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This week [June 20 - 28, 2009] in avant garde cinema
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Bolzano ShortFilmFestival (Bolzano, ITALY; Deadline: June 30, 2009)
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Los Angeles as a Character (Los Angeles, CA USA; Deadline: October 01, 2009)
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Warren County Library Film Festival (Blairstown, NJ, USA; Deadline: August 01, 2009)
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L'Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain; Deadline: July 01, 2009)
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London Film Festival (London, UK; Deadline: June 26, 2009)
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7th International Short Film Festival "Wie wir Leben!/The Way We Live!" - Filmmmuseum Munich (Munich, Bavaria, Germany; Deadline: July 10, 2009)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Onion City Experimental Film and video Festival - Group Show Five: the
Loneliness of the Long Distance Filmmaker [June 20, Chicago, Illinois]
* Onion City Experimental Film and video Festival - Group Show Six: the
Familiar Re-Made [June 20, Chicago, Illinois]
* Onion City Experimental Film and video Festival - Group Show Seven:
Culture Clash [June 20, Chicago, Illinois]
* Robert Frank Retrospective: Program 6 [June 20, San Francisco, California]
* Portraits of Robert Frank [June 21, Los Angeles, California]
* Sarah Pucill: Taken By the Frame [June 21, Los Angeles, California]
* George and Mike Kuchar Program: Essential Cinema [June 21, New York, New York]
* Sidney Peterson Program: Essential Cinema [June 21, New York, New York]
* Essential Cinema- Pudovkin: Mother [June 24, New York, New York]
* Barbara Rosenthal — 33 Existential videos [June 25, Berlin, Germany]
* Essential Cinema- Jonas Mekas: Walden [June 25, New York, New York]
* Essential Cinema- Fw Murnau: Sunrise [June 25, New York, New York]
* Robert Frank Retrospective: Program 7 [June 25, San Francisco, California]
* Essential Cinema- Rice/Richter/Sharits Program [June 26, New York, New York]
* Sarah Pucill: Program 1 [June 26, New York, New York]
* Robert Frank Retrospective: Program 7 [June 27, San Francisco, California]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2009
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6/20
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
5:00pm, Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
ONION CITY EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL - GROUP SHOW FIVE: THE
LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE FILMMAKER
TRYPPS #6 (MALOBI) (2009, 12 mins., 16mm, US) by Ben Russell. "From the
Maroon village of Malobi in Suriname, this single take film offers a
strikingly contemporary take on a Jean Rouch classic. It's Halloween at
the equator, Lightning Bolt for the jungle set." (BR) *** nothing is
over nothing (2008, 17 mins., 16mm, US) by Jonathan Schwartz. "There
were other places where the lord fell, and others where he rested; but
one of the most curious landmarks…we found…was a certain stone built
into a house…so seemed and scarred that it bore a sort of grotesque
resemblance to the human face. One of the pilgrims said, 'But there is
no evidence that the stones did cry out.' The guide was perfectly
serene. He said calmly, 'This is one of the stones that would have cried
out.'" (Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad) *** Unnamed Film (2008, 55
mins., 16mm, Ukraine) by Naomi Uman. Uman is currently living in the
Ukraine, in the small rural village from which her ancestors come.
