In Print | Notebook Issue 6
“In the Moment of Match-Strike” is available via direct subscription or in select stores around the world.Ah, to be young! Issue 6 is dedicated to different expressions of youth in cinema, a time of surprise, invention, rebellion, and hope for the future. In a cross-generational feature, a group of parents curate a short film program and share the reactions (and drawings) of their own children. Plunging bravely into the madcap “microcinematic” world of videos found across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram feeds, filmmaker Nikita Lavretski provides a critical guide to one day’s intense viewing; in another artist contribution, Fox Maxy handwrites an inspiring letter to her younger self. Other features include academic Christopher Holliday on digital de-aging, visual artist Jonas Staal on product placement’s childhood targets, critic Philippa Snow on teenage fascination with visual extremity, and writer Adam Wray on bootleg movie merchandise. In a roundtable feature, the makers and voices of the animated series Daria tell Claire Marie Healy how they channeled teenage disaffection, and participants and teachers share photographs and memories from New York’s impactful Young Filmmaker’s Foundation. Writer and director Durga Chew-Bose pinpoints cinematic moments that evoke a timeless childhood, and a selection of poems by avant-gardist Shūji Terayama, written when he was a young adult in mid-century Japan, further attest to the enduring fire of youth. Elsewhere in the magazine, Amalia Ulman and Payal Kapadia continue our multi-issue series “Things a Filmmaker Should Know,” the revelation of rare and restored imagery marks the centennial of Sergei Parajanov’s birth, and an unsung but brilliant special effects pioneer is given his due.Things a Filmmaker Should Know by Amalia Ulman and Payal KapadiaTwo directors offer advice and inspiration to today’s filmmakers.Forever Young by Durga Chew-Bose, with illustrations by Emi UeokaSix moments that embody a singular and timeless cinematic youth.The Notebook Children’s Cinema arranged and with an introduction by Genevieve Yue, with contributions from the families of Daniela Alatorre, Annie Baker and Nico Baumbach, Ren Ebel and Laida Lertxundi, Jason Fox and Brett Story, Basma Al-Sharif, and Maria Palacios CruzExploring the pleasures and challenges of screening films to young viewers with a colorful collage of drawing and discussion.High School Feelings on MTV: Previously on Daria... by Claire Marie Healy; a conversation between Karen Disher, Tracy Grandstaff, and Wendy Hoopes with comments by Glenn Eichler and Susie LewisThe formative years of a seminal adolescent animation, as told by its creators.Product-Placing the Future by Jonas StaalWhat is the place of youth and the family in contemporary propaganda?Authentic Bootlegs by Adam Wray, with statements by Ashley Hohman, Kevin McCaughey, and Tobin ReidThree apparel designers discuss the value of quality bootlegging in today's cinephilia.A Gallery of Severed Hands and Whatnot by Philippa SnowReflections on the adolescent drive to seek out graphic imagery, from the wilds of early-’00s shock sites to the films of the New French Extremity.Poetics of the Exploded Self poems and note by Shūji Terayama, translated and introduced by Kaisa SaarinenIn three poem sequences by the avant-garde filmmaker, art is an escape from the limits of the body in the Greek hills.It Was Never About the Films: Remembering the Young Filmaker’s Foundation introduction by Elena Rossi-Snook; reflections by Bernadette Beekman, Ariel Dougherty, Andrew Gurian, Michael Jacobsohn, Tony Joseph, Marcelo Montealegre, Scott Morris, Peri Muldofsky, and Susan Zeig; moderated by Jessica Gordon-Burroughs; with archival photography by Hella HammidFifty years later, looking back fondly upon a significant movement located in New York’s Lower East Side.TikTok-Shpargalka by Nikita LavretskiA schedule and guide to a day’s viewing across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, with an accompanying illustrative film.Growing Pains: Hollywood’s Digital De-aging by Christopher Holliday What complexities arise when technology is used to artificially “youthen” ever-longer-lasting studio stars?The Special Effects of Norman O. Dawn by Leslie DelassusAppreciating the silent-era special effects innovator through the hand-illustrated cards he created to demonstrate and document his artistry.Sergei Parajanov Expanded arranged by Daniel Bird; text by Elisabetta FabriziOn the centenary of the filmmaker’s birth, a unique look at revelatory unused footage from his most famous film.
