From: Weekly Listing (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Apr 18 2009 - 10:24:38 PDT
Part 2 of 2: This week [April 18 - 26, 2009] in avant garde cinema
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009
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4/24
Buffalo, New York: Media Study - University at Buffalo, SUNY
5 p.m., Center for the Arts, Room 112, University at Buffalo North Campus
FRAMPTONIA! - HAPAX LEGOMENA BY HOLLIS FRAMPTON W/ PROF. MICHAEL ZRYD
FRAMPTONIA! Everything and everyone is cordially invited to FRAMPTONIA!
Buffalo's two part screening series celebrating Hollis Frampton, a
legendary instructor in the media studies department at the University
at Buffalo. On April 24th, we will be screening the newly restored
prints of Hollis Frampton's seven part "Hapax Legomena" followed by a
presentation by Professor Michael Zryd (if you don't already know: a
renowned Frampton scholar). The next day we'll be hosting the already
iconic film's of David Gatten; he'll present his epic series "The Secret
History of the Dividing Line." An event to be sure! Both screenings are
free! Hollis Frampton's Hapax Legomena w/ presentation by Prof. Michael
Zryd Friday, April 24th 5 o'clock David Gatten's The Secret History of
the Dividing Line Saturday, April 25th 7 o'clock (For those who might be
traveling far distances I would love to find a place for you among the
poets or filmmakers who reside in the nickel city! Just pop-off an
e-mail outside of frameworks and we can begin to unravel your plans)
FRAMPTONIA! is generously supported by the Department of Media Study,
the Graduate Student Association, Subboard I, INC and the GSA's for
Media Study, Poetics and Visual Studies. -Ekrem Serdar -Scott Puccio
4/24
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:00pm, 32 Second Avenue
PORTRAIT OF JASON
Directed by Shirley Clarke 1967, 105 minutes, 35mm. A raw record of a
confessional conversation with an African-American gay hustler
recounting his life and times. A disturbing and fascinating document, it
unflinchingly observes Jason Holliday – conversing, performing,
confessing, dissolving. "The most fascinating film I've ever seen."
–Ingmar Bergman
4/24
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:15pm, 32 Second Avenue
WELL DONE
Directed by Thomas Imbach 1994, 75 minutes, 35mm. In German with English
subtitles. In a high-tech company, over 1,200 people are engaged in
checking the daily transactions of billions of Swiss francs in the form
of endless streams of data. A few figures emerge from the mass of
employees who have been sucked into the labyrinthine building and worn
out by avalanches of words. Inconspicuous gestures, ways of speaking,
and looks recorded by the camera are woven together in a serial montage
portraying a world in which the subtle power of electronic technology
shapes communication between human beings and leaves its traces in the
most private spheres.
4/24
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
9:00pm, 32 Second Avenue
HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN
Directed by Thomas Imbach 2001, 92 minutes, 35mm. In German with English
subtitles Petra, the 1980s 'green queen' and peace activist, is shot in
her sleep by her lover and political ally, former West German army
general Gert, who kills himself shortly afterwards. Was it murder, or
did she want to be shot? What happens to Petra, from the time Gert's
bullet enters her skull to the moment it lodges in her brain and she
dies? She experiences a flash-forward to the present time and wakes up
in the glassy transit zone of an international airport. On her trip
through this modern purgatory Petra struggles to unravel the meaning of
the shooting together with Gert and other figures from her life.
4/24
Vienna: Austrian Filmmuseum
http://www.filmmuseum.at/jart/prj3/filmmuseum/main.jart?rel=en&content-id=1219068743272&schienen_id=1236066401628&reserve-mode=active
21 p.m., Augustinerstrasse 1
THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA EXPOSITION
See April 22 for details.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009
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4/25
Buffalo, New York: Media Study - University at Buffalo, SUNY
7 p.m., Center for the Arts, Room 112, University at Buffalo North Campus
FRAMPTONIA! - "THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE DIVIDING LINE" BY DAVID GATTEN
FRAMPTONIA! Everything and everyone is cordially invited to FRAMPTONIA!
