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Part 1 of 2: This week [March 25 - April 1, 2007] in avant garde cinema
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Coney Island Film Festival (Brooklyn, NY; Deadline: July 10, 2007)
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3rd Annual Flatland Film Festival (Lubbock, TX USA; Deadline: April 21, 2007)
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19th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival (Chicago, IL, USA; Deadline: April 13, 2007)
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Milwaukee International Film Festival (Milwaukee, WI USA; Deadline: April 23, 2007)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* "The Last Refuge For the Senses, Or Noise Hippies Against All War" [March 25, Anacortes, Washington]
* 3rd I: Selections From the Traveling Film South Asia Festival [March 25, Chicago, Illinois]
* Video Slam At Diva [March 25, Eugene, Oregon]
* The Documentaries of Kazuo Hara: Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 [March 25, Los Angeles, California]
* Rocky Mountain Twilight: First-Person Cinema From Boulder, Colorado [March 25, New York, New York]
* The Secret Life of…Anthology Film Archives [March 25, New York, New York]
* Bay Area Roots- Greg Sharits/Dean Snider [March 25, San Francisco, California]
* The Kinetics of vision [March 26, San Francisco, California]
* Filmforum Presents the Documentaries of Kazuo Hara: Goodbye Cp [March 28, Los Angeles, California]
* Nyuff Opening Night: viva By Anna Biller [March 28, New York, New York]
* Vladmaster! [March 29, Chicago, Illinois]
* Last Refuge For the Senses Or Noise Hippies Against All War [March 29, Eugene, Oregon]
* Filmforum Presents the Documentaries of Kazuo Hara: A Dedicated Life [March 29, Los Angeles, California]
* Bacchanale [March 29, New York, New York]
* Fierce Creatures (Shorts Program) [March 29, New York, New York]
* Red Without Blue [March 29, New York, New York]
* Antique Lands (Shorts Program) [March 29, New York, New York]
* The Great Happiness Space: Tale of An Osaka Love theif [March 29, New York, New York]
* Nubile Nuisance [March 29, New York, New York]
* 26th Annual Black Maria Film/Video Festival [March 30, New York, New York]
* The Insignificant Other [March 30, New York, New York]
* Natural High (Shorts Program) [March 30, New York, New York]
* Nice Bombs [March 30, New York, New York]
* Welcome To Normal (Shorts Program) [March 30, New York, New York]
* Each Time I Kill [March 30, New York, New York]
* Earthly Delights (Shorts Program) [March 30, New York, New York]
* Open Screening [March 31, Chicago, Illinois]
* Master of Arts In Media Cultures (Mamc) [March 31, Hong Kong]
* Master of Fine Arts In Creative Media (Mfacm) [March 31, Hong Kong]
* Jack Smith & the Destruction of Atlantis [March 31, NFT 3, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XT]
* Flaming Creatures & Blonde Cobra [March 31, NFT 3, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XT]
* Red Without Blue (Repeated Screening) [March 31, New York, New York]
* Tube Time Live Online video Gameshow!!! [March 31, New York, New York]
* Antique Lands (Shorts Program), Repeated Screening [March 31, New York, New York]
* Poems and Problems (Shorts Program) [March 31, New York, New York]
* Meet Mike Curated By Nina Schwanse [March 31, New York, New York]
* Life and Times (Shorts Program) [March 31, New York, New York]
* Learning To Live On Your Own (Curated By Thomas Beard) [March 31, New York, New York]
* La Trinchera Luminosa Del Presidente Gonzalo [March 31, New York, New York]
* Neither Created Nor Destroyed [March 31, New York, New York]
* Celluloid #1 [March 31, New York, New York]
* Blood! (Shorts Program) [March 31, New York, New York]
* Ben Russells Noise Hippies Against All War ! [March 31, San Francisco, California]
* Mike Hoolboom: Fascination [April 1, London, England]
* Colin Campbell Forever ! [April 1, London, England]
* Filmforum Presents the Mythology Show With Filmmaker Ben Russell In
Person! [April 1, Los Angeles, California]
* Natural High (Shorts Program) Repeated Screening [April 1, New York, New York]
* Paterson - Lodz [April 1, New York, New York]
* East 3 [April 1, New York, New York]
* The Sky Song [April 1, New York, New York]
* Head Rush (Shorts Program) [April 1, New York, New York]
* Lunchfilm Curated By Mike Plante [April 1, New York, New York]
* Frank & Cindy [April 1, New York, New York]
* Paul and the Badger + Ben (Shorts Program) [April 1, New York, New York]
* Random Lunacy: videoes From the Road Less Traveled - Nyuff Closing Night [April 1, New York, New York]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2007
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3/25
Anacortes, Washington: Department of Safety
http://www.departmentofsafety.com
8:00, 1011 12th St.
