Thomas Flight | Why You Should Watch Experimental Documentaries @ThomasFlight | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 19 hours ago.
Watch my experimental film Labyrinth Ion: labyrinthion.com
Letterboxd list of every documentary referenced: letterboxd.com/thomasflight/list/the-beauty-and-chaos-of-experimental-documentary
Films referenced:
Koyaanisqatsi 1982
Leviathan 2012
Sans Soleil 1983
Samsara 2011
Lessons of Darkness 1992
Cameraperson 2016
Sleep Has Her House 2017
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One 1968
Chronicle of a Summer 1961
Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey 2016
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000
Man with a Movie Camera 1929
London 1994
Fata Morgana 1971
Labyrinth Ion 2022
// WATCH MORE THOMAS FLIGHT
-Ad-Free Videos and Exclusive Content on Nebula: go.nebula.tv/thomasflight
-My Podcast Cinema of Meaning:
Ad-Free and early on Nebula: Nebula: nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831
-Rent or Buy My Experimental Documentary:
labyrinthion.com
-Read My Newsletter:
thomasflight.substack.com
// SUPPORT MY WORK
-Support my Channel directly on Patreon: patreon.com/thomasflight
Patrons get access to a discord community, monthly podcast reviews of everything I watch, and more!
-Sign up for Nebula using my Link: go.nebula.tv/thomasflight
Signing Up for Nebula using my link supports my channel financially.
// FOLLOW ME
-Twitter: twitter.com/thomasflight
-Website: thomasflight.com
-Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/thomasflight
-TikTok: tiktok.com/@thomas.flight
// CONTACT ME
-sponsorship and Business inquiries: thomasflight@standard.tv
-Questions, feedback, other stuff: contact@thomasflight.com
(check out my FAQ as well: thomasflight.com/faq)
#ThomasFlight #VideoEssay
Chapters:
00:00 Cold Open
00:26 The Power of Context
01:39 The Beauty And Chaos of Experimental Documentaries
02:38 Non-Verbal Narratives
05:17 The Birth of Reality TV
06:13 Herzog's Ecstatic Truth
09:02 The Subjectivity of Image
09:50 A Genre of Trickery
11:59 A Guided Meditation
13:44 Revealing the Full Potential of Cinema
16:43 My Experimental Film
Watch my experimental film Labyrinth Ion: labyrinthion.com
Letterboxd list of every documentary referenced: letterboxd.com/thomasflight/list/the-beauty-and-chaos-of-experimental-documentary
Films referenced:
Koyaanisqatsi 1982
Leviathan 2012
Sans Soleil 1983
Samsara 2011
Lessons of Darkness 1992
Cameraperson 2016
Sleep Has Her House 2017
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One 1968
Chronicle of a Summer 1961
Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey 2016
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000
Man with a Movie Camera 1929
London 1994
Fata Morgana 1971
Labyrinth Ion 2022
// WATCH MORE THOMAS FLIGHT
-Ad-Free Videos and Exclusive Content on Nebula: go.nebula.tv/thomasflight
-My Podcast Cinema of Meaning:
Ad-Free and early on Nebula: Nebula: nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831
-Rent or Buy My Experimental Documentary:
labyrinthion.com
-Read My Newsletter:
thomasflight.substack.com
// SUPPORT MY WORK
-Support my Channel directly on Patreon: patreon.com/thomasflight
Patrons get access to a discord community, monthly podcast reviews of everything I watch, and more!
-Sign up for Nebula using my Link: go.nebula.tv/thomasflight
Signing Up for Nebula using my link supports my channel financially.
// FOLLOW ME
-Twitter: twitter.com/thomasflight
-Website: thomasflight.com
-Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/thomasflight
-TikTok: tiktok.com/@thomas.flight
// CONTACT ME
-sponsorship and Business inquiries: thomasflight@standard.tv
-Questions, feedback, other stuff: contact@thomasflight.com
(check out my FAQ as well: thomasflight.com/faq)
#ThomasFlight #VideoEssay
Chapters:
00:00 Cold Open
00:26 The Power of Context
01:39 The Beauty And Chaos of Experimental Documentaries
02:38 Non-Verbal Narratives
05:17 The Birth of Reality TV
06:13 Herzog's Ecstatic Truth
09:02 The Subjectivity of Image
09:50 A Genre of Trickery
11:59 A Guided Meditation
13:44 Revealing the Full Potential of Cinema
16:43 My Experimental Film
