Guys and Gals, the new Jordan Belson DVD is out! Just arrived from my publicised pre-order from a few weeks ago. In short, it’s just as essential as the Oskar Fischinger DVD.
What we’ve got here is relatively slowly evolving, concentrated figurative movement, yet within that concentration there is intense fluidity. I have no idea how these were created, but my best guess would be light, gas, smoke, and flame. It’s very elemental, which I guess for me is the start for qualifying something as essential.
Belson obviously is a master at what he does, and this DVD comes very highly recommended. The true surprise here is Belson’s musical ability. He scores most of the films here and the work is very advanced for the time and singular, sounding completely fresh, forward thinking, and yet tied-in with music at large. The tone of the music is ethereal, of course.
Edit: Click the DVD’s cover image for a link to the Center For Visual Music, who released the DVD.
Thanks for the great review. The DVD is available through Center for Visual Music at
http://www.centerforvisualmusic.org/JBDVD.htm
Comment by CVM — June 24, 2007 @ 5:19 pm
Thank you. Fixed up the post with a link.
Comment by oo — June 24, 2007 @ 5:54 pm