"THE LAST REFUGE FOR THE SENSES, OR NOISE HIPPIES AGAINST ALL WAR"
Run a female artists' collective, brew your own absinthe, attend an
anti-gentrification community board meeting, wheatpaste signs protesting
the war(s), and then lose yourself in what may very well be the Last
Refuge for the Senses. A new breed of noise/post-psychedelia has sprung
up as the only rational response to an increasingly alienating form of
global capitalism, in an increasingly violent-and-joyless politicized
existence – this new media responds with a Chaos of Sound and Light that
seeks to overwhelm you but stops before you're lost, its Kind Hippie
Heart beating out a space for you to occupy and own. From your favorite
Rhode Island filmmakers, we've got Group Trance Rituals, Direct
Dumpster-Dive Animation, History Seen Through the Eyes of Bats, Live
Soundtracks, Cut-Up Eyeballs, Single Frame Collectives, Puppet Chaos,
Analog Transcendence, and So Much More. Featuring music by Lighting
Bolt, Mystery Brinkman, Carly Ptak (Nautical Almanac), the Shirelles vs
the Suicidal Tendencies, Joe Grimm (the Wind-Up Bird), Jodi Buonanno,
and more! These nine films represent the true cinema of deliverance, the
theater of Psychic Hearts and Radical Love. FEATURING: Black and White
Trypps Number Three by Ben Russell (11:30, 35mm, 2007), Paranoia Trilogy
Part One: The Chemical Bath by Xander Marro (6:00, 16mm, 2001), Scream
Tone by Jo Dery (3:00, 16mm, 2002), Echoes of Bats and Men by Jo Dery
(7:00, 16mm, 2005), The Red and the Blue Gods by Ben Russell (8:00,
16mm, live sound, 2005), 01/06 by Mat Brinkman and Xander Marro (13:00,
16mm, 2006), The Great Exodus by Jo Dery (6:30, 16mm, 2005), L'Eye by
Xander Marro (2:00, 16mm, 2004), Third Annual Roggabogga Motion Picture
by Forcefield (6:30, 16mm, 2002) TRT 63:30
3/25
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
7:00pm, Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
3RD I: SELECTIONS FROM THE TRAVELING FILM SOUTH ASIA FESTIVAL
See March 23.
3/25
Eugene, Oregon: DIVA Center
http://www.proscenia.net/diva/calendar.htm
4:00 PM, 110 W. Broadway
VIDEO SLAM AT DIVA
DIVA's March 25th Video Slam provides an opportunity for area video
artists to share their work in an open screening and receive audience
feedback. This monthly event follows in the tradition of the poetry
slam. The audience selects a winning entry that is submitted to the
annual "Best Of The Slam" competition in December. The Video Slam takes
place from 4-6pm at the DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway. Admission: $2-5.00/
Entering videographers: Free. More information online:
divamedia.proscenia.net/slam/
3/25
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas
THE DOCUMENTARIES OF KAZUO HARA: EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974
Filmforum presents EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974 (1974, 98 min.,
16mm, B&W). Hara's scandal-raising documentary about his ex-wife Takeda
Miyuki and her relationships after she left him.
