Lecture 2 : Su Friedrich

It may just be that I have a strict taste in film but I have to be honest and say that I was not excited by much of what I saw yesterday. For me there were too many rough edges to each film such as the music cutting off suddenly in Rules of the Road. Although I didn't dislike everything about her work. I did appreciate the creativity of the scratching process into the emulsion of the film. I did find that to be a bit rough though and didn't think she needed to use it all the time. It didn't really grab my attention like I thought it would. My favorite film of hers was The Ties That Bind. Maybe it was the documentary style of it I liked so much. Since I am taking a documentary film class I have a greater appreciation for them. Again with the scratching though, didn't feel it was necessary. I might have preferred regular type. I did like the fact that she made it all about her mother and omitted her own voice. Even though it was personally connected to her she still made it all about the subject of the film which was her mother. The best aspect of all the films she showed was the beginning of Rules of the Road. The use of the music and the cards to show her name and title of the film were just genius.