I've heard of avant-garde filmmaker Hollis Frampton who made lots of experimental films in his career and shot on 16mm film no less. So being a lover, nerd of film this seemed like the time to check one of them out. I chose to inflict upon myself Winter Solstice.
Winter Solstice was apparently filmed at a steel mill and consists of a lot and I mean a log of shaky camera work of stuff on fire, stuff burning and vats of molten steel bubbling away. I suspect Fampton's footage is so shaky because he was trying to avoid getting burned. Apparently he never learned from his parents at a young age to keep away from hot stoves.
Did I mention the film is silent? Well it is in color although the primary color is yellow as the bright burning materials of the steel mill literally burn into the 16mm negative.
I hate to say this since this is a quote i despise from the legendary film team of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert but "this is 33 minutes of my life I will never get back." The best way to sum it all up is that this is really boring.
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