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This week [January 19 - 27, 2008] in avant garde cinema
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MAMC, City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong; Deadline: March 31, 2008)
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ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival (Berlin, Germany; Deadline: June 16, 2008)
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HEART OF GOLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Gympie, Australia; Deadline: May 28, 2008)
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Videoex Festival Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland; Deadline: February 02, 2008)
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Renderyard Film and Documentary Festival (London, England; Deadline: February 15, 2008)
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2nd Cambridge international Super 8 Festival (Cambridge, United Kingdom; Deadline: February 16, 2008)
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EXTRAORDINARY, EVERY DAY movie contest (milan, Italy; Deadline: January 31, 2008)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Asian Hot Shots Berlin - Festival For Film and video Art [January 19, Berlin, Germany]
* Art Docs Series: Popaganda: the Art and Crimes of Ron English [January 19, Chicago, Illinois]
* Technically Sweet Program One [January 19, New York, New York]
* An Evening With Bruce Baillie [January 19, Seattle, Washington]
* Asian Hot Shots Berlin - Festival For Film and video Art [January 20, Berlin, Germany]
* Filmforum Presents Films By Robert Nelson, Part 3 [January 20, Los Angeles, California]
* Slamdance Film Festival [January 20, Park City, UT]
* Asian Hot Shots Berlin - Festival For Film and video Art [January 21, Berlin, Germany]
* Festival Les Inattendus [January 21, LYON]
* Asian Hot Shots Berlin - Festival For Film and video Art [January 22, Berlin, Germany]
* Optical Allusions [January 22, Vancouver, British Columbia]
* Short Film Program [January 23, New York, New York]
* Slamdance Film Festival [January 23, Park City, UT]
* R. Bruce Elder's the Book of All the Dead: Part One At Cinematheque
Ontario [January 23, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* R. Bruce Elder's the Book of All the Dead: Part One Continued At
Cinematheque Ontario [January 24, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Ernie Gehr: Moving Image Minimalist [January 25, New York, New York]
* Adventure Poseidon, the [January 25, San Francisco, California]
* Chicago's Own: Lipstick & Dynamite: the First Ladies In Wrestling, With
Ruth Leitmann In Person! [January 26, Chicago, Illinois]
* Polish New Wave Short Film Program [January 26, New York, New York]
* Ernie Gehr: Moving Image Minimalist [January 26, New York, New York]
* Stan Brakhage: Rare Masterpieces From the 1970's [January 27, Chicago, Illinois]
* First Sight Scene [January 27, Los Angeles, California]
* Polish New Wave Short Film Program [January 27, New York, New York]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2008
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1/19
Berlin, Germany: Green Chilies
http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com
12:00, Babylon-Mitte
ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN - FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART
The first ever asian hot shots berlin is taking place from the 16th to
the 22nd January 2008. Japanese to Filipino, animation to underground –
the festival offers an eclectic insight into young Asian cinema.
Sections include: Competition; Focus::Asia; Indie::Asia; Queer::Asia;
Retro::Asia; Red::Chilies In the local focus on the Philippines, the
festival will present the young avant-garde of Filipino film, joining
the cutting edge of a current trend in the film landscape both inside
and outside Asia. Part of that is a retrospective of the most important
works of indie director Kidlat Tahimik. The subject focus 2008 will ask
"What about Gandhi?". To mark the 60th anniversary of Gandhi's death,
we're leading a discussion of his role now and then. New and old films
on Gandhi as well as a video installation and guests from India will
help us to remember and think further.
1/19
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
8:00 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St.
