The best part was the Beatle's music and of course the ENDING!. My 6 year old did a better video filming the grass growing in our back yard. The zooming in and out at precise moments was the clincher. His film is avant-garde, so it isn't for everyone, but the inter play of insects and birds chirping make it a masterpiece.
A cinematic representation of a claustrophobic hell. The VHS-rip quality and the last ten minutes made an eerie, haunting feeling of complete surrender.
Although it takes a little bit of patience to slog through, I didn't find Wavelength to be particularly dreadful. It's actually fairly intriguing seeing what can be achieved by isolating--in principle anyway--the single formal element of the zoom. Although it seems pretty easy to claim that the film rests mainly on the simplicity of its exploration of a single formal element, it's obviously rather more complex. I am far from well-versed in the technical aspects of film-making, but clearly a number of elements are used, particularly editing, superimposition of images, sound, and (not least important) narrative. These elements, to me at least, seem to detract from any sense of formal purity that the film might claim.
I don't watch much experimental cinema so I have little context within which to situate Wavelength. Still, I found it interesting. Really, it's just 45 minutes. People probably spend more than that watching cats on youtube and browsing porn on an average evening.
About ten minutes into the film I thought I had lost all hope in the battle against this one. Then suddenly it came to me and I realised how I could manage it. I just turned off that awful sound, put some good music and got myself through it. However, I highly recommend that if anyone reading this hasn't seen the film he/she should read some of the other comments before doing so. I hope for the sake of your mental health that if you decide to go on and watch it, that you will at least turn off the sound.
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MrE2Me
Uploaded in HD for you fine folks here:https://ok.ru/video/8812774558258
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alexbergmans
This is an excellent film, and it does pay off with a finish that evoked a lot of strange feelings I can't quite describe. Worth the watch.nbats
https://noodlemagazine.com/watch/61950003_456241692wloper
This severely tested the limits of my sanity.MovieManMark
How can we get this taken off of some lists?petrolatum
My cat did not enjoy the audio on this one.Shingwauk
The audio hurt my ears.-1flb2-
The best part was the Beatle's music and of course the ENDING!. My 6 year old did a better video filming the grass growing in our back yard. The zooming in and out at precise moments was the clincher. His film is avant-garde, so it isn't for everyone, but the inter play of insects and birds chirping make it a masterpiece.tommy_leazaq
Any news on the proposed sequel, Wavelength II: The Zoom Out ?Cthulhu1
Well, I've watched it... and I can't un-watch it.Local Hero -- aka MestnyiGeroi
Is the soundtrack available for purchase?chryzsh
A cinematic representation of a claustrophobic hell. The VHS-rip quality and the last ten minutes made an eerie, haunting feeling of complete surrender.the3rdman
Although it takes a little bit of patience to slog through, I didn't find Wavelength to be particularly dreadful. It's actually fairly intriguing seeing what can be achieved by isolating--in principle anyway--the single formal element of the zoom. Although it seems pretty easy to claim that the film rests mainly on the simplicity of its exploration of a single formal element, it's obviously rather more complex. I am far from well-versed in the technical aspects of film-making, but clearly a number of elements are used, particularly editing, superimposition of images, sound, and (not least important) narrative. These elements, to me at least, seem to detract from any sense of formal purity that the film might claim.I don't watch much experimental cinema so I have little context within which to situate Wavelength. Still, I found it interesting. Really, it's just 45 minutes. People probably spend more than that watching cats on youtube and browsing porn on an average evening.
Asiklassi
About ten minutes into the film I thought I had lost all hope in the battle against this one. Then suddenly it came to me and I realised how I could manage it. I just turned off that awful sound, put some good music and got myself through it. However, I highly recommend that if anyone reading this hasn't seen the film he/she should read some of the other comments before doing so. I hope for the sake of your mental health that if you decide to go on and watch it, that you will at least turn off the sound.akuma587
I love experimental films, but bring a sleeping bag to this one. Might have mattered in film history, but I found very little value in watching it.Showing items 1 – 15 of 32