Unnamed Film is a quiet, delicate, and absorbing portrait of this
community, which unfolds with little dialogue—the images speaking for
themselves. It is part of a larger cycle of films, The Ukrainian Time
Machine Project. "In village society it is the babushky (grandmothers,
old women) who hold the key to surviving in the absence of economic
wellbeing. It is their practical thinking and preservation of what might
be considered trash that enables them to survive on pensions of less
than eighty dollars a month. In immersing myself in this culture, I have
needed to create a life in a foreign place without the luxury of regular
access to stores, a car, or the ability to communicate easily with my
neighbors. I have learned from watching the babushky how to live simply
and practically, wasting absolutely nothing. This economy will be
manifest in my films. Each frame, each shot, each fragment of sound is
considered. This age-old creativity of making something out of nothing,
or strictly out of what one has at-hand, can be applied to the creation
of media. Scarcity requires a different kind of resourcefulness. The
films in this cycle are small and intimate, repeating age-old stories in
as few words as possible." (NU)
6/20
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
7:30pm, Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
ONION CITY EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL - GROUP SHOW SIX: THE
FAMILIAR RE-MADE
SEQUENCES + INTERRUPTIONS (2009, 16 mins., 16mm, UK, World Premiere) by
Nicky Hamlyn. A study in texture and rhythm. *** THE SKY TAPED TOGETHER
(2009, 7 mins., video, US, World Premiere) by Michael Sirianni. A work
of suturing: the sky from a VHS copy of the Cinerama film How the West
Was Won is digitally copied and reassembled. *** LAKE (2009, 4 mins.,
video, US, World Premiere) by Jake Barningham. Waves of digital pixels
and abstraction. *** THE PARABLE OF THE TULIP PAINTER AND THE FLY (2008,
4 mins., 16mm, US) by Charlotte Pryce. "An intoxicating flower; a
metaphorical insect; a longing reach across the centuries. The film is a
philosophical search drenched in luminous colors and sparkling light."
(CP) *** YSBRYD (2008, 8 mins., video, US) by Julie Murray. The erotic
tangle of unexpected protagonists. *** BUOY (2008, 6 mins., video, US)
by Seoungho Cho. The strata and sea level marks in the Death Valley
desert become a disorienting "motion painting" as they are recorded from
a moving car. *** POSTCARD #3: NIAGARA RISES (2009, 3 mins., video, US,
World Premiere) by Carolyn Faber. What comes down must go up. *** LES
CHAISES (2008, 9 mins., video, US) by Vincent Grenier. "Two weather worn
red vinyl chairs on an outdoor promontory oriented toward a 'view,'
stand as witnesses." (VG) *** QUIVER (2008, 10 mins., 16mm, US) by
Robert Todd. "Quiver. Barely touching. Movement further in and along,
through the surface of a light." (RT) *** THREE/3: IN THE OCEAN, ON LAND
(2009, 6 mins., video, US) by Peter Bo Rappmund. A diptych of sequences:
one all chaos, the other all serenity.
6/20
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
9:15pm, Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
ONION CITY EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL - GROUP SHOW SEVEN:
CULTURE CLASH
ALTERNITY (2008, 7 mins., video, US) by Van McElwee. "The vanishing
point of linear perspective is expanded to a plane. This allows all of
the potential events within that vanishing point to mingle freely on the
surface of the screen." (VM) *** PARIS TIMES THREE (2009, 8 mins.,
video, US) by Carina Johnson. A "remake" of Bruce Conner's 1973 film
Marilyn Times Five which keeps the structure and soundtrack of the
original but replaces the actress. Instead of the pretend "Marilyn" of
Conner's film (no, it's not really Monroe) we see the contemporary
blonde Paris Hilton, in footage taken from her notorious amateur sex
tape One Night in Paris. The result is a smart and telling riff on
celebrity, sexuality, and the representation of women in high and low
art. *** WHEN WORLDS COLLUDE (2008, 13 mins., video, US) by Fred Worden.
A kinetic oscillation between different images, Worden creates a War of
the Worlds in which everything is in collision (or is it collusion?).