ART DOCS SERIES: POPAGANDA: THE ART AND CRIMES OF RON ENGLISH
Art Docs Series: POPaganda: The Art & Crimes of Ron English Directed by
Pedro Carvajal (USA, 2005, 78 min.), POPaganda: The Art & Crimes of Ron
English features the art of Ron English as well as Shepard Fairey,
ArtFux, Cicada, and Anthony Ausgang. The modern day Robin Hood of
Madison Avenue, Ron English paints, perverts, infiltrates, reinvents and
satirizes modern culture on canvas, in songs, and directly on hundreds
of pirated billboards. Shot entirely guerilla-style, this film about the
culture jamming and billboard-liberation antics of Ron English
chronicles the evolution of an artist who offers an alternative universe
where nothing is sacred, everything is subverted and there's always room
for a little good-natured fun. "Ron's art is an antidote to the poison
in our culture." (Lilly Hatch, NY Arts Magazine)
1/19
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8pm, 32 Second Avenue
TECHNICALLY SWEET PROGRAM ONE
The title for these programs of films and videos, part of an exhibition
taking place at Anthology and at Participant Inc (253 East Houston
Street), is taken from a screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, written
in 1966 and published in Italian in 1975. After spending a month
shooting the film, Antonioni was forced to abandon the project due to
lack of funding, and it was never completed. This screenplay is the
point of departure for all the works being screened in this series, with
contributing artists including Michel Auder & Michael Stickrod, Yvette
Brackman, John Brattin , Johannes Christoffersen, Maria Finn, Ulrik
Heltoft, Frans Jacobi & Fred Jacobi, Elsebeth J?rgensen, Lars Mathisen,
Mark Orange, Laura Parnes , Pia R?niche, and Elisabeth Subrin.
Antonioni's? title is derived from a quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer, who
was responsible for the construction of the atom and hydrogen bombs. In
the fifties, Oppenheimer was accused of un-American activities because
of his associations with communists two decades earlier. In the hearing
he used the term 'technically sweet' to explain how the consequences of
a technical solution could be put aside: "When you see something that is
technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do
about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way
it was with the atomic bomb." These screenings will take place
throughout January-March. Complete program details will be available at
participantinc.org.
1/19
Seattle, Washington: Northwest Film Forum
http://www.nwfilmforum.org
7pm, 1515 12th Ave
AN EVENING WITH BRUCE BAILLIE
NW Film Forum is pleased to welcome filmmaker Bruce Baillie, founder of
the nations preeminent avant-garde film distributor Canyon Cinema, for
this quarter's Third Eye Cinema program. His film MASS FOR THE DAKOTA
SIOUX inspired a film festival in a little town called Bellevue. His
films are generally intensely poetic, lyrical evocations of person and
places. The subject matter is transformed by the subjective methods used
to photograph it. Many of his films display a strong social awareness,
describing attitudes critical towards, and alienated from, mainstream
American society. We'll present several films from Bruce's oeuvre, and
are thrilled to have him here to introduce them!
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008
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1/20
Berlin, Germany: Green Chilies
http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com
11:45, Babylon-Mitte
ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN - FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART
See 19th January for details.
1/20
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas
FILMFORUM PRESENTS FILMS BY ROBERT NELSON, PART 3
With a rare appearance by Robert Nelson! In conjunction with REDCAT This
screening will present a unique opportunity to hear Nelson's interesting
perspective on his own artistic process – which is informed by his
double background as a painter and a filmmaker. The screening will
present three re-edits by Nelson of his own films (King David, More, and
Suite California Stops & Passes: Part 1), followed by a 25-minute reel
of the remnants of many unsuccessful re-edits.
1/20
Park City, UT: Slamdance Film Festival
http://www.sonalifilm.com/24fpd.html
2:30pm, Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main St, Park City, UT
SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Award winning director Sonali Gulati's latest short film titled "24
frames per day" is screening at the SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL" on Sunday
January 20th 2008 at 2:30pm and again on January 23rd, 2008 at 430pm at
the Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main St. Park City, UT 84060. 24 FRAMES
PER DAY is a short experimental film that was conceived by combining 24
photographs captured each day over a period of 9 months. A daily
meditation by the filmmaker photographing the front door of her "home"
makes this a very personal and political film that raises important
questions around immigration, cultural stereotypes, and diasporic
identity.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2008
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1/21
Berlin, Germany: Green Chilies
http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com
17:00, Babylon-Mitte
ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN - FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART
See 16th January for details.
