From: Tony Conrad (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Nov 14 2009 - 14:04:49 PST
Lucky you! That stuff is great. Relatively good light sensitivity, comparatively
broad spectrum, and a nice thin emulsion that develops very well as either
negative or positive.
-------t0ny
On Sat 11/14/09 3:50 PM , Charles Chadwick email suppressed sent:
> Hey everyone. I have some 3374 kodak black and white print stock. Does
> anyone know what the Asa of this is? Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
> -Charles
>
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> > THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
> > ==============================
> > * The Time We Killed [November 14, Houston,
> Texas]> * Los Angeles As A Character [November 14, Los
> Angeles, California]> * Immokalee, My Home [November 14, New York,
> New York]> * Perestroika: Reconstruction of A Flat
> [November 14, New York, New > York]
> > * How I Am and Speech Memory [November 14, New
> York, New York]> * Babaji, An Indian Love Story [November 14,
> New York, New York]> * The Living [November 14, New York, New
> York]> * Wondrous World of Laundry [November 14, New
> York, New York]> * Mediamodes [November 14, New York, New
> York]> * Ventana Al Sur: An Evening of Argentine
> Experimental Films > [November 14, New York, New York]
> > * J. Kroot's 'it Came From Kuchar,' With George
> & Mike! + > [November 14, San Francisco,
> California]> * Los Angeles Filmforum Presents D.W. Griffith
> In California, With > Talk By
> > Tom Gunning [November 15, Los Angeles,
> California]> * Dj Spooky and the Science of Terra Nova
> [November 15, New York, > New York]
> > * Blind Loves [November 15, New York, New
> York]> * Performa: Futurist Life Redux [November 16,
> New York]> * Early Monthly Segments #9 = Robert Todd In
> Person [November 16, > Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
> > * Jesters and Gestures: Performing Yiddish
> Culture From Silent > Cinema To
> > Avant-Garde Film [November 17, Berkeley,
> California]> * By the Waters of Boston [November 17, Jamaica
> Plain, MA]> * Orphee [November 17, Reading,
> Pennsylvania]> * The Hydroacoustic Show [November 18, Chicago,
> Illinois]> * Orange Alternative: Screening &
> Discussion Nov 18 & 19 [November > 18, New York, New York]
> > * Free Form Film Series Lay Down Tracks
> [November 18, San > Francisco, California]
> > * Ava Gardner Independent Film Festival
> [November 18, Smithfield, > NC, USA]
> > * Look For Me: Animated Films By Laura Heit
> [November 19, Chicago, > Illinois]
> > * Open Screening: the West We Won [November 19,
> San Francisco, > California]
> > * Deborah Stratman: O�Er the Land
> [November 19, San Francisco, Cali > fornia]
> > * Ava Gardner Independent Film Festival
> [November 19, Smithfield, > NC, USA]
> > * Hollis Frampton's Hapax Legomena [November
> 20, Philadelphia, > Pennsylvania]
> > * Exhibicion Luminosa [November 20, San
> Francisco, California]> * �One Day When I Was Growing Up In the
> �60s��: A Lecture By > Yvonne Rainer [November 20, San Francisco,
> California]> * Ava Gardner Independent Film Festival
> [November 20, Smithfield, > NC, USA]
> > * The Search: New videos By Kyle Canterbury
> [November 21, Chicago, > Illinois]
> > * Stan Brakhage Program [November 21, New
> York]> * Hollis Frampton's Hapax Legomena Pt. 2
> [November 21, > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
> > * Carousel Microcinema #1: Tree Claps Hand:
> Gentle Films For Tough > Times [November 21, San Diego,
> California]> * Other Cinema: Alcatraz Anniversary [November
> 21, San Francisco, > California]
> > * Yvonne Rainer: Journeys From Berlin/1971
> [November 21, San > Francisco, California]
> > * Tropical Vulture: Ybcalive! George Kuchar
> & Miguel Calderon > [November 21, San Francisco,
> California]> * Ava Gardner Independent Film Festival
> [November 21, Smithfield, > NC, USA]
