Me, Oui

This film marks a definite deviation from the standard parodies that I enjoyed producing. When studying in France, I took along my Bolex and some old footage my grandfather Howard filmed while traveling in Europe back in 1928. I jotted down roughly what monuments he filmed and I shot from the same angle and juxtaposition. The film is an homage to the father, time and architecture -- but also quotes from Baudelaire's Paris Spleen: "At last my heart explodes, take me anywhere as long as it is off this planet!" The tomb shown in this film is none other than Baudelaire's, buried with his step father (whom he despised) General Aupick. Produced in 1979, 16mm, color. Music: Karlheinz Stockhausen's Telemusik, Kurzwellen, Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre Lieder and Rameau's Les Paladins.

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Travel & Events

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• Paris
• Versailles
• New
• York
• London
• Baudelaire
• father

[semieden]

nice vid