REFLECTIONS ON FILM CULTURE

Essential Viewing: Keyframe’s Year in Video

One of the distinctive features of Keyframe are its video essays, which can be found on Fandor’s YouTube and Vimeo channels as well as on my own YouTube and Vimeo pages. Here is an index of the top video essays produced this year, with more to come in 2012.

Micky Vs. Marky – The Same Fight Twice
edited by Kevin B. Lee

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Do-It-Yourself Auteurs (Presented by Roger Ebert)
written and narrated by Steven Boone, edited by Kevin B. Lee
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The Good “Bad” Acting of Juliette Binoche
written and narrated by Aaron Cutler, edited by Kevin B. Lee
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Diary for David Holzman Part 1: The Sons and Daughters of David
written, narrated and edited by Kevin B. Lee
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Diary for David Holzman Part 2: Getting to the “Real” Stuff
written, narrated and edited by Kevin B. Lee
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Claire Denis on “35 Shots of Rum”
narrated by Claire Denis, edited by Kevin B. Lee
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Manohla Dargis on “Poetry”
written by Manohla Dargis, narrated by Anne Hockens, edited by Kevin B. Lee
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Cut Up in a Dream: Guy Maddin’s “Cowards Bend the Knee” (NSFW)
written and narrated by Matt Zoller Seitz, edited by Kevin B. Lee

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“Godardloop” Turns 50 Years of Cinema Into A Split-Screen Work of Art
produced by Michael Baute, edited by Bettina Blickwede
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“Fall,” A Video Poem for Buster Keaton
written by Dana Stevens, edited by Kevin B. Lee
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The Spielberg Face
written, narrated and edited by Kevin B. Lee
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Kevin B. Lee is editor of Keyframe. Follow him on Twitter.

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