> > * Los Angeles Filmforum Presents the Ann Arbor
> Film Festival Tour � > Program
> > 2 [November 22, Los Angeles,
> California]> * Text of Light [November 22, New
> York]> * Clair/Picabia/Bunuel Program [November 22,
> New York]> * Los Olvidados [November 22, New
> York]> * Yvonne Rainer: Privilege [November 22, San
> Francisco, California]>
> >
> > Events are sorted by CITY within each
> DATE.>
> > ---------------------------
> > SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > 11/14
> > Houston, Texas: Cinema Arts Festival
> > http://www.cinemartsociety.org> 1pm, Rice Media Center
> >
> > THE TIME WE KILLED
> > The Time We Killed is the first feature by
> avant-garde filmmaker> Jennifer Reeves, who had been generally known
> for her formal> experimentation with optical printing and
> painting directly on film > (as
> > in the extraordinary When It Was Blue,
> screening Friday) and her> exploration of a range of topics including
> women's sexuality, mental> health and recovery, poetry, and dogs. The Time
> We Killed is a> surprising departure, a remarkably assured
> narrative feature. The > film's
> > title has a double meaning, signifying both the
> boredom and > isolation of
> > the protagonist and her country's run-up to the
> Iraq war. It has > the raw
> > intimacy of a filmed diary as it focuses on the
> daily life of > Robyn, an
> > agoraphobic writer who shuts herself in her
> Brooklyn apartment > after the
> > events of September 11, 2001. It is a visually
> stunning and evocative> meditation on Robyn's inner world filled with
> memories, past loves,> childhood visions, and life failings. The
> imagery is beautiful,> capturing the light reflecting on the East
> River and the nature> surrounding Robyn, reflecting Reeves's
> avant-garde experience as a> cinematic painter of light. The film won
> multiple awards at the > Berlin
> > Film Festival (2004), New York's Tribeca Film
> Festival (Best NY> Narrative Feature 2004), and screened at the
> Whitney Museum, and at > the
> > Rotterdam, Sundance, and New York film
> festivals. �MDH>
> > 11/14
> > Los Angeles, California: Echo Park Film
> Center> http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/> 8:00 PM, 1200 N. Alvarado Bl.
> >
> > LOS ANGELES AS A CHARACTER
> > The 2nd annual Los Angeles as a Character
> screening will be > showcased on
> > Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the Echo Park
> Film Center. A > mixture of
> > narrative, experimental and documentary short
> films and videos with > the
> > city of Los Angeles as a peripheral or central
> theme, backdrop or> character will be shown. 10 films were chosen
> ranging from acclaimed> urban journalist Mike Sonksen's (aka,
> "Mike the Poet") "I Am Alive In> Los Angeles!!" (2008) - a vibrant look at
> the multi-faceted > character of
> > Los Angeles; "Dichotomy" (2009) -
> a short documentary by Laotian- > born
> > Van Veng reflecting the disparities between two
> distinct types of > urban
> > dwellers in downtown LA; Teenager Stephanie
> Cisneros' acclaimed "Echo> Park: A Different View" (2005) captures a
> specific moment in time > when
> > gentrification began in Echo Park; film fest
> favorite "Homeless in> Hollywood" (2009) by Hollis McLachlan
> follows an Australian > emigrant who
> > refuses to abandon his dream of acting despite
> having to live on the> streets and curator Charles Doran screens his
> award-winning narrative> "Ennui," described as "a
> horrific and comedic pastiche of the> pretensions of the art school crowd, white
> guilt, and the 'posthuman> condition." Other films include: "The
> New Los Angeles"(2009) � dir. > Will
> > O'Loughlen � a two minute field guide
> to making a better city, shot> entirely on a Flip HD Camera. "Sunset to
> Sunset"(2009) � dir. Kent> Hayward � a Super-8 mm time-lapse walk
> across LA starting at Sunset> Junction in Silverlake, down Santa Monica Blvd.
