Maborosi, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda (1995)

--Nathaniel Dorsky, Devotional Cinema

Film Still: O Death

O Death Nathaniel Dorsky I 2023 I 5.5 minutes I silent speed I 18 fps I 16mm I color I silent In the spirit of the times and my own growing older, a brief tip of the hat…  N.D.  

nathaniel dorsky on tumblr?!?!?

compline, nathaniel dorsky ( 2009)

Online Gallery｜Nathaniel Dorsky

瞑想の時へと導く、麗らかなフィルムスチール

General Colour Grading info

I used the colour matching feature initially and tweaked it according to the footage. The main images that I used to match are taken from the artist model Nathaniel Dorsky:

Then, I duplicated the layer above, applied Gaussian blur, and Set the blend mode to lighter colour.

mid sem objects 2

Japanese Omamori charms:

These are Japanese amulets that you can get from both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Shinto and Buddhism are the two major beliefs in Japan and its shrines and temples are still very much treasured and visited in Japan. I heard you are supposed to return them after about a year as the idea is that you borrow the luck temporarily and at the shrines or temples they do the steps to return the luck back to the gods. However, as I can't go to Japan I still have heaps of these at home. I don't know maybe I'm terribly cursed.

Furoshiki Cloth:

A furoshiki is a square piece of cloth that originates from I believe sometime before the 10th century that is used to wrap and carry goods or for decoration. They tend to have traditional Japanese patterns or have lots of significant seasonal prints. I got this right before I first moved to New Zealand back when I was 6. I used it to wrap my clothes and shoved it into the suitcase. It's important for me as it's nostalgic and reminds me of the biggest turning point of my life. It almost feels like a ticket to flip my life around. Japanese traditional patterns and the importance of seasons in its culture fascinate me and I was inspired by it a lot, particularly in the yr1sem1 concertina project and yr2sem1 publication.

Old painting series:

This is the art board from the painting class back in year 13. This is where I started looking into the Impressionist art movement in more depth and practising it through my own works which I think triggered a lot of works and stylistic choices. I also mentioned in the formative presentation that this was heavily inspired by Studio Ghibli or other animation movies and their background art. Still to this day, I take great inspiration from Impressionism and its ideals or concepts. I looked at some other contemporary artists who had a significant impact on me such as Nathaniel Dorsky, Eric Roux-Fontaine, Rex Preston, Toshio Ebine, Naohisa Inoue, Reynier Llanes, etc.

Naohisa Inoue Book:

I first saw Inoue's works through the movie Whisper of the Heart by Studio Ghibli. His works were featured and animated in. a section of the movie and Hayao Miyazaki states that he is very fond of Inoue's paintings. He also created a short film solely inspired by (and used) Inoue's works called Iblard Time (Iblard Jikan). I was personally very influenced by his works, particularly in years 12-13 for painting boards. Furthermore, this has led to my interest in Japanese arts and culture as well as Impressionism. I studied a lot of his painting techniques and applied them to my works. I think it fed my experimental artistic thinking and my love for fantasy and nostalgia.

Concertina Project:

Self-Matters concertina project was the first ever studio paper that we worked on in university and it challenged us to visually express our self-identity. The main keyword that sparked my ideas was 'intangibility' and I approached the design thinking more about non-holdable identities like birthdays, fortune tellings, and Japanese culture. The fact that it was the first project I did in university makes it significant as a major turning point, but it also made me dive extremely deep into my identity and I think it took my thinking to places I had never been before. I think it also has a lot of influences from all of the creatives that I have mentioned so far, even ones that I didn't put in the presentation. It has so much symbolism scattered across the whole concertina that cannot be explained in any few words. As I work through my university degree I keep coming back to this project as it reminds me of my origins in a language that is incredibly personal to me and me only. It's like a treasure box of intangible unspoken stories that I will always hold, perhaps never told.

No respetar la pantalla como símbolo de sí misma es tratar a la película como un medio para la información. Es decir, que todo el absorbente mecanismo de la luz proyectada —los planos, cortes, los actores— están ahí sólo para representar una idea escrita. Pero el cine en su forma más transformadora no es un medio principalmente literario. La pantalla o el campo de luz en la pared debe estar viva como escultura, mientras expresa al mismo tiempo la iconografía que hay dentro del encuadre. Más allá de todo esto, el cine es una pantalla, el cine es un rectángulo de luz, el cine es una escultura de luz en el tiempo. ¿Cómo puede un cineasta esculpir luz mientras permanece en armonía con su tema? ¿Cómo puede la luz estar en unión profunda con la evocación? ¿Cómo construyes una forma temporal que le comunique continuamente el ahora al público? - Nathaniel Dorsky

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Most people don’t like films, they like stories. - Jonas Mekas

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Cine de ficción, cuyo modelo es la forma narrativa vinculada al realismo literario del S.XIX

Mabe Fratti Announces European Tour, Shares New “Con Esfuerzo” Video: Watch

The video was made “in the spirit of the film diaries of Nathaniel Dorsky or Jonas Mekas,” the director says from RSS: News https://ift.tt/jPZYlWw via IFTTT

Mabe Fratti Announces European Tour, Shares New “Con Esfuerzo” Video: Watch

The video was made “in the spirit of the film diaries of Nathaniel Dorsky or Jonas Mekas,” the director says from RSS: News https://ift.tt/nAc6SWF

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--Nathaniel Dorsky, Devotional Cinema

Re-read this wonderful little book. My copy is in my office in LA, but I was able to find a PDF online. It really is such a gem.

All is grace. Pray, let me be a humble servant of my craft.

Film Still: Caracole (for Izcali)

Caracole (for Izcali)

Nathaniel Dorsky I 2023 I 17.5 minutes I silent speed I 18 fps I 16mm I color I silent

In the last few years I have been making a series of cinematic portraits of young filmmaking friends acting as collaborators in portraiture.There is always a surprise as to what the Bolex reveals of a person that is not revealed with the naked eye.This happened in a very strong way with Jacob while shooting Pavane. But I was not prepared for the surprise that took place when I looked through the camera at Linda. I suddenly saw her as never before and asked without hesitation if she were Aztec. She responded enthusiastically that indeed she was, in fact, her middle name is Izcali, after the important Aztec festival month of rebirth.  N.D.

Devotional cinema by nathaniel dorsky

How to get rid of pimples by cookie mueller

Illuminations by walter benjamin

Dubliners by james joyce

Variations, Nathaniel Dorsky (1998)

Nathaniel Dorsky

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: Born 1943

Ethnicity: White - American

Occupation: Film editor, director, cinematographer, producer, screenwriter

Colour grading inspo

I was aiming to get the film-like look and colours of the works that I took the most inspiration from. Especially the high contrasting colours of Nathaniel Dorsky's works that really bring out the colours, light, and pattern.

Although it is not directly related, me as a creative is really influenced by Studio Ghibli and animation movies so I experimented if I could bring this colourfulness into film. I wasn't particularly happy with the results I got, these colours are beautiful in an animated world with the hands of masters, but it was an interesting process.