*** COLLIDE-A-SCOPE (2009, 3 mins., 16mm, Australia, US Premiere) by
Gregory Godhard. A fanciful animated supposition of what the results of
supercollider experiments would look like. *** SUTRO (2009, 2 mins.,
video, US) by Jeanne Liotta. "Animated portrait of the eponymous
television tower on the hill, guardian of fog and electronic signals in
that earthshaking city by the Bay..." (JL) *** THE ETERNAL QUARTER INCH
(2008, 9 mins., video, US) by Jesse McLean. "Rising fundamentalism and a
government that cites faith to defend war action have helped to grow a
desperate society. Dipping between ecstasy and despair, transcendence
and absurdity, this movie journeys to a hidden space where you can lose
your way, lose yourself in the moment, lose your faith in a belief
system." (JM) *** POOR MAN'S PUCE MOMENT (2008, 4 mins., video, US) by
Jessie Stead. "A low-res tribute to Puce Moment (1949) by Kenneth Anger
using the soundtrack by Jonathan Halper, evidently added to the film
during the 1960s." (JS) *** SAND SAGA (2008, 11 mins., video, US) by
Shana Moulton. "Moulton's alter ego Cynthia again gains access to a
parallel universe via the transformative powers of New Age body
treatments and domestic objects. After applying a facial beauty mask,
she moves through an environment energized with Southwestern motifs and
rituals, from sculpted heads and Georgia O'Keefe-like forms to sand
painting and hot stone massage. Ultimately Cynthia is transported to a
fantastical world and emerges transformed." (Electronic Arts Intermix)
*** THE PRESENTATION THEME (2008, 14 mins., 16mm, US) by Jim Trainor.
Animator Jim Trainor continues his exploration of the dark and the
strange in this elliptical tale of a Peruvian prisoner, a blood-hungry
priestess, and totemic creatures.
6/20
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www.sfmoma.org
3pm, 151 3rd Street - Phyllis Wattis Theater
ROBERT FRANK RETROSPECTIVE: PROGRAM 6
See June 18th for description
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SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
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6/21
Los Angeles, California: Museum of Contemporary Art
3:00 pm, 250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
PORTRAITS OF ROBERT FRANK
In conjunction with the exhibition From the Permanent Collection: Robert
Frank's "The Americans", MOCA presents Portraits of Robert Frank, an
afternoon of films examining the life and career of the renowned
photographer, co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum. In An American
Journey (2009, color, 58 min.), French director Philippe Séclier
retraces the path followed by legendary photographer Robert Frank when
he created his seminal photographic portfolio, The Americans. In an
effort to examine the impact of Frank's images, Séclier travels 15,000
miles through the various communities of America, moving between past
and present. Conversations in Vermont (1969, b/w, 26 min.), directed by
Frank and photographed by Ralph Gibson, is Frank's first overtly
autobiographical film. In it, he interviews his two children, Pablo and
Andrea, about their experiences growing up with artists as parents. In
the process, Frank questions his own world. Originally planned as a
study of indigenous American music, About Me: A Musical (1971, b/w, 35
min.) evolved instead into a film about its author. The actress Lynn
Reyner plays Robert Frank as he examines his life and questions his
contributions as a photographer. Museum open 11am–6pm. INFO 213/621-1745
or (address suppressed) Films FREE with museum admission. Museum General
Admission: $10; Students with I.D.: $5.
http://www.moca.org/museum/event_calendar.php?m=6&day=21#21
6/21
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:30 pm, Echo Park Film Center, 1200 Alvarado Street (at Sunset)
SARAH PUCILL: TAKEN BY THE FRAME
The Echo Park Film Center and Los Angeles Filmforum host British artist,
photographer and filmmaker Sarah Pucill, whose films and photographs
play with boundaries of self and other, frequently involving mirrors or
mirroring and strong performances. Sometimes rigorously formal, other
times humorously enamored with the possibilities of light, surfaces, and
bodies, while exploring the range of possibilities vested in the camera.
Los Angeles premieres of all works from this award-winning experimental
filmmaker. Tonight we'll be screening: You Be Mother (1990, 7 min.,
16mm); Milk and Glass (1993, 10 min., 16mm); Stages of Mourning (2004,
17 min., 16mm); Taking My Skin (2006, 35 min., 16mm); Fall In Frame
(2009, 18 min., 16mm) Los Angeles Filmforum & the Echo Park Film Center,
at the Echo Park Film Center, 1200 N. Alvarado Street (@ Sunset Blvd),
Los Angeles, CA 90026. 213-484-8846. Sunday June 21, 2009. 7:30 pm.
General admission $5. http://lafilmforum.wordpress.com and
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/
6/21
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
5:30pm, 32 second Avenue
GEORGE AND MIKE KUCHAR PROGRAM: ESSENTIAL CINEMA
All films preserved with support from the National Film Preservation
Foundation. THE NAKED AND THE NUDE (1957, 36 minutes, 8mm-to-16mm
blow-up, sound on CD) The oldest surviving Kuchar mini-epic, this
patriotic WWII period piece (made by high schoolers) chronicles the
desires and destinies of carnal appetites on the front line.
