Frames of Reference
Volume 3 Program 1
Fragmented Memory Part 1

Collective versus individual memory and historic specificity versus romanticized recollections are the focuses of this program, which features works in which the power of the cinematic image indelibly captures both the epic and the intimate dramas of life.


B-52 (Excerpts from a Work in Progress)
Hartmut Bitomsky
22:00   2000
Utilizing the grand cinematographic style of a John Ford Western, Harmut Bitomsky's B-52 (Excerpts from a Work in Progress) documents the demolition of a fleet of World War II-era planes in a barren Arizona airfield.


Del Olvido Al No Me Acuerdo (I Forgot, I Don't Remember)
Juan Carlos Rulfo
1:10:00   1999
Ostensibly a documentary on the life of renowned Mexican author (and the filmmaker's father) Juan Rulfo, the stunningly photographed Del Olvido Al No Me Acuerdo (I Forgot, I Don't Remember), by Juan Carlos Rulfo, examines the construction of narrative and memory themselves.