The Transgressive Power of Love!
Megan Spencer
Megan Spencer:
‘Down & Dirty II’ Contemporary Underground Documentary: An Update.
THURSDAY 13th Sept :
TIME: 1-2 pm
WHERE: Sydney College of the Arts
Balmain Rd Rozelle
In May 2002 film critic, filmmaker and curator Megan Spencer (triple j, SBS Movie Show, Lovestruck) gave a lecture about transgressive and underground documentary as part of the Real Life on Film documentary film festival. ‘Down & Dirty: The Power & Poetry Of Transgressive Documentary’ generated controversy and passionate debate about the role of documentary in bringing transgressive and taboo subjects to audiences via the ‘underground’ documentary context.
Fresh from her role as Guest Artistic Director for Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2007, Spencer will rework the talk for the inaugural 2007 Sydney Underground Film Festival. Updating it to the 2007 underground filmmaking context, she will cite a broad range of references including Jisoe, A Dollar for The Good Ones, Zoo, Naked On The Inside, Loose Change, the work of Tony Comstock and others. She will explore the role of transgression in documentary, its definitions, and will also ask whether the term ‘underground’ can still be applied to documentary in the age of digital distribution.
I think it’s pretty ironic that in combining the most ordinary of human experiences (a couple making love) with the most shop-worn of formats (the talking head doco,) I’ve somehow managed to make transgressive cinema. Behold the magic power of the camera!
August 24th, 2007 at 5:11 am
I know Megan well, she shot the “making of” footage for Anna Brownfield’s “The Band” of which I play the anally obsessive bass player GB. Small worlds.
Rups