> to the beach. "Los> Angeles Through the Looking Glass"(2008)
> � dir. Jonathan Emrys � > A photo
> > essay, put into video format, attempting to
> characterize Los Angeles> from the point of view of its relationship to
> the motion picture > capitol
> > of the world, Hollywood. "Naked Slave 4
> Art Infomercial #2"(2009) -> Johnny Naked. An infomercial soliciting the
> viewer to be part of > the Los
> > Angeles/Hollywood dream by inviting them to
> participate in the sale > of a
> > human being to be used as a personal art
> object/slave. "Misanthropia"> (2009) - Jackie McBride. A timely story (told
> in depressingly grainy> Super-8 b&w), about one man's downward
> spiral after being laid off > and
> > forced into a dispiriting temp job at the
> college he got his degree> from. More information on the films and
> filmmakers can be found here:> www.LAasaCharacter.
> org The Echo Park Film Center is located at: > 1200 N.
> > Alvarado Street, (@ Sunset Blvd), Los Angeles,
> CA 90026 Tickets are> $5.00 and are available on the evening of the
> show>
> > 11/14
> > New York, New York: Margaret Mead Film &
> Video Festival, American > Museum of Natural History
> > http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2009/> 4:30pm, 77th Street between Central
Park West
> and Columbus Avenue>
> > IMMOKALEE, MY HOME
> > Immokalee, Florida, is at the heart of
> industrial agriculture in the> United States. It also has the largest
> population of migrant farm> workers in the state. These workers live in
> slave-like conditions: > some
> > are beaten, not given food or water, or not
> paid. Yet they continue > to
> > come from their homes in Mexico, Guatemala, and
> Haiti to earn money > on
> > these modern-day plantations. Visiting tomato
> fields, workers' homes,> carnivals, and churches, the documentary
> recounts the community's> struggle for farm workers' rights. What
> ultimately emerges is a > tale of
> > persistent hope for a better life. Directors
> Kevin T. Allen and > Jennifer
> > Heuson in person. World Premiere. Film precedes
> The Unforbidden > City --
> > A beer peddler bikes through the narrow
> alleyways of Beijing's> fourteenth-century neighborhood known as Source
> Street. As he rides,> collecting empties and delivering full bottles,
> he introduces us to> other area residents. The grumpy Dong Tongju
> works in central > heating.
> > Gao Li fantasizes about a life as a lady of
> leisure, with the time to> have her nails done and find just the right
> sofa. Old Wang > meticulously
> > records in his diary the banalities of each
> day, including the high> temperature. Just beyond the tightly packed
> warren of single-story> houses stands the gleaming National Grand
> Theater and the wide, > freshly
> > paved road leading out to the modern high-rises
> that represent the> future of this forever expanding city. As a
> steady beat of pick axes,> sledge hammers, and bulldozers closes in on
> their homes, the > residents
> > alternately prepare and despair for the day
> when Beijing's historic> heart has no more room for them.
> >
> > 11/14
> > New York, New York: Margaret Mead Film &
> Video Festival, American > Museum of Natural History
> > http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2009/> 4PM , 77th Street between Central
Park West and
> Columbus Avenue>
> > PERESTROIKA: RECONSTRUCTION OF A FLAT
> > Once the seat of the Russian Empire, the
> Baroque historic center of > St.
