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Mark Rappaport is an American independent/underground film director who has been working sporadically since the early 1970s. A lifelong New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Brooklyn College in 1964. His films are often marked by high camp, melodrama, deadpan humor, ennui, often using music, archival footage and excerpts from Hollywood films.

Rappaport has been noted by Roger Ebert, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ray Carney, J. Hoberman, Dave Kehr, and Stuart Klawans.^[1]^[2]^[3] Ray Carney considers him the greatest contemporary American film director.^[4] Currently, Rappaport is in a dispute with Ray Carney while trying to retrieve his films and life work which were stored by Carney when Rappaport spent 7 years in France. The matter has resulted in a lawsuit and difficulties for Rappaport to present his films.^[5] Carney maintains skillfully that Rappaport gifted the films and is engaging in cyber bullying him. ^[6]

Rappaport's last three features, all made in the 1990s were Rock Hudson's Home Movies, From the Journals of Jean Seberg, and The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender. ^[7]

A collection of Rappaport's essays on film has been published in French translation as Le spectateur qui en savait trop (Editions P.O.L, 2008).

External links

Mark Rappaport at IMDb

References

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[1] ttp://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19780622/REVIEWS/906239995/1023

[2] ttp://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indievision/rapp.shtml

[3] ttp://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=24704

[4] ttp://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indievision/disney.shtml

[5] ttp://www.jonjost.wordpress.com/tag/ray-carney/

[6] ttp://insidebostonuniversity.blogspot.de/2013/03/laffaire-rappaport-case-study-in.html?m=1

[7] ttp://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9501EFD71730F934A25754C0A96E958260

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 '''Mark Rappaport''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Independent film|independent]]/[[Underground film|underground]] [[film director]] who has been working sporadically since the early 1970s.  A lifelong New Yorker, born and raised in [[Brooklyn]], New York, he graduated from [[Brooklyn College]] in 1964. His films are often marked by high [[camp (style)|camp]], [[melodrama]], [[deadpan humor]], [[wiktionary:Ennui|ennui]], often using [[music]], [[Archives|archival footage]] and excerpts from [[Hollywood]] films.
-Central to Rappaport's work is the relationship between the [[audience]] and [[Mass media|media]], particularly [[pop culture]], which is his most recurring theme.
-An example of this is his first feature, ''Casual Relations'', released in 1973.  It is a [[bricolage]] of unrelated scenes, often announced by [[intertitle]]s.  One such title informs us that a character decided she would spend all day watching television.  The scene that unfolds, approximately seven minutes in length, features just that: the character, in one continuous shot, watching television as the [[Sound|audio]] from three Hollywood films is heard.  There is very little movement in the frame.  Then the scene ends and the film moves on to the next scene.
 Rappaport has been noted by [[Roger Ebert]], [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]], [[Ray Carney]], [[J. Hoberman]], [[Dave Kehr]], and [[Stuart Klawans]].<ref>http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19780622/REVIEWS/906239995/1023</ref><ref>http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indievision/rapp.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=24704</ref> Ray Carney considers him the greatest contemporary American film director.<ref>http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indievision/disney.shtml</ref>