1/21
LYON: Les Inattendus
http://www.inattendus.com
18h, 14 rue basse combalot
FESTIVAL LES INATTENDUS
Festival of very independent films from 21th to 28th january 2008. Have
a look on our website www.inattendus.com
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008
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1/22
Berlin, Germany: Green Chilies
http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com
16:45, Babylon-Mitte
ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN - FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART
See 16th January for details.
1/22
Vancouver, British Columbia: Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society
http://www.cineworks.ca
7pm, 1131 Howe Street
OPTICAL ALLUSIONS
OPTICAL ALLUSIONS A screening of short films from local national and
international media artists whose works have been manipulated using an
optical printer. Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society is excited to
present Optical Allusions, a program of media-art works made using
optical printers. A nearly gone technology, optical printers once
dominated the field of special effects in film, yielding such classic
examples as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Wars. Today, outdone by
digital technologies in the mainstream, optical printers have been
embraced by experimental and expanded cinema filmmakers. Allowing
filmmakers to re-photograph and re-work their initial film prints,
optical printers grant a staggering array of manipulation to moving
images. This screening will explore the relationship between our
imaginations and the "real" world, highlighting the discordant spaces
consciousness often occupies. This screening will present a number of
works from local, national and international media artists whose film
work has been manipulated using optical printers. Featured artists
include Cecilia Araneda, Dan Baker, Christina Battle, Jon Behrens, c. j.
brabant, K. L. Burdette, Jeff Carter, Amanda Dawn Christie, Michael
Crochetiere, Zoran Dragelj, Chris Kennedy, John Kneller, Jodie Mack,
Matthias Mueller and Rebecca Reynolds. OPTICAL ALLUSIONS SCREENING 22
January 2008, 7:00pm [with a short intermission] $8 Cineworks Members,
$10 Non-members Pacific Cinematheque [1131 Howe]
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008
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1/23
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
6pm, 32 Second Avenue
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Tess Malone THE GERMAN LULLABY (2007, 15 min, 35mm) Keno Rider A LESSON
IN BIOLOGY (2007, 20 min, video) Josephine Mackerras DIVA (2007, 7 min,
video) Brian Johnson FOR LOVE (2007, 6 min, video)
1/23
Park City, UT: Slamdance Film Festival
http://www.sonalifilm.com/24fpd.html
4:30pm, Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main St, Park City, UT
SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Award winning director Sonali Gulati's latest short film titled "24
frames per day" is screening at the SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL" on January
23rd, 2008 at 430pm at the Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main St. Park
City, UT 84060. 24 FRAMES PER DAY is a short experimental film that was
conceived by combining 24 photographs captured each day over a period of
9 months. A daily meditation by the filmmaker photographing the front
door of her "home" makes this a very personal and political film that
raises important questions around immigration, cultural stereotypes, and
diasporic identity.
1/23
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Cinematheque Ontario
http://www.bell.ca/cinematheque
7:30 p.m., Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall (317 Dundas Street West)
R. BRUCE ELDER'S THE BOOK OF ALL THE DEAD: PART ONE AT CINEMATHEQUE
ONTARIO
PART ONE: THE SYSTEM OF DANTE'S HELL. "THE BOOK OF ALL DEAD . . . is not
a version of Dante (or of Pound) but a demonstration of the endurance of
a particular pattern of intelligence . . . concerning a journey to the
place of the dead and a visit with ancient bards. . . A work like
Pound's Cantos and, I hope, my own BOOK OF ALL DEAD, manifests the
co-existence of works in this higher Order of Things and the co-presence
of all such works even in the intelligence of our miserably destitute
times. This is a reason for thanksgiving." – R. Bruce Elder.
BREATH/LIGHT/BIRTH (1975, 6 minutes). "Video transformation of
documentary footage of a woman giving birth, assisted by members of a
religious commune. Isolation confronts the communal, the gruesome
confronts the holy in this most mysterious of events" (R. Bruce Elder).