Buffalo's two part screening series celebrating Hollis Frampton, a
legendary instructor in the media studies department at the University
at Buffalo. On April 24th, we will be screening the newly restored
prints of Hollis Frampton's seven part "Hapax Legomena" followed by a
presentation by Professor Michael Zryd (if you don't already know: a
renowned Frampton scholar). The next day we'll be hosting the already
iconic film's of David Gatten; he'll present his epic series "The Secret
History of the Dividing Line." An event to be sure! Both screenings are
free! Hollis Frampton's Hapax Legomena w/ presentation by Prof. Michael
Zryd Friday, April 24th 5 o'clock David Gatten's The Secret History of
the Dividing Line Saturday, April 25th 7 o'clock (For those who might be
traveling far distances I would love to find a place for you among the
poets or filmmakers who reside in the nickel city! Just pop-off an
e-mail outside of frameworks and we can begin to unravel your plans)
FRAMPTONIA! is generously supported by the Department of Media Study,
the Graduate Student Association, Subboard I, INC and the GSA's for
Media Study, Poetics and Visual Studies. -Ekrem Serdar -Scott Puccio
4/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
5:00pm, 32 Second Avenue
EC - PETER KUBELKA
MOSAIK IM VERTRAUEN / MOSAIC IN CONFIDENCE (1955, 16 minutes, 35mm)
ADEBAR (1957, 1 minute, 35mm) SCHWECHATER (1958, 1 minute, 35mm) ARNULF
RAINER (1960, 7 minutes, 35mm) UNSERE AFRIKAREISE / OUR TRIP TO AFRICA
(1966, 12 minutes, 35mm) PAUSE (1977, 12 minutes, 35mm) "Peter Kubelka
is the perfectionist of the film medium; and, as I honor that quality
above all others at this time finding such a lack of it now elsewhere, I
would simply like to say: Peter Kubelka is the world's greatest
filmmaker – which is to say, simply: see his films!…by all means/above
all else…etcetera." –Stan Brakhage
4/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
5:30pm, 32 Second Avenue
CLARKE SHORTS PROGRAM #2
FOUR JOURNEYS INTO MYSTIC TIME (1979, 60 minutes, 16mm) A collection of
four short experimental dance films: INITIATION, MYSTERIUM, TRANS, and
ONE-2-3.
4/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
6:30pm, 32 Second Avenue
LENZ
Directed by Thomas Imbach 2006, 96 minutes, 35mm. In German with English
subtitles The filmmaker Lenz has left his native Berlin for the Vosges
to research the story behind Georg Buchner's novel fragment, LENZ. But
he soon trades the Alsatian landscape for higher altitudes and more
emotional territory: a reunion with his estranged wife Natalie and their
son Noah in the Swiss Alps. Like his literary counterpart, the
modern-day Lenz follows the Romantic motto, "Genius writes its own
rules". Against a background of global tourism – provided by the
authentic Zermatt locations – LENZ portrays an unconventional family and
a man swinging between euphoria and desperation.
4/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:00pm, 32 Second Avenue
THE COOL WORLD
Directed by Shirley Clarke 1964, 105 minutes, 16mm. "THE COOL
WORLD…look[s] as radical today as [it] did in the 60s. The first fiction
feature to be shot entirely on location in Harlem, THE COOL WORLD was
adapted by Clarke and her frequent collaborator Carl Lee from Warren
Miller's novel about a black teenager who gets caught up in a culture of
gangs and guns. Shot verite style with the light-weight equipment that
had just come on the market, it seems as much a documentary of
inner-city life just before Black Power as it does a fictional
coming-of-age story." –Amy Taubin, VILLAGE VOICE
4/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8:45pm, 32 Second Avenue
I WAS A SWISS BANKER
Directed by Thomas Imbach 2007, 75 minutes, 35mm. In German with English
subtitles Roger is a young, dashing banker full of boyish
self-confidence. He has a highly successful business, smuggling money
across the border for reinvestment. But, flagged down one day by a
customs officers, Roger loses his cool and makes a run for it. Diving
headlong into Lake Constance, he catapults himself out of his life as a
banker and into a totally new universe, populated by shy mermaids in
Lara Croft gear and cunning magpie witches in helicopters. As in a Grimm
Brothers fairy tale, Roger has to pass three tests to cast off the
witches' curse and find happiness. His underwater journey through an
intoxicatingly beautiful Switzerland is enhanced by the enchanting songs
of sirens – a fable full of lust for life and love.
4/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
9:15pm, 32 Second Avenue
THE CONNECTION
Directed by Shirley Clarke 1962, 110 minutes, 35mm. Preservation print
courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funded by
The Film Foundation. "Clarke's first feature, made after several
avant-garde shorts and before her better-known THE COOL WORLD and
PORTRAIT OF JASON. Based on Jack Gelber's play about a group of junkies
hanging out in a New York loft waiting for their fix, THE CONNECTION is
part Beat narrative, part interrogation of documentary form, part
portrait of a subculture. Noted for Clarke's innovative
camera-choreography, it was banned for its obscenity but won the
Critic's Prize at Cannes." –Irina Leimbacher, SF
4/25
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
8:30 PM, 992 Valencia St.
DEPTH PERCEPTION: 3-D SPECTACULAR!
