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Stry Craty Bya wrote:

Derail wrote:Does anyone know where I could get ahold of these on DVD? I would love to see the old documenteries that influenced BOC so much.

I'm not looking for DVDs. I'm looking for links. Anyone know of any on YouTube or Internet Video Archive? I read in a few interviews that they were influenced by 1970's NFB nature films.... I would love to view one of these or something like it.

http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/title/

in particular, this is beautiful
http://www.nfb.ca/film/day_in_pacific_rim

Numerator wrote:

Stry Craty Bya wrote:

Derail wrote:Does anyone know where I could get ahold of these on DVD? I would love to see the old documenteries that influenced BOC so much.

I'm not looking for DVDs. I'm looking for links. Anyone know of any on YouTube or Internet Video Archive? I read in a few interviews that they were influenced by 1970's NFB nature films.... I would love to view one of these or something like it.

http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/title/

in particular, this is beautiful
http://www.nfb.ca/film/day_in_pacific_rim

Perfect

I spent my morning watching Beautiful Lennard Island. Got to be one of my favorite films on this site. Watched it two times so far.

All suggestions are great! Don't keep any of them you liked to yourselves! Especially 1970's film-grained nostalgia!

NFB =

The entirety of NFB's 'Waterwalker' is on youtube for free:



You can also find more on their site- a link should be with the youtube video. Coincidently, 'Waterwalker' came out within a year of when BoC started recording..

Occasionally some good stuff comes up on this blog http://thesoundofeye.blogspot.com

there is a NFB Canada app for the iphone...

actually pretty fucking awesome

This is great. Got this on DVD just after Christmas last year, extremely BOC, especially the soundtrack at the start. There is a short & long version(short version on the site, though you can order the longer one on DVD(which I did)):

http://www.nfb.ca/film/temples_of_time/

Also check out the Arthur Lipsett short films, 21-87 particularly(not very BOC, but hugely influential).

Numerator wrote:

Stry Craty Bya wrote:

Derail wrote:Does anyone know where I could get ahold of these on DVD? I would love to see the old documenteries that influenced BOC so much.

I'm not looking for DVDs. I'm looking for links. Anyone know of any on YouTube or Internet Video Archive? I read in a few interviews that they were influenced by 1970's NFB nature films.... I would love to view one of these or something like it.

http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/title/

in particular, this is beautiful
http://www.nfb.ca/film/day_in_pacific_rim

Did anyone found online videos on the NFB website that have that BoC vibe into the soundtracks?

SampleScience wrote:

Numerator wrote:

Stry Craty Bya wrote:
I'm not looking for DVDs. I'm looking for links. Anyone know of any on YouTube or Internet Video Archive? I read in a few interviews that they were influenced by 1970's NFB nature films.... I would love to view one of these or something like it.

http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/title/

in particular, this is beautiful
http://www.nfb.ca/film/day_in_pacific_rim

Did anyone found online videos on the NFB website that have that BoC vibe into the soundtracks?

'Temples Of Time'. See the link in my post above.

So I was wondering through the site some more and came across a video called "The Wanderer"

strange video but the subtitle for the video is called "Beware of Strangers" and its based on "The Devil and the Mushrooms"

so i though that was kinda silly

Many people think that the NFB influenced BOC only with their nature documentaries.
But if you read closely the interviews, they also talk about their social documentaries.

This one probably had a real influence on BoC as many of their favorite themes are there:
http://www.nfb.ca/film/this_is_a_recorded_message

You will even hear a sample from Aphex Twin (Milkman).

Here's an other old cartoon that could traumatise a child:
http://www.nfb.ca/film/La_Faim/

Scories wrote:Many people think that the NFB influenced BOC only with their nature documentaries.
But if you read closely the interviews, they also talk about their social documentaries.

This one probably had a real influence on BoC as many of their favorite themes are there:
http://www.nfb.ca/film/this_is_a_recorded_message

You will even hear a sample from Aphex Twin (Milkman).