"Big…Rousing…Memorable! The incredible war saga of our own boys in a
Jap-infested jungle in the Botanical Gardens. Hear Lloyd Thorner sing
the title song. You'll come out whistling from both ends." –G.K. PUSSY
ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1961, 14 minutes, 8mm-to-16mm blow-up, sound on CD)
"It glows with the embers of desire! It smokes with the revelation of
men and women longing for robust temptations that will make them sizzle
into maturity with a furnace-blast of unrestrained animalism. A film for
young and old to enjoy." –G.K. BORN OF THE WIND (1962, 24 minutes,
8mm-to-16mm, sound) Preserved by Anthology through the Avant-Garde
Masters program funded by the Film Foundation and administered by the
National Film Preservation Foundation. Special thanks to Cineric, Inc.
"A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a
mummy he has restored to life… 2,000 years as a mummy couldn't quench
her thirst for love!" –G.K. TOOTSIES IN AUTUMN (1963, 15 minutes,
8mm-to-16mm blow-up, sound on CD) Mike's cautionary tale about
past-their-prime thespians caught up in a typically Kucharian vortex of
madness. Total running time: ca. 95 minutes.
6/21
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30pm, 32 second Avenue
SIDNEY PETERSON PROGRAM: ESSENTIAL CINEMA
4 Films: THE POTTED PSALM (1946, 19 minutes, 16mm) THE PETRIFIED DOG
(1948, 19 minutes, 16mm) MR. FRENHOFFER AND THE MINOTAUR (1949, 21
minutes, 16mm) THE LEAD SHOES (1949, 17 minutes, 16mm) "The Lead Shoes
proposes a comic vision that is not at all funny. Extravagant,
exhausting, open to the fortuitous and the unintended, its picaresque
narrative transforms the dark region of unconscious impulse into an
intellectual burlesque. The "story" disintegrates into a warped tissue
of allusions and visual puns riddled by ellipses and audio-visual
shifts."-Stuart Leibman "These images are meant to play not on our
rational senses, but on the infinite universe of ambiguity within us."
–Sidney Peterson Total running time: ca. 80 minutes.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009
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6/24
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30pm, 32 second Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA- PUDOVKIN: MOTHER
1926, 104 minutes, 35mm, silent. Based on the novel by Maxim Gorky. In
Russian with no subtitles; English synopsis available With the simple
theme of a working-class mother growing in political consciousness
through participation in revolutionary activity, this film established
Pudovkin as one of the major figures of the Soviet cinema. A student of
Kuleshov and an admirer of Griffith's films, he was writing his first
book of film theory at the same time he was making MOTHER. His expert
cutting on movement and his associated editing of unrelated scenes to
form what he called a "plastic synthesis" are amply demonstrated here.