NEW PRINT! SWEET LOVE REMEMBERED (1980, 14 minutes). Dappled in soft
light and shade, two female bodies commingle in love, almost fused as a
lush landscape of gentle curves, before the estrangement of separate
selves subtly turns this Eden of flesh into a lingering memory. THE ART
OF WORLDLY WISDOM (1979, 55 minutes). The narrative construction of
personal identity is put in crisis in this seemingly autobiographical
film shot in "the dark wood encountered in the middle of life's journey"
(Dante), when the filmmaker became critically ill. TRACE (1980, 1
minute). Elder has termed this painterly revolving nude study "the
memory of a nearly perfect evening." PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS(1976,
8 minutes)."A closed container for chance elements" (R. Bruce Elder).
1857 (FOOL'S GOLD) (1981, 25 minutes). Defoe's Journal of the Plague
Year is heard amidst the battering storm of Nature's contingencies as
mathematical signs and poetic snippets also point a higher Order. LOOK!
WE HAVE COME THROUGH! (1978, 12 minutes). "The cinematic transformations
which the dance undergoes parallel my struggles to regain my health
after a lengthy illness" (R. Bruce Elder).
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008
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1/24
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Cinematheque Ontario
http://www.bell.ca/cinematheque
7:30 p.m., Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall (317 Dundas Street West)
R. BRUCE ELDER'S THE BOOK OF ALL THE DEAD: PART ONE CONTINUED AT
CINEMATHEQUE ONTARIO
NEW PRINT! ILLUMINATED TEXTS (1982, 180 minutes). "The construction of
image/voice/supertitle sets out images from the modern world that are
the consequences, or rather the unraveling, of the abstract ideas
expressed in the supertexts," enfolding within a clear overall shape
"the complicated interplay of many elements. These articulate a
trajectory through historical time that Elder maps onto Northrop Frye's
typology of myths and their biblical movement from paradise to
apocalypse" (Bart Testa), that is, from poetic unity with Nature to the
implosion of instrumental rationality at Auschwitz.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008
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1/25
New York, New York: Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org
6pm, 11 West 53 Street
ERNIE GEHR: MOVING IMAGE MINIMALIST
For Daniel. 1996. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. For Daniel is composed of
images of Gehr's son Daniel, shot over a period of four years, beginning
right after Daniel's birth. The film, shot in the tradition of early
cinema (simple stories, uncluttered framing, uncomplicated shots) but
also reminiscent of home movies, reflects the child's increasing
consciousness and mobility. 72 min.
1/25
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
8:00 PM, 992 Valencia St.
ADVENTURE POSEIDON, THE
Filmmaker/video artist Anne McGuire presents her film," Adventure
Poseidon, The (The Unsinking of My Ship)". McGuire began making videos
in the late 80s, and in 1993 created "Strain Andromeda, The", an
end-to-beginning re-edit of Robert Wise's The Andromeda Strain, and what
she describes as her first foray into disaster deconstruction. That film
has been described as "spellbinding," "hallucinatory" and downright
"awesome," with Steve Seid enthusing, "Every action is followed by its
stimulus, every comment by its query; you find yourself in a dizzying
spin, grasping desperately for causal certainty, yet firmly held by the
reversibility of suspense." McGuire's disaster deconstruction continues
with "Adventure Poseidon, The", which restructures Ronald Neame's 1972
adventure thriller about a capsizing of a luxurious ocean liner to
mesmerizing effect. "....her rigorous reshuffling and storyboarding of
The Poseidon Adventure is a rare example of formal art practice that
never loses touch with the pop appeal of its source
material..............Circling against itself, Adventure Poseidon The's
choppy dramatic momentum �each shot moves toward an end, then
connects to the start of a scene that originally came before it �
heightens the visual properties of Neame's original. Characters retreat
from dynamic deaths. Fatal falls through rings of fire become burning
baptisms." JR Huston McGuire will be in attendance to discuss the film
following the screening.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2008
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1/26
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
8:00 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St.
CHICAGO'S OWN: LIPSTICK & DYNAMITE: THE FIRST LADIES IN WRESTLING, WITH
RUTH LEITMANN IN PERSON!