3/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
6:30, 32 Second Avenue (at Second Street)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN TWILIGHT: FIRST-PERSON CINEMA FROM BOULDER, COLORADO
Dir: Various. One of the most respected American cities for experimental
film and video is Boulder, Colorado. Fueled by the vision and dedication
of Stan Brakhage, the giant of avant-garde cinema who taught generations
of film students at the University of Colorado, the Boulder scene has
thrived for several decades. Weekend salons and the legendary program
"First Person Cinema" (founded by Brakhage and Bruce Conner and run
since the late 1960s by Don Yannacito) are regular forums for the
exhibition and discussion of experimental film, not only for students
but also for Boulder residents and visitors to the city. Widely
respected educators and visiting artists at CU-Boulder have trained and
influenced many talented students over the years. . This program
celebrates a cross-section of recent film and video work produced within
the Boulder community. Brakhage is represented by important short films
from his late career. Among current faculty at CU-Boulder, the series
includes: Phil Solomon, one of the most innovative experimental
filmmakers working today; Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino,
critically-revered and influential video artists investigating cultural
narratives; and Stacey Steers, one of today's most respected hand
animators. Also included are some of the best of recent CU students:
Andrew Busti, Victor Jendras, Thomas Helman, Casey Koehler, Mary Beth
Reed, and Robert Schaller. Amidst the disparate styles of these media
artists, ROCKY MOUNTAIN TWILIGHT reveals an intense faith in
first-person cinema as a medium for metaphoric and poetic expression.
-Paul Roth, Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of
Art, Washington. This program originally screened as part of the
Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran Experimental Media Series.
Thanks to the Film Studies Program at the University of Colorado in
Boulder for coordinating this program. Stan Brakhage RAGE NET (1988, 1
minute, 16mm, silent). Stan Brakhage BLACK ICE (1994, 2 minutes, 16mm,
silent). Stan Brakhage COMMINGLED CONTAINERS (1997, 3 minutes, 16mm,
silent). Robert Schaller MY LIFE AS A BEE (2002, 6 minutes, 16mm,
silent). Andrew Busti CLOUDS (2003, 1.5 minutes, 16mm, silent). Victor
Jendras HAIL AND FIRE (2003, 7.5 minutes, 16mm). Mary Beth Reed SAND
CASTLE 2 (2001, 7 minutes, 16mm, silent). Stacey Steers PHANTOM CANYON
(2006, 10 minutes, 35mm transferred to mini-DV). Dan Boord & Luis
Valdovino COCTEAU CENTO (2003, 6 minutes, mini-DV). Thomas Helman SONG
OF KALI (2004, 10 minutes, 16mm & video on mini-DV). Casey Koehler
BAUTISMO (2000, 6 minutes, 16mm). Phil Solomon TWILIGHT PSALM II: NIGHT
OF THE MEEK (2002, 24 minutes, 16mm). Total running time: ca. 90
minutes. .
3/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8:30, 32 Second Avenue (at Second Street)
THE SECRET LIFE OF…ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
. A once-in-a-calendar opportunity to lift up the rug that is Anthology
Film Archives and take a peek at the teeming hive of creativity lying
just below the surface, thanks to the film- and video-making efforts of
AFA's staff, friends, fellow-travelers, and devotees. .
3/25
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
7:30 pm, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission st. at 3rd st.
BAY AREA ROOTS- GREG SHARITS/DEAN SNIDER
In the history of San Francisco filmmaking, two filmmakers stand out as
iconoclasts, creators of unique and innovative works reflective of
passionate approaches to life and to film. Founding member of San
Francisco's No Nothing Cinema, Snider was a highly charismatic cinematic
instigator, an extremely productive and influential filmmaker. His
films, notable for their irreverent humor and no-nonsense approach to
cinematic form, content and duration, include Stink, Ish and Vinnie,
Rock Falls/ Mudslide, and Yes Ta Day (many others will also screen).
