Absurd films

Some films I have recently watched have had good relevance to my project on the absurd in metaphors and on puppets. It was good to get some narrative within the absurd and with metaphorical puppets.

http://www.screendaily.com/pictures/586xAny/7/9/4/1153794_Holy-Motors.jpg

Holy motors relates to my metaphorical control through the puppet Monsieur Oscar. He is given assignments to complete and roles to fill. He may be doing this as a job or for the entertainment, neither is clear, but he is still coming under as a puppet. We do not see him as a thinker with action or as a director, rather a machine with observations and vain opinions. As he goes to each assignment the film changes in style and genre. It didn't feel confusing but kept the absurd in the characters doing their absurd tasks. I see this as a good use of research not just for me but also for my team, if we ever think about joining our ideas I can see it as not becoming chaos, even if we have different mediums.

http://theawesomer.com/photos/2012/07/010712_i_pet_goat_ii_t.jpg

A short film that fits well with the overall project of the absurd in metaphors is an animation called "I, pet goat II". There is a relation to my metaphor during the beginning of the film as it delves into puppet masters that are believed to be in politics. Showing the president as just a puppet being pulled to dance and speak for the higher power. As it is set in a school room I take it as the puppet master wanting to obstruct the children's education with the presidents silly dance. This is more litteral than I am wanting to do but it is good to see the puppet master in an absurd metaphor context. This is an interesting animation as it tells different events over the last decade in absurd ways and as it has more than one theme included, it supports possibilities of joining the groups ideas together as well.

References

Carax, Leos. Holy Motors. Drama, 2012.

I, Pet Goat II, 2012. http://vimeo.com/44583147.