> > Petersburg is up for sale. Having had its
> architectural jewels > hacked up
> > into komunalka during the Communist era, the
> city is now experiencing> the wake of perestroika reforms, where communal
> property promises> capitalist-sized profits. In one flat on Marat
> Street, each of the > four
> > rooms is inhabited by a different family, all
> of whom share the > bathroom
> > and kitchen. When one owner decides to put her
> room on the market, > she
> > must also convince the others to sell. Enter
> the self-interested real> estate agents and impatient buyers, and a
> frenzied unraveling of the> already tenuous relationships ensues. As
> witness to the many > intrigues
> > involved in the sale, filmmaker Christiane
> Büchner brings us along > for a
> > sardonic ride with intractable neighbors
> through the cramped > quarters,
> > peeling-paint hallways, and water-damaged
> ceilings of Russia's new> economy, which in the end head-butts against
> its Byzantine past.> Director Christiane Büchner in
> person.>
> > 11/14
> > New York, New York: Margaret Mead Film &
> Video Festival, American > Museum of Natural History
> > http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2009/> 5:30pm, 77th Street between Central
Park West
> and Columbus Avenue>
> > HOW I AM AND SPEECH MEMORY
> > HOW I AM"I'm like a hermit on an
> island," is how Patrick, an autistic> teenager, describes himself. Trapped in
his own
> body, he attempts to> reach others with "talk written
> down," his own poetic prose, which > acts
> > as a free-form guide through this intimate
> portrait of a disability.> With a delicate hand, the filmmakers show
> Patrick's discomfort with > the
> > outer world of family and school as well as his
> affinity for the > natural
> > world. As the camera tries to reach through his
> disability, Patrick> himself reveals the limitations of language as
> an expression of an > inner
> > life. SPEECH MEMORY Father and daughter try to
> build a posthumous> portrait of the filmmaker's Korean grandfather.
> Born deaf in Japan> during its occupation of Korea, Key Jin Yun was
> raised learning > only to
> > write and sign in Japanese. After Japan's
> defeat in 1945, the > occupation
> > ended and the boy and his family returned to
> Korea. Through the > details
> > of Key Jin Yun's life, Speech Memory examines
> the impact of > immigration
> > and cultural assimilation, revealing the
> shifting complexities of> language, national identity, and memory.
> Filmmakers in Person>
> > 11/14
> > New York, New York: Margaret Mead Film &
> Video Festival, American > Museum of Natural History
> > http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2009/> 6:30pm, 77th Street between Central
Park West
> and Columbus Avenue>
> > BABAJI, AN INDIAN LOVE STORY
> > Baba Basant Rai buried his wife nine years ago,
> and yet still > grieves.
> > Prescribing and preparing traditional remedies,
> Babaji, as he is> affectionately called, attends to the community
> outside Hazaribagh, > in
> > Jharkhand, India, curing fevers and stomach
> ailments as well as> exorcising the malevolent ghosts that walk
> among them. As > knowledgeable
> > and accomplished as he is in using the natural
> world to help the > sick,
> > Babaji was unable to save his beloved wife.
> Digging a grave next to> hers, he lies down in it and waits for death.
> Meanwhile, the people > of
> > the town depend on Babaji, who is rumored to be
> more than 100 years > old.
> > They marvel at his eccentricity and longevity,
> regarding him as a > "star"
> > and their road to possible notoriety. A
> portrait of one man's sorrow,> the film is also a window into traditional
> Indian culture, its beauty> and limitations, and how it struggles to
> accommodate, and resist,> modernity. Director Jiska Rickels in person. US
> PREMIERE>
> > 11/14
> > New York, New York: Margaret Mead Film &
> Video Festival, American > Museum of Natural History
> > http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2009/> 6:30pm, 77th Street between Central
Park West
> and Columbus Avenue>
> > THE LIVING
> > Fed by four major rivers, Ukraine is a land of
> fertile steppes that > used
> > to be known as the Breadbasket of the Soviet
> Union. A Slavic culture> that was once the hub of Europe, 20th century
> Ukraine has been > carved up
> > and dominated successively by Russians,
> Austro-Hungarians, and > Soviets,
> > all of whom recognized its strategic value.
> When Stalin implemented> forced collectivization as part of his Five
> Year Plan to > industrialize
> > and de-privatize the USSR, he ordered Communist
> officials in the > Ukraine
> > to starve the resistant rural population. The
> resulting Holodomor was> witnessed by few outsiders; one of these,
> British journalist Gareth> Jones, left behind evidence in his personal
> diaries. While sharing> entries of these piercing, first-hand accounts,
> director Sergiy > Bukovsky
> > juxtaposes propaganda cinema of the era showing
> a happy, productive> peasant population against snippets of
> testimony of Holodomor > survivors.