Greg Sharits, brother of filmmaker Paul, lived a life of relative
obscurity, haunting the streets of SOMA throughout the '70s, a skid row
filmmaker flaneur. Using single-frame shooting, Sharits' films are
pixilated city symphonies of neon sign and sidewalk life. We will screen
new prints of Transit, Transfer, and Cipher (all recently preserved and
restored by Anthology Film Archives) as well as Untitled #6.
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MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2007
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3/26
San Francisco, California: SFAI Film Salon
8pm, San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut Street, Lecture Hall
THE KINETICS OF VISION
The Kinetics of Vision: Films by Richard Serra, László Moholy-Nagy &
others Monday, March 26, 8pm SFAI Film Salon Lecture Hall, 800 Chestnut
Street This week, we're pleased to feature a trio of films by Richard
Serra. Made at a time in the seventies of exciting cross-fertilization
between film, music and sculpture (Serra was a studio mate of Philip
Glass and travelled Europe with a 16mm film print of Michael Snow's
Wavelengths), these films showed the application of his unique sense of
vision to the motion picture format. We will show two works from his
Hand and Process Series (1968) as well as Railroad Turnbridge (1976), a
beautiful study of an industrial-era bridge in Portland, Oregon. Serra's
films will hold company with other films that look at sculptural spaces,
most notably László Moholy-Nagy's Lightplay: Black-White-Grey (1930) an
early experimental film that documents his kinetic sculptures. Other
films include Joel Singer's Perisphere (1975), which translates the
action of a traffic circle into a visual symphony of single-framing and
racked focus; Rose Lowder's Roulement, rouerie, aubage (1978), a series
of intricate portraits of the mechanics of a water wheel; and Robert
Fenz's Meditations on Revolution Part II: The Space In Between (1997), a
glimpse at the tense pivot points of "revolution and non-revolution" in
the social sculpture of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro's largest favela.
---------- The SFAI Film Salon is a weekly film screening program,
organized by film students for the entire SFAI community. Supported by
the SFAI Student Union and Legion Of Graduate Students. For more
information email: email suppressed
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2007
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3/28
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:30 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas
FILMFORUM PRESENTS THE DOCUMENTARIES OF KAZUO HARA: GOODBYE CP
(1972, 82 min., 16mm, B&W). Note change in day and time! Hara's debut
film, which shocked Japanese audiences with its frank portrayal of
people with cerebral palsy.
3/28
New York, New York: The New York Underground Film Festival
http://www.nyuff.com
8:00 PM, Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
NYUFF OPENING NIGHT: VIVA BY ANNA BILLER
VIVA by ANNA BILLER -- 35 MM -- NY PREMIERE -- The New York Underground
Film Festival is proud to present the New York Premiere of VIVA, the
first feature by writer/director/actress Anna Biller. A tribute to the
best of vintage sexploitation films, VIVA is the story of a 1970's
suburban housewife who is astonished to find herself smack in the middle
of the sexual revolution. Barbi (played by Biller) is bored with her
life. While her husband, Rick, is at work or away on business trips, she
spends her days at home, often retreating to the bathtub with a glass of
wine and the thought—"is this all?" Her life is upended when Rick walks
out on her after a fight. Sheila, a neighbor whose husband has also just
left her, comes over with a new philosophy and plan: women's liberation.
They immediately discard their bras and head for the adventure of the
big city. There they meet a veteran brothel madam, and sign up as call
girls, in the hopes of finding true love. Endlessly optimistic, Barbi
moves from man to man, calling her new persona VIVA, "which in Italy
means to live… because that's what I want to do now… to live. In fact,
from now on, I'm going to be a new woman." In her search she meets a man
for each season, from the egoist bohemian to the mellow nudist, all of
them instructing her to chill out and engage in the sexually liberated
and emotion-free lifestyle that they define as "modern." Unsurprisingly,
Barbi is not totally comfortable in her new role as liberated woman. The
unfamiliar world of free sex and orgies has just as many expectations of
her as her old life in the suburbs. But she bears it, and continues to
look forward. "In the film VIVA, I am reworking old sexploitation movies
from the 60's and early 70's, from a woman's point of view. Vintage
sexploitation films interest me because they revolve around fantasies of
a woman's power over the male, her beauty, her desirability, her sex
appeal. The idea was to make a movie that seems like a sexploitation
movie, and that offers up all the spectacle and lurid promise of that
genre, while at the same time talking about what women really go
through, their fantasies and sexual trials." – A. Biller
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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2007
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3/29
Chicago, Illinois: Conversations at the Edge
http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/
6 pm, 164 N. State St.
