Dan Bell: Inside America's dead shopping malls
דן בל: בתוך הקניונים המתים של אמריקה
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"The Dead Mall Series,"
about dead malls.
not familiar with what a dead mall is,
and fewer shoppers,
kind of a dark period in my life
to create films anymore.
a short film about the Owings Mills Mall.
על קניון אווינגס מילס.
I was there on opening day.
family in Baltimore,
called Herman's World of Sports.
"עולם הספורט של הרמן."
very fond of the retail arts --
what kind of talk is this?"
but it could be really lame, too,
אבל גם ממש מבאס,
with a 40-year-old unemployed mall rat
עם נערת קניונים מובטלת בת 40
black lipstick for the night
from your crappy minimum wage job.
בשכר מינימום,
it was in the evening,
זה היה בערב,
before they closed the mall for good.
לפני שסגרו את הקניון לתמיד.
this ominous feeling,
through the mall.
"The Dead Mall Series,"
would share the enthusiasm
started to comment.
that's the mall from my childhood.
from people who were like,
You should come and film it."
אתה צריך לבוא ולצלם את זה ".
the mid-Atlantic region
אזור מרכז החוף האטלנטי
to get into the ones that were abandoned,
like the dead malls.
כמו הקניונים המתים.
like things are on the up-and-up.
they put this tarp over the gate.
הם פרשו ברזנט מעל השער.
standing next to her, with, like,
and then all over the world.
this could really be something,
because I'm like,
me waddling through an empty mall?
ישבו ויצפו בי משוטט בקניון ריק?
I filmed with an iPhone.
with an iPhone, and, you know.
they don't like photography --
שקניונים לא אוהבים שמצלמים --
"Put that away," and I'm like, "OK."
ואני, כזה, "בסדר."
and different techniques
watching the screen --
who create music called vaporwave.
מוזיקה בשם ווייפורוויב.
among internet communities.
בקרב קהילות אינטרנטיות.
called "Hologram Plaza."
you can hear more of those tunes.
מהמנגינות האלו.
It's like a movement.
זה כמו תנועה.
with things you can't do anything about,
עם דברים שאי אפשר לשנות,
basement eating ramen noodles.
תוך אכילת ראמן.
desire to express their hopelessness,
כדרך להביע את חוסר התקווה,
the pre-internet generation did
and it's called the Sunrise Mall.
קניון "סאנרייז."
over and over and over again.
was "The Legend of Billie Jean."
"The Legend of Billie Jean,"
they are not related.
הם אינם קרובי משפחה.
were brother and sister. They're not.
in the film as a filming location.
as it was in 1984.
Let me show you.
running across the fountain,
is what it looks like today.
כך זה נראה היום.
falling in the fountain,
of the whole thing here.
if I owned a dead mall --
on the door trying to get space.
בנסיון להשיג מקום.
לעשות את ההרצאה הזו,
to be kind of inspiring and --
three or four years ago,
writing me and saying,
כותבים לי ואומרים,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dan Bell - FilmmakerDan Bell films urban decay.
Why you should listen
Dan Bell's narrative films and documentaries have screened at national and international film festivals. His critically acclaimed documentary web-shows, "Dead Mall Series" and "Dead Motel Series" have a devoted fan base worldwide. Bell new show, "Another Dirty Room," explores nasty hotel rooms. His documentary feature, "Margie and Scott" is slated for release in spring of 2017.
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