Day Dream
About
"In a way, making street films is daydreaming with a camera. It's capturing a fantasy you're having when you're wide awake and life is going on around you. There is, of course, a similarity between daydreaming and making any kind of art because they both spring from that narrow groove between the subconscious and the conscious. That's when self-expression and technical problem-solving both flow together in an almost mystical way. For me this film represents that mental state. I shot it in late July 2001 but put it away for some forgotten reason. It's very much about everyday life–a nondescript New York neighborhood on a calm Sunday afternoon, garbage cans piled high, feet reading here and there . . . but it's also about the magic I can see in that world when I free my subconscious. I made this film so effortlessly (I just cut out one brief shot) because I was so fully in that mindset, which, I think, shows in the nature of the images."
Films
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Canal Cinema
Jim Jennings16mmRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Leaves
Jim Jennings16mm, black and white, silent, 7.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Clothesline
Jim Jennings16mm, color, silent, 4.25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Chambers
Jim Jennings16mm, black and white, silent, 6.25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Chinatown
Jim Jennings16mm, black and white, silent, 4.75 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Dispatch
Jim Jennings16mm, black and white, silent, 8.75 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Counterpane
Jim Jennings16mm, color, silent, 5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Fall (aka Wall Street)
Jim Jennings16mm, color, silent, 6.25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
South of The Border
Jim Jennings16mm, color, silent, 8.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Brighton
Jim Jennings16mm, color, silent, 7.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
A Fairy Tale
Jim Jennings16mm, black and white, silent, 8.75 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
St. Cristobal
Jim Jennings16mm, color, silent, 7.75 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Lost and Found
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Color Blind
Jim Jennings16mm, color, silent, 6.75 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Bye Bye Bob
Jim Jenningsblack and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
School of Athens
Jim Jennings16mm, black and white, silent, 15 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Poems of Rome (Part 1)
Jim Jenningscolor, silent, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Intrigue
Jim Jennings16mm, color, silent, 11 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Silvercup
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 12 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Painting the Town
Jim Jennings16mm, black and white, silent, 11 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
F-Stops
Jim Jenningscolor, silent, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Interior
Jim Jenningscolor, silent, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Wash
Jim Jenningscolor, silent, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Megalopolis
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
City Opera
Jim Jenningscolor, silent, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Daily Commute
Jim Jenningscolor, silent, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Elements
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Close Quarters
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Bruges
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Prague Winter
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Made in Chinatown
Jim Jenningscolor, silent, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Silk Ties
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Fashion Avenue
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Greenpoint
Jim Jenningscolor, silent, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Public Domain
Jim Jenningscolor, silent, 9 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Train of Thought
Jim Jenningsblack and white, silent, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Lost Our Lease
Jim Jennings16mm, black and white, silent, 10 minRental format: 16mm