VLADMASTER!
VLADMASTER IN PERSON! Portland artist Vladimir elevates the View-Master
to high art with her hand-made stereoscopic Vladmasters, repurposing the
plastic viewers for extraordinary public performances. Drawing upon
Greek legends, entomology, and newspaper stories, her "films" are
28-frame haikus, each photographed from richly detailed dioramas and set
to her artfully composed soundtracks--including chimes and dings.
Tonight, Vladimir will present a brief survey of her output, including
LUCIFUGIA THIGMOTAXIS (2004); THE PUBLIC LIFE OF JEREMIAH BARNES (2004);
ACTAEON AT HOME (2005); and FEAR & TREMBLING (2006). View-Masters will
be provided. (2004-06, Vladimir, USA, ca. 60 min)
3/29
Eugene, Oregon: DIVA Center
http://www.proscenia.net/diva/calendar.htm
7:00pm, DIVA Center, 110 W Broadway
LAST REFUGE FOR THE SENSES OR NOISE HIPPIES AGAINST ALL WAR
Run a female artists' collective, brew your own absinthe, attend an
anti-gentrification community board meeting, wheatpaste signs protesting
the war(s), and then lose yourself in what may very well be the Last
Refuge for the Senses. A new breed of noise/post-psychedelia has sprung
up as the only rational response to an increasingly alienating form of
global capitalism, in an increasingly violent-and-joyless politicized
existence – this new media responds with a Chaos of Sound and Light that
seeks to overwhelm you but stops before you're lost, its Kind Hippie
Heart beating out a space for you to occupy and own. From your favorite
Rhode Island filmmakers, we've got Group Trance Rituals, Direct
Dumpster-Dive Animation, History Seen Through the Eyes of Bats, Live
Soundtracks, Cut-Up Eyeballs, Single Frame Collectives, Puppet Chaos,
Analog Transcendence, and So Much More. Featuring music by Lighting
Bolt, Mystery Brinkman, Carly Ptak (Nautical Almanac), the Shirelles vs
the Suicidal Tendencies, Joe Grimm (the Wind-Up Bird), Jodi Buonanno,
and more! These nine films represent the true cinema of deliverance, the
theater of Psychic Hearts and Radical Love. FEATURING: Black and White
Trypps Number Three by Ben Russell (11:30, 35mm, 2007), Paranoia Trilogy
Part One: The Chemical Bath by Xander Marro (6:00, 16mm, 2001), Scream
Tone by Jo Dery (3:00, 16mm, 2002), Echoes of Bats and Men by Jo Dery
(7:00, 16mm, 2005), The Red and the Blue Gods by Ben Russell (8:00,
16mm, live sound, 2005), 01/06 by Mat Brinkman and Xander Marro (13:00,
16mm, 2006), The Great Exodus by Jo Dery (6:30, 16mm, 2005), L'Eye by
Xander Marro (2:00, 16mm, 2004), Third Annual Roggabogga Motion Picture
by Forcefield (6:30, 16mm, 2002) TRT 63:30
3/29
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:30 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas
FILMFORUM PRESENTS THE DOCUMENTARIES OF KAZUO HARA: A DEDICATED LIFE
(1994, 157 min., 35mm, color). Note change in day and time! Hara's
latest documentary, an intensely intimate portrait of Japanese literary
figure Mitsuharu Inoue in his final years.
