Trunh Minh ha's music video

I had no idea what I was getting into when I started Reassemblage. I expected an old fashioned traditional documentary, but what I got was an experimental film that stretched the boundaries of my perspective on film. Within a few minutes of watching the movie I began to understand the strong experimental vibe of the movie, so I began to process it not as a movie (waiting for a plot to unfold or some form of character development), but as an youtube video that came up on my feed. My mind was open, and I was very surprised by the impact this film had. The spaces between the sound, and poetic narration made me think of this film as a sort of music video. All of the sounds put together formed an ambient jarring and moving piece of music, and the images of the environment being described added to the emotional value of the music much more than any music video I had ever seen. I think Trinh Minh ha's Reassemblage was a beautiful attempt communicating the emotion and feeling of Africa and what it was like to live there, and she did it very well by making something very similar to the best emotional language out there, music. 

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  1. UnknownApril 18, 2021 at 5:39 PM

    Very interesting way to perceive the film when you watched it, I am glad you were able to use this method to open your mind to the film. I don't watch very many music videos so reading your blog post was very interesting and informative. I'll have to watch some music videos and see what kind of connection can be made! - Davis Wukovits

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  2. Tom PowersApril 18, 2021 at 6:13 PM

    I love music videos and can understand the comparison. Music videos often have more sophisticated avant-garde techniques than feature films and I think that in general music makes film a lot better, as I have discovered a lot of my favorite songs from movies. I probably get more enjoyment out of music than any other artistic medium.

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  3. astra medeirosApril 21, 2021 at 12:03 PM

    Interesting to look at this as a music video, almost refreshing. I think something further could be how we are expected to 'participate' in this music video. We don't only consume visual culture, we 'do' it, we take part in it.

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