Although in direct opposition to Eisenstein's shock montage, Pudovkin
used a linkage method advanced far beyond Kuleshov's theories.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009
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6/25
Berlin, Germany: Directors Lounge
http://www.richfilm.de/currentUpload/
21:00, Z-Bar, Bergstraße 2, 10115 Berlin-Mitte
BARBARA ROSENTHAL — 33 EXISTENTIAL VIDEOS
Barbara Rosenthal *--* humorous conceptual poetry-and.performance shorts
*--* Including World Premiere of "Dead Heat" *--* *--* Barbara
Rosenthal's work, on one hand many-fold and widespread over media such
as performance, artists' books, photography, installations and video, on
the other hand shows continued commitment in her field and consistency
over several decades. If you need proof that art can be genuinely
political, even if the artist does not calling themself a "political
activist", or possibly even moreso because they do not, then look at
Rosenthal's work. The collection of her video work over 30 years, a part
of which will be presented at Directors Lounge, may possibly be best
compared with a witty book of aphorisms. It's altogether irresistible,
it's thoughtful, and it's funny, absurd, and at the same time, serious,
absolutely. And that's what she wants to be taken for. *--* You may find
Dada, Surrealism or Fluxus in her work, all of which has been overdone
with and overused by contemporary artists. However, if you tried to
interpret her that way, you would still not come to terms with Barbara's
work. And if we have a closer look, there may be one strategy (of many)
we can recognize: Very often, the artist finds ideas, or encounters
situations, and takes them just too literally. By these and other
techniques, daily life and its absurdities as mirrored in her work
become an arena for thoughts revealing truth (yes!), and the negative
consequences of abstractedness in live and politics. Barbara Rosenthal
demands close attention and precise reception from her audience, those
who like to follow her track of thoughts and perceptions. Her humour
never transmits sarcasm; rather, it is as gentle as the jokes we know
from those Zen Masters quizzing their favourite pupil. For example, in
"How Much Does The Monkey Count?" that is all they do, Barbara and the
monkey she ventriloquizes compete by counting numbers. Or like, when the
absurdity of reading the listings of societies from the New York City
phonebook turns into a critical statement without her adding anything to
it. Or, in another example, when the artist is whispering "forbidden"
secrets about a sexual attraction, which reveal less of herself but of
the repressing side of political (and sexual) correctness. *--* The
screening will almost be a retrospective as it shows a range of the
artist's earliest (nicely digitally re-mastered) and most recent work.
Having said all that, we are happy that Barbara Rosenthal is coming to
Berlin exclusively for this screening. And she will be available to the
audience, for questions and answers, or at least more thought-nourishing
quizzes. *--* (Klaus W. Eisenlohr) *--* Artist's Links: *--*
http://www.emedialoft.org/artistspages/barbararosenthal.htm *--*
http://the-artists.org/artist/Barbara-Rosenthal *--* *--*
www.directorslounge.net
6/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:00pm, 32 Second Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA- JONAS MEKAS: WALDEN
DIARIES, NOTES & SKETCHES (WALDEN) by Jonas Mekas 1969, 180 minutes,
16mm, color, sound. New print by Cinema Arts Inc. Special thanks to
Michael Kolvek, Fran Bowen (Trackwise) and Pip Laurenson, Tate Museum.
Filmed in 1964-68. Edited in 1968-69. "Since 1950 I have been keeping a
film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the
immediate reality: situations, friends, New York, seasons of the year.
On some days I shot ten frames, on others ten seconds, still on others
ten minutes. Or I shot nothing. When one writes diaries, it's a
retrospective process: you sit down, you look back at your day, and you
write it all down. To keep a film (camera) diary, is to react (with your
camera) immediately, now, this instant: either you get it now, or you
don't get it at all." –J.M. –Thursday, June 25 at 7:00.
6/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30pm, 32 Second Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA- FW MURNAU: SUNRISE
Sunrise by F.W. Murnau 1927, 95 minutes, 35mm. Murnau's first American
film is an allegory set in no particular time or place, about a man who
is temporarily overruled by his passions, inflamed by the power of evil
as personified by the city woman, and who finally returns to his senses
and the orderly family life of the country. It is a virtuoso exercise
representing the expressiveness of the silent film as it neared its end.
Do not miss your chance to see one of the most stunning, and human,
artistic statements ever to come out of the cinema. Upcoming Showings: *
Sunday Jun 28 8:00 PM * Sunday Jun 28 6:00 PM
6/25
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www.sfmoma.org
7pm, 151 3rd Street - Phyllis Wattis Theater
ROBERT FRANK RETROSPECTIVE: PROGRAM 7
Run—New Order, 1989, 4 min., video Summer Cannibals—Patti Smith, 1996, 4
min., video Fernando, 2008, 12 min., video Tunnel, 2005, 5 min., video
True Story, 2004, 26 min., color and black-and-white, video Total
running time: 51 min. Frank made Fernando in honor of a Swiss artist
friend of his who passed away. Tunnel was created to premiere under the
Swiss Alps at an event held during final blasting through the midpoint
of the twenty-one-mile Lotschberg Tunnel in 2005. The film was censored,
along with several others slated to screen that night. Advisory:
Contains scenes of explicit animal violence (slaughter). Frank's most
recent film, True Story, premiered in October 2004 at the exhibition
Robert Frank Story Lines at the Tate Modern. Speaking in voiceover, the
artist narrates scenes shot in his homes in New York and Nova Scotia.
