GR in other media

[Jay Herzog]

	I read an interview with David Blair a while ago wherein he did
claim Pynchon(and more specifically Gravity's Rainbow) as a formative
influence on his filmaking style. WAX is must viewing for anyone into
Pynchon- it deals with a subject near and dear to TRP: the way that
technology forms our perception in the 20th century(plus there's a cameo
by Wm. S. Burroughs). The most recent film by Craig Baldwin is Sonic
Outlaws, a documentary about media collage artists Negativland and
Emergency Broadcast Network(the EBN video is also a must see, if only for
George Bush's cover of "We will Rock you" set to the backdrop of the Gulf
War).

On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, David Dasinger wrote:

> > >Maybe could hustle money out of Lit departments to produce an educational
> > aid.
> > >
> > >Until next time
> > >
> > >Mike
> > >
> > >     ,
> > I like your idea, Mike. Have you seen the film TRIBULATION 99 by Craig
> > Baldwin. It's a truly bizarre type of documentary and, if Lars Von Trier is
> > unavailable, I suggest Baldwin.
> > 
> > Keith
> Another "qualified" film maker would have to be David Blair, the creator
> of "WAX, or the discovery of television amongst the bees".
> Visit the web site at
> http://bug.village.virginia.edu/
> and you'll see that he has the attention to detail and organization
> required of anyone foolhardy enough to tackle GR.
> I think the methods used in wax (video, hyperlinked text, vrml)
> would be perfect for pynchon (or vollman, DFW, Ballard)
> I don't know anything about Blair, but would be suprised to find
> that he hadn't read a bit of TRP.
> Isn't there a new film by Baldwin out? I seem to remember it mentioned
> at the video festival here (Dallas) last month. I'll go check
> Blockbuster<g>.
> DD
> 
> "Love is the water of life,
> and you who deny it are an ass,
> So what else can you do O Donkey,
> but piss in the stream?"
>      -Mawlana Jalaloddin Rumi
>