@alexcfields

Words on avant garde film etc @toneglow, @InRO @ultradogme https://xitter.cf/t.co/pza3vBdn0h etc. Union steward, Appalachian, historical materialist. they/them

 Knoxville, TN
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I wrote about the revelatory filmography of Peter Bundy, who ought to be known as one of the great American experimental filmmakers of the late 70s/early 80s Four of his films streaming on Ultra Dogme (online for the first time ever) and others this wknd at Tone Glow Film Fest
ULTRA DOGME@ultradogmeMay 22
Alex Fields on Peter Bundy and how his evolving structuralist approach trained a perceptive eye and ear on the idiosyncrasies and profundities of regional American life and landscapes: ultradogme.com/2026/05/22/pe…

As If the Trees By Their Very Roots Had Hold of Us: The Films of Peter Bundy - Ultra Dogme

Alex Fields on Peter Bundy and how his evolving structuralist approach trained a perceptive eye and ear on the idiosyncrasies and profundities of regional American life and landscapes.

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Two of these films can be seen in northeast Tennessee in two weeks at FILM FEST KNOX
Joshua Minsoo Kim@misterminsooOct 26
current favs i think, feel p confident about the top 7 at least
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“Best of” lists are presumably only useful or interesting if they introduce you to new things or cause you to reevaluate things you know. Which makes it strange to complain about lists not having all the things you expect to be on them, doesn’t it?
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Of course accessibility is a problem but it’s a problem of capital, industry, and distribution not of a critic’s opinions. If anything it is a critic’s responsibility to draw attention to good things not being distributed well, not to ignore them in favor of more commercial art
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Critics should not just evaluate individual films but the industry and art form itself, and lists are one way to make an argument for a different vision of cinema culture than the one based on awards and box office and streaming services
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James Hansen@jpjameshansenOct 26
Replying to @alexcfields
Speaking of…for anyone reading this… if you want to write about the programs or films, lmk! Only two programs this year, ~140ish minutes of your time. Skip that YCSE rewatch and watch all of LM!
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Group chat discussion about favorite films of the year made me realize I could have no shorts in my top five or even top ten for the first time since I’ve been publishing. What have I missed?
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RIP my goat John Anderson youtu.be/_FARZGM8Wk0?si=xMnn…

John Anderson – Years [Official Video]

"Years" by John Anderson, from his album Years, out now on Easy Eye...

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Fear of looking stupid for liking (or disliking) something is a fatal flaw for a critic, but also one that’s encouraged by a media culture where every writer has to be their own advocate on social media
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The best writer friendships and group chats I’m in have a healthy dynamic where one person can think something is terrible and another love it and both be curious and respectful about the disagreement. Twitter is…not like that
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Apart from its other virtues, a regular encounter with the avant garde can be a good therapy for bad ways of thinking about more conventional forms
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people who want film viewing to be an epistemological exercise should just watch David Gatten films
Alex F 🇵🇸@alexcfieldsOct 21
I find most discussions of the truth status and parameters/boundaries of documentary filmmaking tedious in the same way I find most analytic philosophy tedious. Who cares! What does it *mean*?
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I find most discussions of the truth status and parameters/boundaries of documentary filmmaking tedious in the same way I find most analytic philosophy tedious. Who cares! What does it *mean*?
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To the extent these categories hold up usefully it’s as functional ones of how works ask to be engaged with. But even then the question doesn’t resolve itself into two categories called “narrative fiction” and “documentary film”
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All documentaries are fiction films and aesthetic objects and all fiction films and aesthetic objects are documentaries. So many analyses obfuscate more than they reveal
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you call bullshit when you see bullshit imo, it’s not about maintaining your purity it’s about maintaining a critical standpoint
helmet girl is @ home@sbodrojanOct 21
the thing that fucking sucks about generative AI is that it is basically infeasible to *not* unknowingly engage with it if you love art. You will love a movie with AI involved in its creation; you already do! And I don't know what to do about that!
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we can’t resolve our historical contradictions individually we can only reveal and respond to them
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Perfect album
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Pitchfork Sunday 10.0 when
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Vermette@exovedate_ltdOct 19
Toronto only. Starting a club. First drop-in starts this Thursday. Open to all.
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Dimensional Excursions (Peter Rose) Periphery of the Base (Zhou Tao) Rib of the Greater Bay Area (Zhou Tao) Were All Going to the World’s Fair (Jane Schoenbrun) Dry Leaf (Alexander Koberidze) HMs: Caught by the Tides, Memoria, Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney, Laberint Sequences
Hit Factory@HitFactoryPodOct 6
Current Top 5 2020s: Do Not Expect too Much from the End of the World (Jude) Janet Planet (Baker) Pacifiction (Serra) Eureka (Alonzo) Happyend (Sora) HM: Blue Moon, Eephus, Red Rooms, The Killer, Return to Seoul, Failed State, Miroirs No. 3
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