From Peggy's 1987 film, "The Dead Man"

Peggy Ahwesh is a well known avant-garde filmmaker. She was also my first adviser here at Bard. Most days, I’m fortunate enough to run into her and catch up. Today, you’re all fortunate enough to watch one of her recent films, Beirut Outtakes, which she assembled from footage that was recovered by one Mr. Salloum from an abandoned theater in Beirut. Here, all of her obsessions are on display, making it a wonderful introduction to a her work.

Beirut Outtakes (2007)

This is also a great opportunity to link you to one of my favorite websites, Ubuweb. I dare you to spend less than an hour on it.

]]> http://sainteliotandco.com/blog/beirut/feed/ 0 http://sainteliotandco.com/blog/some-advice/ http://sainteliotandco.com/blog/some-advice/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:36:00 +0000 Brian Barth http://sainteliotandco.com/?p=297 We were listening to a 30-minute Musique concrète piece in electronic music comp workshop, and I decided to take a little break (breaking a cello is nice, but a meticulous dismantling? please). I walked down the hall to Jesse Cain’s office.

I asked him about his senior project and how his editing process went. I shared my woes with him.

His advice – I paraphrase: 1. Cut everything everyone tells you to. 2. Audience’s aren’t stupid. 3. Your movie’s always better than you think.

Peggy Ahwesh enters the equip room and the conversation.

Her advice – I quote: “Don’t get married too early.”