> > Children at the time, these witnesses'
> scattered remembrances > slowly fit
> > together to complete a horrific chapter in
> Soviet history, which cost> the lives of 25,000 Ukrainians each day.
> Filmmaker in person, US> PREMIERE
> >
> > 11/14
> > New York, New York: Margaret Mead Film &
> Video Festival, American > Museum of Natural History
> > http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2009/> 8:30pm, 77th Street between Central
Park West
> and Columbus Avenue>
> > WONDROUS WORLD OF LAUNDRY
> > Freshly laundered sheets, crisp tablecloths,
> and fluffy bath towels> adorn the bedrooms, dining rooms, and bath
> racks of Berlin's finest> hotels. Surprising at it seems, those clean
> white linens are washed,> dried, and pressed not at a nearby Berlin
> laundry but across the > River
> > Odra in a small town in neighboring Poland.
> Taking his camera to> Widuchowa, German filmmaker Hans-Christian
> Schmid tours the border > town
> > where Fliegel Textile provides 24-hour
> turnaround service to its > hotel
> > clients. By meeting some of the female
> employees and their > families, the
> > film quietly exposes how the global marketplace
> is affecting small- > town
> > eastern Europe, where labor is cheaper and life
> is harder. Working> shifts on a rotating seven-day, 24-hour
> schedule interferes with > family
> > life, so everyone, including the children,
> pitch in to ensure the> housework and the cooking get done. But
> nurturing relationships with> wives, husbands, and children requires more
> than paying the bills and> ticking off chores, and as the lure of
> better-paying jobs calls more> townspeople abroad, these workers struggle to
> keep their families> together. US PREMIERE
> >
> > 11/14
> > New York, New York: School of Visual
> Arts> http://www.mediamodes.com> 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., School of Visual
> Arts>
> > MEDIAMODES
> > The School of Visual Arts presents MediaModes,
> an interdisciplinary> graduate conference on critical thinking at the
> intersection of art > and
> > technology, with a keynote address by noted
> critic and scholar > Jonathan
> > Crary. The conference will be held Saturday,
> November 19th at the SVA> Theatre, 333 West 23 Street, New York City. All
> events are free and > open
> > to the public. For more information and a
> schedule of events, please> visit www.mediamodes.com.
> >
> > 11/14
> > New York, New York: Millennium Film
> Workshop> http://www.millenniumfilm.org/> 8 PM, 66 East 4th St
> >
> > VENTANA AL SUR: AN EVENING OF ARGENTINE
> EXPERIMENTAL FILMS> This rollicking evening of challenging,
> expressive and oppositional> Argentine cinema offers a window onto makers
> shredding formal > niceties,
> > relishing in risk and daring to access the
> sublime. From an achingly> beautiful evocation of an hourglass to a darkly
> humorous > evisceration of
> > the tenets of the stock market, this program
> will take us to the land> where summer is winter and winter is summer and
> render our souls> topsy-turvy for a bit too. For the last two
> summers NYC experimental> filmmakers Mark Street and Lynne Sachs immersed
> themselves in the > Buenos
> > Aires film community through a variety of
> collaborative cinematic> endeavors. In addition to shooting Super 8
> movies with their artist> peers in town, Street and Sachs spent time
> meeting and watching the> works of local moving image makers �
> some young bucks and some vete > rans
> > who have been expanding the parameters of the
> medium since the early> 1960s. Tonight's artists include: Ernesto Baca,
> Enrique Bernacchini,> Macarena Gagliardi., Ruben Guzman , Narcisa
> Hirsch, Leandro Katz,> Leandro Listorti, Pablo Marin, Liliana Porter,
> Tomas Rautenstrauch,> Sergio Subeero, and Diego Trerotola. We will
> serve sweet dessert > churros
> > and other Argentine delicacies in the lobby
> before the show. Contact:> Mark Street at Mstreet4
> email suppressed or Lynne Sachs at> Lynnesac
> email suppressed>
> > 11/14
> > San Francisco, California: Other
> Cinema> http://www.othercinema.com/> 8:30, 992 Valencia St.
