RAIDERS OF THE LOST BARFI Cognitive psychologist Ronald T. Kellogg defines cryptomnesia as “the belief that a thought is novel when in fact it is a memory”. Things which we have seen, watched and interacted with get stored in our subconscious and gets regurgitated from that compost as original work. Steven Soderbergh acknowledges that Steven Spielberg possibly forgot more about staging by the time he made Raiders than Soderbergh knows today. Yet, even that which Spielberg created was from a pastiche of influences. Influences to what degree is something Stoo (an animator/graphic artist) decided to investigate. He recreated a shot-by-shot pastiche from 30 odd movies. The movies are: Multiple clips: 01) Secret of the Incas (1954) 02) Die Spinnen (Spiders) (1919) 03) The Naked Jungle (1954) 04) Trader Horn (1931) 05) Trader Horn (1973) 06) King Kong (1933) 07) Stanley and Livingstone (1939) 08) Tarzan and His Mate (1934) 09) Tarzan Escapes (1936) 10) Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941) 11) King Solomon’s Mines (1937) 12) King Solomon’s Mines (1954) 13) Watusi (1959) 14) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) 15) Perils of Nyoka (Nyoka and the Tigermen) (1942) 16) The Three Musketeers (1933) NOT the Dumas tale (as you’re aware, James) 2 clips or less: 17) The Light That Failed (1939) Paramount logo only 18) Five Weeks In a Balloon (1962) 19) Ice Cold In Alex (1958) 20) The Lost World (1960) 21) Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932) 22) Gunga Din (1939) 23) Zorro Rides Again (1937) 24) Zorro’s Fighting Legion (1939) 25) G-Men vs. The Black Dragon (1943) 26) Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939) 27) Jungle Jim (TV) (1955) 28) Perils of the Jungle (1953) 29) The Lone Ranger (1956) 30) Raiders of Ghost City (1944) Title only It is not unknown, for either ad film making or Cinema making, for directors to do a scratch cut and use it as a mood and pacing board. In this world where everything is a remix, as Kirby Ferguson notes “We are not self-made. We are dependent on one another. Admitting this to ourselves isnt an embrace of mediocrity and derivativeness, its a liberation from our misconceptions.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 06:01:24 +0000
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