I know that you're looking for relatively contemporary films, but two particular eras in film history would seem to be influences on the films others have been citing. One is the experimental films of say the 1920s (ENTR'ACTE, BALLET MECHANIQUE) and Soviet montage (perhaps MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA more than even Eisenstein), through MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON. The other is the in the films of the 1960s and 1970s--PSYCHO, PERSONA's opening montage, the montage sequence in THE PARALLAX VIEW, Richard Lester's early films through HELP!, Polanski's films through ROSEMARY'S BABY, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, etc. Many of these features are also presaged in films of the Japanese NewWave--Oshima in particular. Don Larsson ___________________________________________________ "When something is empty, fill it. When something is full, empty it. When you have an itch, scratch it." --Dieter Dengler Donald F. Larsson, Professor English Department, Minnesota State University, Mankato Mail: 230 Armstrong Hall, Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 Office Phone: 507-389-2368 ________________________________________ From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Surbhi Goel [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 7:46 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SCREEN-L] Intensified Films and Their Soundtracks Carol Here are a few suggestion: Chunking Express Memento Irreversible Cheers Surbhi Goel Lecturer Department of English, Panjab University Chandigarh, India -----Original Message----- From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List on behalf of Carol Vernallis Sent: Sat 10/13/2007 3:38 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SCREEN-L] Intensified Films and Their Soundtracks I'm interested in sped-up, cut-up, prismatic and/or changeable contemporary films and their soundtracks (examples include Greengrass's The Bourne Ultimatum, Assayas's Clean, Neveldine's Crank, Scott's Domino, Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, To's Full Time Killer, Akin's Head-On, and Antal's Kontroll). My best way of finding out about these films has been through asking my students, but they've run out of suggestions. Would you be willing to tell me which films you admire? Feel free to contact me on the list or directly at [log in to unmask] Sincerely, Carol Vernallis ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org --------------------------------- Save all your chat conversations. Find them online. ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org