Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Gerry (2002)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fdFqjS6Ptw

The film Gerry (2002) is dedicated to the memory of Ken Kesey. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kesey


Frequently cited as an example of non-narrative cinema. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_(2002_film)


Non-narrative film is an aesthetic of film that does not narrate, or relate "an event, whether real or imaginary". The aesthetic strives to be nonrepresentational. Aesthetics of Film writes, "This is to say one would not recognize anything in the image and that temporal, sequential, or cause-and-effect relations could not be perceived between the shots or the elements of the image."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-narrative_film

now, this sounds like our everyday life, without Gus Van Sant directing