Fine, I failed miserably at the blogging five times in a row. Can you blame me, I can't I will however try to do it this week. So Monday the 19th of February is the first blog of five in a row. This is like pulling teeth. Today in Film 201 we screened D'est a film by Chantal Akerman. I have to admit to you all it was the most difficult movie I have ever sat through. I was fighting sleep the entire time. I had a full eight hours plus that previous night and I still found it hard to stay awake. I finally got over the lead for eyes and sat through the rest of the film. The whole film is a succession of dolly shots and still tripod shots, there is one time she uses the hand-held method and that is when a couple are dancing in the street. The film gave me the feel of the Lumierie brothers "actualities" that were just of people being in front of the camera and doing normal everday tasks. Some ideas that came up was the idea of transportation, waiting, menial tasks, and music. I will discuss tomorrow what I felt about those concepts.