His rambling commentary returns to familiar themes of memory, and the
loss of friends and family members. Brief excerpts from earlier films
are shown, along with Frank's photographs, the art of his wife, June
Leaf, and extraordinarily detailed letters written by his son, Pablo
(1951-94). Alternately poignant, reflective, self-mocking, and angry,
this candid autobiography reveals Frank's late-career preoccupations. $5
general; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission. Double
features: films offered on the same date are included in one ticket.
Also screened June 27th at 3pm.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2009
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6/26
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
5:30pm, 32 Second Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA- RICE/RICHTER/SHARITS PROGRAM
Ron Rice CHUMLUM 1964, 23 minutes, 16mm. With Jack Smith, Mario Montez,
Gerard Malanga. "One of the underground's best and most influential
films." –Peter Gidal Hans Richter RHYTHMUS 21 1921, 3 minutes, 16mm.
"Its content is essentially rhythm, the formal vocabulary is elemental
geometry, and the structural principle is counterpoint of contrasting
opposites." –Standish Lawder TWO PENNY MAGIC / ZWEIGROSCHENZAUBER (1929,
2 minutes, 16mm) EVERYTHING REVOLVES, EVERYTHING TURNS / ALLES DREHT
SICH, ALLES BEWEGT SICH (1929, 9 minutes, 16mm) Paul Sharits
N:O:T:H:I:N:G 1968, 36 minutes, 16mm. Recently preserved print!
Preservation supported by the National Film Preservation Foundation.
"Based in part on the Tibetan Mandala of the Five Dhyani Buddhas/a
journey toward the center of pure consciousness (Dharma-Dhatu
Wisdom)/space and motion generated rather than illustrated/ time-color
energy create virtual shape/in negative time, growth is inverse decay."
–P.S. "In essence there are only three flicker films of importance,
ARNULF RAINER, THE FLICKER, and N:O:T:H:I:N:G…. In terms of the subject
we have discussed here, it is Sharits's N:O:T:H:I:N:G that opens the
field for the structural film with a flicker base." –P. Adams Sitney
Total running time: ca. 75 minutes.
6/26
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30pm, 32 Second Avenue
SARAH PUCILL: PROGRAM 1
FILMS BY SARAH PUCIL: PROGRAM 1 Filmmaker in person! Sarah Pucill's
films and photographs explore a sense of self that is transformative and
fluid. Her work is concerned with the idea that as subjects we are not
separate. Drawing together notions of inside and outside, the animate
and inanimate, her films probe a journey between mirror and surface. Her
latest production, FALL IN FRAME, explores the materiality of the
filmmaking process, blurring the distinction between the physical and
consciousness. Her previous work, BLIND LIGHT, brings the filmmaking
process as performance and image into the fold of a fragmented spoken
narrative; while TAKING MY SKIN continues her experiments with the
collapsing of space, in front of and behind the camera. Pucill lives and
works in London, and has been a senior lecturer at the University of
Westminster since 2000. Anthology gratefully acknowledges support for
this program from the Experimental Television Center's Presentation
Funds Program, which is supported by public funds from the Electronic
Media and Film Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. YOU BE
MOTHER (1990, 7 minutes, 16mm, color) STAGES OF MOURNING (2004, 17
minutes, 16mm, color) BACKCOMB (1995, 7 minutes, 16mm, color) SWOLLEN
STIGMA (1997, 20 minutes, 16mm, color) FALL IN FRAME (2009, 18 minutes,
16mm, color) Total running time: ca. 75 minutes.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2009
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6/27
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www.sfmoma.org
3pm, 151 3rd Street - Phyllis Wattis Theater
ROBERT FRANK RETROSPECTIVE: PROGRAM 7
See June 25th for description
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