything.

9. Cameras are bourgeois.
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This is probably going to be a revolution. Just letting you in on the ground floor.

Alexandra Hopkins

about 1 year ago

you are talking about contemporary contemplative cinema, i believe

Ben.

about 1 year ago

So I just turn on the camera and I’m a great filmmaker?

Sounds pretty easy if I apply this method.

Oxymoron

about 1 year ago

This sounds suspiciously like Ed Wood’s own manifesto…


I’m such a beautiful genius that I’m afraid somebody is going to steal all my original ideas about film making!

Matt Parks

about 1 year ago

“So I just turn on the camera and I’m a great filmmaker?”

Even better: don’t turn the camera on. Don’t even bring a camera with you.

John Pastüch

about 1 year ago

Matt Parks has got the right idea.

Alexandra Hopkins

about 1 year ago

i’ve been a filmmaker all this time, and i didn’t even realize it. i can’t wait for my mubi entry to go through

John Pastüch

about 1 year ago

Alexandra I loved your last film, it was very UN-amazing. The way it should be!

Jazzalo​ha

about 1 year ago

Alexandra said, you are talking about contemporary contemplative cinema, i believe

I don’t know if that was joke or not, but I laughed.

No-Limb Joe

about 1 year ago

Number 6 sounds familiar…

“Rehearsing is for fags.” – Brett Ratner

Anyway, I’m happy about this Dogme 95 parody.

Polaris​DiB

about 1 year ago

Heh, yeah. Dogme 95 isn’t an isolated incident, there’s a whole group of filmmakers where I live who have similarly drastic ‘rules’ to ensure their creative purity from the poison that is anything resembling a decent and enjoyable movie (because if anybody enjoys themselves, that’s just too damn Hollywood).

—PolarisDiB