I found both of these articles interesting, but were just a hair off-target for me. It is not the eye itself that is so biased towards out societal preferences, but the viewer's perspective and preconceptions of what film as a medium can be. Viewers interested in forward-thinking work are not bothered by departures from the depiction of real life as viewed from a single human lens; I for one am eager for any kind of distortion/departure from the norm in terms of the image presented. However, for the time it was published I'm certain this conception was not held by many. Vertov's final assertions to cease psychological/detective drama, theatre productions, Dostoyevsky/Nat Pinkerton, and the concept of the "newsreel" is a bit short sighted as well. Unfortunately, the majority of the film world is concerned with making money, and while people are still so fascinated by these topics/productions, they will be produced forever. A commercial world will always tower over the avant garde. Brakhage seemed to have a more matured grasp on essentially the same concept. His comment that "you are not only influenced by the visual phenomenon which you are focused upon and attempt to sound the depths of all visual influence," really resonated with me, because I've always observed other students' as well as my own choreography being directly influenced by whatever work it is that we're performing at the time. Imitation is not only deliberate but subconscious at its core, as our pattern-centric brains grab onto anything they can categorize.
Ultimately, I enjoyed the thoughts provoked by the articles (Brakhage especially), but Vertov was a bit too literal with his approach to his piece.
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