3/29
New York, New York: The New York Underground Film Festival
http://www.nyuff.com
10:30 PM, Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
BACCHANALE
Bacchanale DIR JOHN AMERO, LEM AMERO FEATURE 35MM ON VIDEO 70:00 MIN New
audio curated by Sam Zimmerman, Nick Hallett and Montgomery Knott.
Additional film edits by Sam Zimmerman. If you never see another adult
film, you must see… Bacchanale. The powers of the surrealism and
sexploitation converge in the Amero Brother's 1970 feature, Bacchanale.
Sexpolitation legend Uta Erickson stalks around (sometimes confused,
sometimes aghast) in this low-budget acid trip comme arthouse relic.
Look for a breakout performance by Lydia Burns as "Fag Hag." What's
more, Sam Zimmerman, Nick Hallet and Montgomery Knott asked about 50
artists they knew to provide a new soundtrack. "An extremely weird and
inexplicably fascinating movie about... uhhhhhhh... well... hmmmmm...
not really sure. But there's a woman who walks around town while all
kinds of bizarre things happen around her. I can vividly recall the
scene where she slowly walks down a spiral staircase." - Mr Roboto (IMDB
user) Check schedule
3/29
New York, New York: The New York Underground Film Festival
http://www.nyuff.com
6:15 PM, Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
FIERCE CREATURES (SHORTS PROGRAM)
North of the Rug Fibers by CHRISTOPHER MINER -- The artist shoots the
breeze with galpal Amy Grant. -- The Night Before Christmas by SAM
BASSETT -- "Hilarious and touching performance by the 91-year-old
Constance Colt Bassett of the classic story The Night Before Christmas"
- S. Bassett -- ANTM Cycle 7.5 - Episode 2 by MAXAM -- Dead on spoof of
America's Next Top Model from a 15yr-old Californian. Fun Fact: One girl
receives the hairstyle of Hades from the movie Hercules, but Tyra
incorrectly labels it as a Zeus hairstyle." - M. Rubin -- Wing Bowl 13
by JENNY DRUMGOOLE -- "Follows Jenny Drumgoole's fascination with Sonya
Thomas as she returns to defend her chicken wing eating title in
Philadelphia's Wing Bowl, an annual spectacle of competitive eating,
half-naked Wingettes, and more than 20,000 drunken Philadelphia Eagles
fans."- J. Drumgoole -- Jerry Ruis, Shall We Do This by JOSH SAFDIE,
ARIEL SCHULMAN -- Do I have to go through this? A short about Jerry
Ruis. -- Oh Boy! by JESSICA JAGTIANI -- 'Oh Boy!' deals with gender
issues and the confusion which arises from the need to categorize gender
and sexual identities in our culture. - J. Jagtiani -- Desert Pumps by
CATHEE WILKINS, STEVE HALL -- "Two tweaky twats search through a shack
for pumps in the hot hi-desert of California." C. Wilkins -- I'm Keith
Hernandez by ROB PERRI -- "Part baseball documentary, part anti-drug
film, part socio political satire. I'm Keith Hernandez utilizes a
version of Hernandez life to discuss how male identity is shaped by
media, celebrity, and consumerism." R. Perri -- I'm Serious, She is a
Bitch by REBECCA CONROY -- A telenovela-style horror short about how far
some bitches will go to make it in New York.