> >
> > J. KROOT�S 'IT CAME FROM KUCHAR,' WITH
> GEORGE & MIKE! +> Two legends of underground
> filmmaking�twin brothers George and Mike> Kuchar�are the subjects of Jennifer
> Kroot's new doc, affording a> hilarious and at times bittersweet intro to
> these Mission-based> kitsch-meisters. Since the '50s, when the
> teenaged twins wowed the > art
> > world with their 8mm extravaganzas, they have
> continued their> low-budget, totally idiosyncratic pursuit of
> cinematic expression.> Alongside Warhol and Anger, the Kuchar brothers
> were pioneering > members
> > of the '60s New York underground, and they've
> since inspired John> Waters, Guy Maddin, Pedro Almodovar, Todd
> Solondz, and thousands > more.
> > Director Kroot is here in the flesh to present
> her stars and answer> questions, before the show climaxes with the
> '65 'Sins of the> Fleshapoids.' Free wine, $8.
> >
> > -------------------------
> > SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2009
> > -------------------------
> >
> > 11/15
> > Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
> > http://www.lafilmforum.org/> 7:30 pm, Echo Park Film Center, 1200 Alvarado
> Street (at Sunset)>
> > LOS ANGELES FILMFORUM PRESENTS D.W. GRIFFITH IN
> CALIFORNIA, WITH > TALK BY
> > TOM GUNNING
> > For fans of early film, and of Southern
> California history! We're> delighted to host the internationally-renowned
> film scholar Tom > Gunning,
> > who will talk about Griffith's time in
> California, and these > selected,
> > rarely screened films made in So Cal in the
> years before World War I.> All in 16mm with live musical accompaniment by
> Cliff Retallick. > Films:
> > Man's Genesis (1912, 17 min); The New Dress
> (1911, 17 min.); The> Massacre (1914, 20 min); The Unchanging Sea
> (1910, 14 min.); The > Sands
> > of Dee (1912, 17 min); The Female of the
> Species (1912, 17 min) Los> Angeles Filmforum, at the Echo Park Film
> Center, 1200 N. Alvarado > Street
> > (@ Sunset Blvd), Los Angeles CA 90026.
> 213-484-8846. Sunday > November 15,
> > 2009. 7:30 pm. General admission $10,
> students/seniors $6, free for> Filmforum members.
> >
> > 11/15
> > New York, New York: Margaret Mead Film &
> Video Festival, American > Museum of Natural History
> > http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2009/> 4pm, 77th Street between Central
Park West and
> Columbus Avenue>
> > DJ SPOOKY AND THE SCIENCE OF TERRA
> NOVA> Join us for a behind-the-scenes peek of the
> latest multimedia > creation
> > by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, whose Rebirth
> of a Nation redefined> D.W. Griffith's racist 1915 film about the
> American Civil War. With> Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctic, he turns his
> attention to global > climate
> > change, specifically its effects on the world's
> only uninhabited> landmass, Antarctica. Using sounds recorded
> during a visit to the > frozen
> > continent and images culled from AMNH archives,
> DJ Spooky > demonstrates
> > how he created Terra Nova, discussing his
> project with Heidi Cullen,> director of communications and senior research
> scientist at Climate> Central, a nonprofit foundation created to
> provide science-based> assessments of climate change and options for
> addressing it. Andrew > C.
> > Revkin, an environmental reporter for The New
> York Times, whose Dot> Earth blog examines efforts to balance human
> affairs with the > planet's
> > limits, will moderate the event.
