Kenneth Anger : New Media Presentation

Kenneth Anger, a filmmaker whom grew up in Hollywood first appearing as a child in a Midsummer Nights Dream, was influenced heavily by Martin Scorsese. First creating silent films, then moving on to use audio; Anger pioneered using popular Music for his films. 

In the 1979 Anger film, "Rabbits Moon" Mimes play Jesters acting under the Comedia del Arte theatrical style to create a very different feel to the images. I believe it is this art of perfecting a performance that doesn't exist in the modern filmmakers approach to making films.

In addition it would not be too far fetched to say that film, in general, destroyed the art of performance.