In this week’s lecture, scenes from Scott Ruo’s ‘Four Images’, Brian Hill’s ‘Drinking for England’ and Chantal Akerman’s ‘D’Est’ were screened.  Choose one of these, and consider, in a single paragraph, what might have intrigued, interested, displeased or repelled you.

D’Est, directed by Chantal Akerman, was fascinating to watch. It was basically like being inside a car, looking out the window at the people on the side of the road. The people weren’t doing anything amazing in particular, but that didn’t mean they weren’t fascinating to watch. Sometimes the camera would be moving alongside someone at a walking pace, and we got to watch them for longer than others. Other times, people were making a conscious effort not to look at the camera, then some others were looking straight at it. But what I liked the most about the excerpt was the sound. Whatever the camera was moving in/on was inaudible. But what could be heard was the footprints of people walking on the sidewalk. This was so intriguing. I remember watching this movie where a man was walking through the snow at a really brisk pace, and something was really odd about the shot. There were cars moving around him, people talking and lots of traffic. But all the audience could hear was the crunching of the snow beneath his feet. This film reminded me of that. Its a bit confusing and disorientating but also fascinating.