> >
> > 11/15
> > New York, New York: Margaret Mead Film &
> Video Festival, American > Museum of Natural History
> > http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2009/> 6pm, 77th Street between Central
Park West and
> Columbus Avenue>
> > BLIND LOVES
> > Sitting around the parlor one afternoon in
> their home in Levoča,> Slovakia, Peter and Iveta imagine an underwater
> world, him noodling > on
> > the piano, her knitting vigorously. Director
> Juraj Lehotský obliges > the
> > married couple's fantasies, rendering them in a
> fanciful vignette. > But
> > neither Peter nor Iveta can see it. They are
> both blind. Combining> moody, low-light cinematography, an artist's
> eye for composition, > and a
> > sharp ear for quotidian sounds, Blind Loves
> depicts the day-to-day > world
> > of the blind, rich in other sensory
> experiences. NY Premiere>
> > -------------------------
> > MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
> > -------------------------
> >
> > 11/16
> > New York: Anthology Film Archives
> > http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/> 8: 00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
> >
> > PERFORMA: FUTURIST LIFE REDUX
> > FUTURIST LIFE REDUX Commissioned by Performa
> with SFMOMA. Co- > presented
> > by Performa and Anthology Film Archives for
> Performa 09. The only> officially 'Futurist' film ever made, VITA
> FUTURISTA (FUTURIST > LIFE) was
> > devised in 1916 by a committee of Futurist
> artists including Arnaldo> Ginna, Giacomo Balla, Remo Chiti, Bruno Corra,
> and F.T. Marinetti.> Comprised of eleven independent segments
> conceived and written by> different artists � with the whole film
> shot, edited, and generally> overseen by Ginna � FUTURIST LIFE
> directly took up several ideas> proposed in "The Futurist Cinema"
> manifesto written earlier in the > same
> > year, contrasting the spirit and lifestyle of
> the Futurist with > that of
> > the ordinary man in a series of humorous
> sketches, many of which used> experimental techniques such as split screens
> and double exposures. > The
> > final, 40-minute FUTURIST LIFE premiered at the
> Niccolini Theatre in> Florence in 1917, as part of a program with
> four sintesi (very short> plays) by Emilio Settimelli and Corra, and live
> poetry readings by> Settimelli and Chiti of the works of several
> Futurist writers. It > was a
> > failure with the audience, who threw stones and
> other objects at the> screen, and was generally forgotten soon after
> it came out. The only> known copy of this film was lost several
> decades ago, and now all > that
> > remain are written accounts by Ginna and the
> journal L'ITALIA > FUTURISTA,
> > as well as a few still images. Now, for the
> Performa 09 biennial,> Performa and the San Francisco Museum of Modern
> Art (SFMOMA) have > joined
> > together to commission a diverse group of
> thirteen contemporary > American
> > film and video artists � Trisha Baga,
> Chamecki-Lerner, Martha Colbu > rn,
> > Ben Coonley, Lynn Hershman, George Kuchar,
> Shana Moulton, Shannon > Plumb,
> > Aida Ruilova, Matthew Silver & Shoval Zohar
> (The Future), and Michael> Smith � to create their own, 3-5 minute
> versions of the eleven segm > ents
> > in VITA FUTURISTA, re-imagining this film in
> relation to our own > future.
> > These shorts will then be compiled into one,
> all-new version of > FUTURIST
> > LIFE for the 21st century, making its New York
> premiere at > Anthology on
> > this evening. Curated by Lana Wilson (Performa)
> with Andrew Lampert> (Anthology). Special thanks to RoseLee Goldberg
> (Performa) and Frank> Smigiel (SFMOMA).
> >
> > 11/16
> > Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Early Monthly
> Segments> http://earlymonthlysegments.org/> 7:30 PM, Gladstone Hotel Art Bar,
1214 Queen
> Street West>
> > EARLY MONTHLY SEGMENTS #9 = ROBERT TODD IN
> PERSON> Robert Todd is the most prolific of filmmakers,
> completing forty > films
> > in the last ten years alone. Trained as a
> painter, Todd carefully> observes his Boston surroundings and
> re-presents them to us with an> astute sense of form. His films are works of
> magnification, employing> macro-focus lenses, and an eye for detail that
> bring us closer to > levels
> > of reality we often miss. His films can reveal
> the forgotten beauty > of
> > the natural world or the hidden stillness in
> busy parts of the > city. The
> > works in this program date from the last three
> years and wrestle with> themes such as the corporeal elements of the
> body; places and > moments of
> > passage; and the fleeting glimpses of, or
> hauntings by, spirit. > *Special
> > thanks to Ben Donoghue and LIFT for helping to
> make this event > possible*
> > Programme: Interplay, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2006,
> USA, 6.5 min. > Qualities
> > of Stone, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2006, USA, 11 min.