“In the Moment of Match-Strike” is available via direct subscription or in select stores around the world.
Ah, to be young! Issue 6 is dedicated to different expressions of youth in cinema, a time of surprise, invention, rebellion, and hope for the future. In a cross-generational feature, a group of parents curate a short film program and share the reactions (and drawings) of their own children. Plunging bravely into the madcap “microcinematic” world of videos found across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram feeds, filmmaker Nikita Lavretski provides a critical guide to one day’s intense viewing; in another artist contribution, Fox Maxy handwrites an inspiring letter to her younger self. Other features include academic Christopher Holliday on digital de-aging, visual artist Jonas Staal on product placement’s childhood targets, critic Philippa Snow on teenage fascination with visual extremity, and writer Adam Wray on bootleg movie merchandise. In a roundtable feature, the makers and voices of the animated series Daria tell Claire Marie Healy how they channeled teenage disaffection, and participants and teachers share photographs and memories from New York’s impactful Young Filmmaker’s Foundation. Writer and director Durga Chew-Bose pinpoints cinematic moments that evoke a timeless childhood, and a selection of poems by avant-gardist Shūji Terayama, written when he was a young adult in mid-century Japan, further attest to the enduring fire of youth. Elsewhere in the magazine, Amalia Ulman and Payal Kapadia continue our multi-issue series “Things a Filmmaker Should Know,” the revelation of rare and restored imagery marks the centennial of Sergei Parajanov’s birth, and an unsung but brilliant special effects pioneer is given his due.
Things a Filmmaker Should Know by Amalia Ulman and Payal Kapadia
Two directors offer advice and inspiration to today’s filmmakers.
Forever Young by Durga Chew-Bose, with illustrations by Emi Ueoka
Six moments that embody a singular and timeless cinematic youth.
The Notebook Children’s Cinema arranged and with an introduction by Genevieve Yue, with contributions from the families of Daniela Alatorre, Annie Baker and Nico Baumbach, Ren Ebel and Laida Lertxundi, Jason Fox and Brett Story, Basma Al-Sharif, and Maria Palacios Cruz
Exploring the pleasures and challenges of screening films to young viewers with a colorful collage of drawing and discussion.
High School Feelings on MTV: Previously on Daria... by Claire Marie Healy; a conversation between Karen Disher, Tracy Grandstaff, and Wendy Hoopes with comments by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis
The formative years of a seminal adolescent animation, as told by its creators.
Product-Placing the Future by Jonas Staal
What is the place of youth and the family in contemporary propaganda?
Authentic Bootlegs by Adam Wray, with statements by Ashley Hohman, Kevin McCaughey, and Tobin Reid
Three apparel designers discuss the value of quality bootlegging in today's cinephilia.
A Gallery of Severed Hands and Whatnot by Philippa Snow
Reflections on the adolescent drive to seek out graphic imagery, from the wilds of early-’00s shock sites to the films of the New French Extremity.
Poetics of the Exploded Self poems and note by Shūji Terayama, translated and introduced by Kaisa Saarinen
In three poem sequences by the avant-garde filmmaker, art is an escape from the limits of the body in the Greek hills.
It Was Never About the Films: Remembering the Young Filmaker’s Foundation introduction by Elena Rossi-Snook; reflections by Bernadette Beekman, Ariel Dougherty, Andrew Gurian, Michael Jacobsohn, Tony Joseph, Marcelo Montealegre, Scott Morris, Peri Muldofsky, and Susan Zeig; moderated by Jessica Gordon-Burroughs; with archival photography by Hella Hammid
Fifty years later, looking back fondly upon a significant movement located in New York’s Lower East Side.
TikTok-Shpargalka by Nikita Lavretski
A schedule and guide to a day’s viewing across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, with an accompanying illustrative film.
Growing Pains: Hollywood’s Digital De-aging by Christopher Holliday
What complexities arise when technology is used to artificially “youthen” ever-longer-lasting studio stars?
The Special Effects of Norman O. Dawn by Leslie Delassus
Appreciating the silent-era special effects innovator through the hand-illustrated cards he created to demonstrate and document his artistry.
Sergei Parajanov Expanded arranged by Daniel Bird; text by Elisabetta Fabrizi
On the centenary of the filmmaker’s birth, a unique look at revelatory unused footage from his most famous film.
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