Here's an other old cartoon that could traumatise a child:
http://www.nfb.ca/film/La_Faim/

With the exception of the Temple of Time, all the video posted don't have any to do with the kind of music BoC have been influenced to. For instance, these two videos are mostly noise/musique concrete & free jazz... nothign to do with BoC.

This one has some nice phased out synthetic strings: http://www.nfb.ca/film/kluane/

Hey hey hey..somebody spotted this at WATMM..Pete Standing Alone trilogy : http://www.nfb.ca/playlist/pete-standing-alone-trilogy/ . Must see!!

"Pete Standing Alone has come full-circle in his dedication to preserving the traditional ways of his people on the Blood reserve in Southern Alberta. His 50 year journey from cultural alienation to pride and belonging has been uniquely captured by the NFB in the Pete Standing Alone Trilogy.

Beginning with Colin Low's iconic 1960 film Circle of the Sun (1960) audiences are introduced to Pete as a young man, disinterested in the traditional ways of his people and predicting the imminent death of the sacred Sundance.

When Colin returns to film Standing Alone in 1982, Pete has transformed into a man determined to sustain to his people's sense of identity and knowledge of ceremony.

In Round Up (2010) director Narcisse Blood follows Pete – now an elder, teacher and community leader – in his efforts to teach youth the traditional ways and rebuild the cultural and spiritual decimation wrought by residential schools. Over the span of his lifetime, Pete has witnessed First Nations people take back their sense of identity, pride and self-determination. In his own words: "It is our duty and responsibility as Blood Indians to keep our ways going."

I have one on my computer, I got it off a torrent site years ago. You can buy them on amazon I believe, I did.

fujee wrote:I have one on my computer, I got it off a torrent site years ago. You can buy them on amazon I believe, I did.

Aigght gonna buy them if I am not able to obtain them from other sources.

its awesome that NFB is finally starting to digitally archive their back catalog, however theres so much thats not up there yet and may never be.

a couple years ago, a school i was working at, was throwing out a bunch of old 16mm reels and other misc crap (or so they thought). included in these reels was a tonne of NFB stuff and a couple reels dedicated solely to vignettes. they're my absolute most treasured items

this guy has 77 of the vignettes up on his channel (im sure ive posted it before, but for anyone who missed it or newcomers here you go)

http://www.youtube.com/user/NationalFilmBoardFan

its not a complete collection however it has all the really memorable ones. if i had the time and know how, i'd digitize the 16mm stuff (all of the reels are in great condition) but i dont imagine the process would be easy

edit - i should also say that anyone in and around or visiting the Toronto area, the NFB building is open to the public where you can actually view some of their stuff

thinkdontpray wrote:its awesome that NFB is finally starting to digitally archive their back catalog, however theres so much thats not up there yet and may never be.

a couple years ago, a school i was working at, was throwing out a bunch of old 16mm reels and other misc crap (or so they thought). included in these reels was a tonne of NFB stuff and a couple reels dedicated solely to vignettes. they're my absolute most treasured items

this guy has 77 of the vignettes up on his channel (im sure ive posted it before, but for anyone who missed it or newcomers here you go)

http://www.youtube.com/user/NationalFilmBoardFan

its not a complete collection however it has all the really memorable ones. if i had the time and know how, i'd digitize the 16mm stuff (all of the reels are in great condition) but i dont imagine the process would be easy

edit - i should also say that anyone in and around or visiting the Toronto area, the NFB building is open to the public where you can actually view some of their stuff

interesting, I though everything was on the ONF website. thanks for the youtube link!

psikotrip wrote:Come down to Montreal, we have the NFB projection place. You can decide which movies you want to watch and for really cheap they project it to you.

I visited Montreal last year with some friends and we drove past it. Unfortunately, we didn't stop in and check it out. I should have convinced them to.