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Really interested in Ottinger as well as Sohrab Sahid Salles and his work in Germany at that time that new german cinema period seems to be filled with hidden masters Hans Jurgen Syberberg somes to mind. The dvd of Ticket of No Return comes from ioffer.com from an excellent seller of great hard to find films for instance they also got Sohrab Sahid Salles's Still Life on dvd. The dvd's are only 5 bucks and come in a sleeve. All of them have a menu with access to english subs most are in good condition with a few vhs ripped exceptions. How expensive are her dvd's on her site? I'll pay a pretty penny if its worth it.* Thanks..I'm really intrigued by your favorites as well I'll go through and pick things to watch and look for.* I was lucky enough to see a Dorsky retro with him present. He is great incredibly refined incredibly well informed and incredibly non narrative cinema outside of a self involved ethos(Maya Deren for example) His Kodachrome films are than able to express colors, plants, seasons, or places as absolutely present for example Sarabande seems to display a harmony between plants, sunlight, and artificial settings by letting them exist his style is refined enough to do so like an incredible piece of music complete symphony.

David Grillo

25Apr12

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Chai Before Breakfast

26Apr12

Saless is one director whose work I'd love to get into. (I don't think I've seen any of his films yet). Thanks for the heads-up on the ioffer store. That seller has a really nice selection of interesting DVDs. Ottinger's website sells copies of several of her movies for between 30 and 180 euros. ulrikeottinger.com, if you're wondering. You really make Dorsky's work sound fantastic. I like your description of it being "outside a self involved ethos" - that's very much how I'd describe Deren's work, even though I still quite adore her. Well, with those tantalizing details in mind, I'll have to go forth and check out some of his films - if I can manage to track them down!
David Grillo

27Apr12

http://mubi.com/films/sarabande The comments on the sarabande page is the best I know of. I do wonder if he has a website where you can buy them like some other filmmakers although his films have been making there way around.* Those prices are pretty crazy no wonder she's so unkown you'd imagine at least the shorts would be a little bit cheaper.. anyway def. get Ticket of No Return from that seller.
Chai Before Breakfast

29Apr12

Thanks for pointing me to that film, David. Very intriguing stuff from Dorsky. Let me know if you see 'Ticket of No Return'/your thoughts on it. Always good to find people interested in Ottinger - she's great but, yeah, quite far under the radar.