Films

The Peter Greenway film 'A Walk Through H' was interesting in that the close ups of the maps had lovely patterns and marks, but a little repetitive towards the end. His made up stories that went with the maps were comical to start with then just irritating especially with his voice and music. Somewhere in the film it was to do with flight patterns of birds but i missed this and i probably wondered why they kept showing birds. Birds don't need maps they instinctively know where to turn right.
The Jean-Luc Godard film was annoying with the sub titles because i lost the feel of the film with having to read everything. The only interesting part was when it showed how a painting was made with layering. This part interested me so if i was going to make a film about painting i would focus on this. At the moment i am interested in Mark Rothko and i would like to know how he started his paintings and what made him chose the colours and shapes. What were his thoughts and moods and did they affect what he was painting? What made him leave certain shades and marks and when were his paintings finished? Also it would be interesting to see if his technique could be replicated as in 'What Painting is' by James Elkins, trying to replicate a Monet painting.