3/29
New York, New York: The New York Underground Film Festival
http://www.nyuff.com
7:00 PM, Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
RED WITHOUT BLUE
Red without Blue DIR BROOKE SEBOLD, BENITA NASCHOLD SILLS, TODD SILLS
DOCUMENTARY VIDEO 74:06 MIN NEW YORK PREMIERE "In 1983, Mark and
Alexander Farley were born just minutes apart in Big Sky Country as
identical twin boys. Twenty-three years later, Mark is apartment hunting
with his boyfriend in San Francisco, and Alex is living as a woman named
Clair. Red Without Blue explodes our notions of self-hood and sexual
identity through its intimate look at the unconventional relationship
between Mark and Clair as they mature into adulthood. Captured over a
period of three years, RWB follows the twins and their parents,
documenting the Farley's struggle to redefine their family." – B. Sebold
3/29
New York, New York: The New York Underground Film Festival
http://www.nyuff.com
8:00 PM, Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
ANTIQUE LANDS (SHORTS PROGRAM)
Katunayake Free Trade Zone by JESPER NORDAHL experimental 15:00 --
"Katunayake Free Trade Zone is a video recorded from a car within the
Katunayake FTZ, accompanied by music performed and made by the Women's
Centre singing group." – J. Nordahl -- Sand Quarry by RAPHAEL GRISEY
experimental 6:00 -- A group of friends daytrip into the forest to
unearth a slumbering history. -- Battles of Troy by KRASSIMIR TERZIEV
Documentary 51:00 -- Battles of Troy shadows the casting and employment
of 300 Bulgarian athletes as "specialized," low-paid extras in the $185
million movie Troy. In 2003, seeking authentic Mediterranean looks and
physiques for Troy's many battle scenes, Warner Bros. producers
recruited a stock of soldiers from the Sports Academy in Sofia, and
shipped them off to location in Mexico for a 3-month shoot in the desert
heat. To no surprise, inequity abounds, not least when one compares the
Bulgarians' wages to those of Brad Pitt (or to those of the more showbiz
savvy Mexican extras brought on board for crowd shots). As the
production wears on, the men's fantasies of opportunity come apart at
the seams, while their onscreen role as an expendable infantry makes its
inevitable bond with reality.
3/29
New York, New York: The New York Underground Film Festival
http://www.nyuff.com
8:45 PM, Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE: TALE OF AN OSAKA LOVE THEIF
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief DIR JAKE CLENNELL
DOCUMENTARY VIDEO 75:44 MIN An exploration of the hidden world of
Japanese nightlife in Osaka's Café Rakkyo, an around-the-clock-party
presided over by the captivating "number-one" host, Issei. In this
world, traditional roles are reversed as male hosts flatter their young
patrons with attention and compliments, while the women pay for
everything, often laying down thousands of dollars a night just to spend
time with these "enchanters." Issei's mystique is what separates him
from the other hosts. His life outside the world of Café Rakkyo is
unclear, and any relationships beyond the ones he forges for up to
$50,000 a month are hard to imagine. That he is skilled at what he does
is an understatement; his women admirers organize their lives around
partying with him, and will do whatever it takes to pay for their
lifestyle. "First-time director Jake Clennell has captured the
glamorous, glossy emptiness of contemporary Japanese culture with an
empathetic eye. His film invites you to enter the great happiness
space-there are no judgments here and the rules of the game are clear.
Step inside the circle of cash for comfort." -Patricia Finneran,
Silverdocs Film Festival
3/29
New York, New York: The New York Underground Film Festival
http://www.nyuff.com
9:45 PM, Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
NUBILE NUISANCE
Preceded by ... Shhh... They're Getting Closer by TODD VEROW
experimental 5:00 -- "A woman (Philly) fantasizes about fork lifts,
chandeliers, an Asian girl and a knife." – T. Verow -- Nubile Nuisance
by CARLOS LAMONTONI feature 53:13 -- "A loving homage to the NYC
low-budget scene of the 1960s, Nubile Nuisance is the story of four
older—but not colder—men and the beautiful younger women they get mixed
up with, starring Superstar Taylor Mead, Gaylord St. James (Wes Craven's
Last House on the Left), C. Davis Smith (Doris Wishman's Bad Girls Go to
Hell), and Judson Todd (Joe Sarno's Red Roses of Passion). Equally
important are the strong performances from female leads Sue Ann Herrera,
Victoria Lee, Natasha Nielsen and Kathleen Wise." - C. Lamontoni -- Q&A
with director, Taylor Mead and Gaylord St. James to follow.
(continued in next email)
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