The fourth issue of the experimental film fanzine Screenshots consists of 36 pages of fighting scenes in watercolor. Based on films of various eras and genres (from La Strada to The Bourne Supremacy), this series of drawings coalesces into one continuous book-length/five-decade-long fighting scene. The zine’s drawings of man-on-man fighting are based on film frames from The Wild One (Laslo Benedek, 1953) with Marlon Brando as a motorcycle gang leader, Fellini’s La Strada (with Anthony Quinn as the Great Zampano, 1954), East of Eden (with James Dean, by Elia Kazan, 1954), the spaghetti western Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966), the headbanger mockumentary Fubar (Michael Dowse, 2002), and the slick action movie The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004). More details, more pictures and order your copy of Screenshots #4 for 12 Euro here.

Manfred Naescher just finished his third issue of Screenshots: This issue features images from the film “The French Connection” (1971) by William Friedkin. This issue of Screenshots is concerned with only one scene: The car/elevated train chase, as reflected in Gene Hackman’s face. The French Connection is a series of portraits of Hackman’s cop on the hunt. The watercolors focus exclusively on Hackman’s facial expressions, while the actual car and the context of the chase remain strictly peripheral. This issue of Screenshots is an homage to the power of acting: Free of gimmicks, quick cuts and other means of distraction, this scene shows the visceral intensity and clear focus of Gene Hackman’s art. Read more details, see more pictures and order your copy here.