We're honored to have back those 3-D masters from Marin County, Pad
McLaughlin and Bob Bloomberg, premiering the latter's projection-piece
on San Andreas temblors, The City Quakes: The San Francisco Earthquakes
of 1906 & 1989, with Bob's original score. Pad has his own short piece,
Sketch Pad, a series of experiments with stereographic motion pictures,
combining 3-D video and stills. This stereoscopic extravaganza also
boasts the debut of Kerry Laitala's Chromatic Cocktail, a Kodachrome
exploration using the eye-po pping Chromadepth process, plus new spatial
initiatives! ALSO: Neighborhood flaneur David Cox with 3-D movies made
on his iPhone (believe it or not), a 3-D tour of a Viewmaster, factory a
rare Hy Hirsch piece from the '50s, and views of Burning Man, wrestling
matches, and carnivorous plants. Free Wine, 3 different glasses provided
*7.
4/25
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov
1:00 pm, NGA, 4th & Constiution Ave. NW
ROBERT FRANK: RECENT FILMS
Friends and family, New York and Nova Scotia, and the artist's fixations
and fascinations shape the content of Robert Frank's films. This
selection includes work completed between 1996 and 2005. The Present
(1996, 35 mm, 24 minutes); Flamingo (1997, digital beta, 7 minutes); I
Remember (1998, digital beta, 5 minutes); Sanyu (1999, digital beta, 27
minutes); Paper Route (2002, digital beta, 23 minutes); and True Story
(2004, digital beta, 26 minutes)
4/25
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov
3:30 PM, NGA, 4th & Constiution Ave. NW
FOR ROBERT
curated by Michael Shamberg A selection of poetic avant-garde works by
various artists, chosen for this program by independent curator Michael
H. Shamberg in honor of Robert Frank's photography and films: Junkopia
(Chris Marker, 6 minutes); NYC Weights and Measures (Jem Cohen, 6
minutes); p.s. beirut (Michael H. Shamberg, 7 minutes); Notes on Iceland
(Melody Owen, 5 minutes); After Writing (Mary Helena Clark, 4 minutes);
Monsanto (Paula Gaitán, 22 minutes); Nocturne (Avenue A, no lens) (Joel
Schlemowitz, 3 minutes); Ah Liberty! (Ben Rivers, 19 minutes); Summer
Cannibals (Robert Frank, 4 minutes); Run (Robert Frank, 4 minutes);
Playback (Pere Portabella, 8 minutes). (89 minutes total)
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SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2009
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4/26
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas, Los Angeles CA 90028.
LOS ANGELES FILMFORUM PRESENTS TREASURES FROM AMERICAN FILM ARCHIVES IV
Los Angeles Filmforum presents Treasures from American Film Archives IV
– Six films from the box, screened on film, in honor of its release With
Jeff Lambert, Assistant Director of the National Film Preservation
Foundation, and Mark Toscano of the Academy Film Archive in person! This
March brought the long-awaited home-video debut of 26 classics of
American experimental filmmaking in this new release from the National
Film Preservation Foundation: Treasures Iv: American Avant-Garde Film,
1947-1986, Tonight: Fog Line (Larry Gottheim, 1970); Go! Go! Go! (Marie
Menken, 1964); Chumlum (Ron Rice, 1964); Peyote Queen (Storm De Hirsch,
1965); Necrology (Standish Lawder, 1969-70); 7362 (Pat O'Neill, 1965-67)
General admission $10, students/seniors $6, free for Filmforum members.
http://lafilmforum.wordpress.com. The Egyptian Theatre has a validation
stamp for the Hollywood & Highland complex. Park 4 hours for $2 with
validation.
4/26
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
http://www.lift.on.ca/
7 pm, 1137 Dupont St. (@ Gladstone), Toronto, ON
LIFT MONTHLY SCREENING: HISTORY AND MEMORY
In its new monthly screening series, LIFT presents a program of works on
the theme of History & Memory, with 16mm films by Garine Torossian (Girl
from Moush), Judith Doyle (Private Property/Public History), Francisca
Duran (Retrato Oficial) and Elida Schogt (A Trilogy). The LIFT monthly
screening is a new event intended to introduce filmmakers to diverse
approaches to filmmaking. During the LIFT workshop season, the last
Sunday of each month will be devoted to screening and discussing a
selection of work from the library of the CFMDC and elsewhere. This is
an excellent opportunity for filmmakers to get together, discuss the
approaches other filmmakers have taken, and develop their own ideas. The
winter/spring screenings present a diverse selection of Canadian
documentary work to complement the workshop season's focus on
documentary filmmaking. Admission by donation ($5 suggested).
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