Chicago's Own: Lipstick & Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling With
Ruth Leitmann in person! Before Hulk Hogan, The Rock, and the stars of
Vince McMahon's WWE took pro wrestling to new heights in American
culture, it was a small, relatively disorganized network of small time
promoters, con-men, and over-the-top characters who brought their unique
brand of showmanship to audiences around the nation. A cornerstone of
the success of these promotions was the rise of women's professional
wrestling in the 1940's and 50's. Lipstick and Dynamite (USA, 2004, 83
min.) is a look into the lives of the women who made their living on the
professional wrestling circuit. Full of outstanding archival footage of
wrestlers like The Fabulous Moolah and Johnnie Mae Young, Lipstick and
Dynamite is primarily concerned with the lives of hardship and hard work
these superstars of the ring created for themselves. It could have been
the sex, money, injuries, and intrigue that dominated their lives on the
road, but the competitive passion of these women have for their sport
shines through in director Ruth Leitman's touching portrait of women who
lived hard, and fought even harder.
1/26
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
4pm, 32 Second Avenue
POLISH NEW WAVE SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Bogdan Dziworski, Gerald Kargl & Zbigniew Rybczynski SKIING SCENES WITH
FRANZ KLAMMER / SCENY NARCIARSKIE Z FRANZEM KLAMMEREM (1979/1980, 22
minutes, 35mm, no dialogue) One of the best examples of "creative
documentary", the paradoxical genre examined and expanded by artists
from the Lodz Film School, the film presents a biographical-visual
impression of an Austrian skier-celebrity of the late-70's. Bogdan
Dziworski & Zbigniew Rybczynski INHALE. EXHALE / WDECH. WYDECH (1981, 30
minutes, video.) In Polish with English subtitles. An unusual
documentary focusing on men and women taking a healing vacation at a
spa. Wojciech Wiszniewski WANDA GOSCIMINSKA – WLOKNIARKA (1975, 21
minutes, 35mm.) In Polish with English subtitles. The film focuses on a
symbol and product of communist propaganda of the 50's – the famous
labor leader Wanda Gosciminska from Lodz, deconstructing the false
mechanisms, beliefs and rituals of the totalitarian era. Andrzej
Baranski WINDING PATHS / KRETE SCIEZKI (1970, 7 minutes, 35mm, minimal
dialogue) A pastiche of the thriller formula, this film constructs
tension gradually, introducing the viewer into an unknown intrigue. A
woman leaves her house, followed by her male neighbor – they follow each
other's paths, but why? Marek Piwowski THE FLY KILLER / MUCHOTLUK (1966,
12 minutes, 35mm.) In Polish with English subtitles. In a bad vodka
bar/restaurant, typical of the socialist era, the guests drink too much,
discuss, flirt, and tell meaningless and pathetic stories in which
stupidity triumphs over the sublime. The actors – nonprofessionals –
really are drunk, and the restaurant becomes a metaphor for Poland.
Zbigniew Rybczynski NEW BOOK / NOWA KSIAZKA (1975, 10.5 minutes, 35mm.)
In Polish with English subtitles. One of the most important formal
experiments in Rybczynski's oeuvre, the film divides the screen into
nine parts. As a man moves through a city, the viewer sees all the
crucial places he encounters, both during and after his visits.
1/26
New York, New York: Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org
2pm, 11 West 53 Street
ERNIE GEHR: MOVING IMAGE MINIMALIST
See January 25.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2008
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1/27
Chicago, Illinois: White Light Cinema
7:00pm, Cinema Borealis, 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave., 4th Floor
STAN BRAKHAGE: RARE MASTERPIECES FROM THE 1970'S
White Light Cinema, a new independent screening series, presents a
selection of rarely shown 1970's films by Stan Brakhage. The Weir-Falcon
Saga (1970, 29 minutes): "I cannot describe (...): but there is an
excerpt from 'The Spoils,' by Basil Bunting, which raises hair on the
back of my neck similarly: 'Have you seen a falcon stoop/ accurate,
unforeseen/ and absolute, between/ wind-ripples over harvest? Dead/ of
what's to be, is and has been--/ were we not better dead?/ His wings
churn air/ to flight./ Feathers slight/ with sun, he rises where/ dazzle
rebuts our stare,/ wonder our fright.'" (Brakhage); The Peaceable
Kingdom (1971, 8 minutes): "This film, one of the most perfect ever
given to me to make, was inspired by the series of paintings of the same
title by Edward Hicks." (Brakhage) The Process (1972, 9 minutes); The
Wold-Shadow (1972, 3 minutes): "'Wold' because the word refers to
forests which poets later made plains, and because the word also
contains the rustic sense to kill--this then my laboriously painted
vision of the god of the forest." (Brakhage); The Shores of Phos: A
Fable (1972, 10 minutes): "Phos = Light, but then I did also want that
word within the title which would designate PLACE, as within the
nationalities of 'the fabulous'--a specific country of the imagination
with tangible shores, etc. The film adheres strictly to the ordinary
Form of the classical fable." (Brakhage); Skein (1974, 4 minutes): "'A
loosely coiled length of yarn (story) ... wound on a reel' -- my
parenthesis! This is a painted film (inspired by unpainted pictures):
'skins' of paint hung in a weave of light." (Brakhage); Total running
time: 63 minutes. All films 16mm, silent. Admission: $7.00-10.00 sliding
scale.
1/27
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas
FIRST SIGHT SCENE
Filmforum's celebration of the bounty of creative work being made by
Southern California filmmakers. Tonight includes new work by Madison
Brookshire, Christina McPhee, John Cannizzaro, Gwenaelle Gobe, Thomas
Helman, Erik Deutschman, and Dena DeCola and Karin E. Wandner. $9
general, $6 students/seniors.
1/27
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
4pm, 32 Second Avenue
POLISH NEW WAVE SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Bogdan Dziworski, Gerald Kargl & Zbigniew Rybczynski SKIING SCENES WITH
FRANZ KLAMMER / SCENY NARCIARSKIE Z FRANZEM KLAMMEREM (1979/1980, 22
minutes, 35mm, no dialogue) One of the best examples of "creative
documentary", the paradoxical genre examined and expanded by artists
from the Lodz Film School, the film presents a biographical-visual
impression of an Austrian skier-celebrity of the late-70's. Bogdan
Dziworski & Zbigniew Rybczynski INHALE. EXHALE / WDECH. WYDECH (1981, 30
minutes, video.) In Polish with English subtitles. An unusual
documentary focusing on men and women taking a healing vacation at a
spa. Wojciech Wiszniewski WANDA GOSCIMINSKA – WLOKNIARKA (1975, 21
minutes, 35mm.) In Polish with English subtitles. The film focuses on a
symbol and product of communist propaganda of the 50's – the famous
labor leader Wanda Gosciminska from Lodz, deconstructing the false
mechanisms, beliefs and rituals of the totalitarian era. Andrzej
Baranski WINDING PATHS / KRETE SCIEZKI (1970, 7 minutes, 35mm, minimal
dialogue) A pastiche of the thriller formula, this film constructs
tension gradually, introducing the viewer into an unknown intrigue. A
woman leaves her house, followed by her male neighbor – they follow each
other's paths, but why? Marek Piwowski THE FLY KILLER / MUCHOTLUK (1966,
12 minutes, 35mm.) In Polish with English subtitles. In a bad vodka
bar/restaurant, typical of the socialist era, the guests drink too much,
discuss, flirt, and tell meaningless and pathetic stories in which
stupidity triumphs over the sublime. The actors – nonprofessionals –
really are drunk, and the restaurant becomes a metaphor for Poland.
Zbigniew Rybczynski NEW BOOK / NOWA KSIAZKA (1975, 10.5 minutes, 35mm.)
In Polish with English subtitles. One of the most important formal
experiments in Rybczynski's oeuvre, the film divides the screen into
nine parts. As a man moves through a city, the viewer sees all the
crucial places he encounters, both during and after his visits.
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