> Dig, Robert Todd, > 16mm,
> > 2007, USA, 3 min. Passing, Robert Todd, 16mm,
> 2008, USA, 4 min.> Antechamber, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2008, USA, 12
> min. Rose, Robert Todd,> 16mm, 2008, USA, 9 min. Repair, Robert Todd,
> 16mm, 2009, USA, 15 > min. @
> > the Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel | 1214 Queen St
> West Tuesday November > 17,
> > 2009 | 7:30pm screening, $5 *Robert Todd's
> Stable will be showing > at a
> > LIFT screening November 21 at Trash Palace,
> 89-B Niagara Street (Just> West of Bathurst). More info at www.lift.on.ca>
http://www.earlymonthlysegments.org>
> > --------------------------
> > TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009
> > --------------------------
> >
> > 11/17
> > Berkeley, California: Pacific Film
> Archive> http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/> 7:30 PM, 2575 Bancroft Way
> >
> > JESTERS AND GESTURES: PERFORMING YIDDISH CULTURE
> FROM SILENT CINEMA TO> AVANT-GARDE FILM
> > Films by Abraham Ravett: Everything's For You (
> 1989) , 58 min., 16mm> ----- The March ( 1999). 25 min., 16mm---
> "non-Aryan" ( 2009) 12 > min.,
> > 16mm
> >
> > 11/17
> > Jamaica Plain, MA: JP Tuesday Club
> > http://www.loring-greenough.org> 7:30 pm, Loring Greenough House, 12 South
> St>
> > BY THE WATERS OF BOSTON
> > A night of film and video by Saul Levine and
> Adam Paradis. If you > like
> > challenging cinema and cozy atmosphere, we'd
> like to see you at the> third monthly film screening at the
> Loring-Greenough House in JP. The> doors open at 7pm, and the show begins at 7:30.
> Admission is $4. > Bring a
> > friend and pass it on.
> >
> > 11/17
> > Reading, Pennsylvania: Berks Filmmakers,
> Inc> www.berksfilmmaker
> s.org> 7:30 pm, Albright College
> >
> > ORPHEE
> > Orphee (1947, 95 min.) by JEAN COCTEAU In this,
> the second of > Cocteau's
> > Orpheus trilogy, Cocteau employs his unique
> blend of French classical> and surrealist/modernist mise-en-scene. The
> filmmaker (artist, poet,> novelist, playwright) described the ideal
> viewer of his films as one> "open to my dream and agree[ing] to be put
> to sleep and to dream it > with
> > me (accepting the logic by which dreams
> operate, which is implacable,> although it is not governed by our logic). I am
> only talking about > the
> > mechanics, since Orphée is not at
> all a dream in itself: through a> wealth of detail similar to that which we find
> in dreams, it > summarizes
> > my way of living and my conception of
> life."And in the same text :> "Mirrors: we watch ourselves grow old in
> mirrors. They bring us > closer
> > to death." -Jean Cocteau, The Art of
> Cinema>
> > ----------------------------
> > WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
> > ----------------------------
> >
> > 11/18
> > Chicago, Illinois: Gallery 400
> > http://gallery400.blogspot.com/2009/10/hydroacoustic-show.html> 7:00pm, 400
S. Peoria Street
> >
> > THE HYDROACOUSTIC SHOW
> > At 20,000 leagues below the sea everyone can
> hear you scream � that > 's
> > the nature of sound and water after all, and
> (maybe) that's why we > call
> > all those vibrations dazzling our skulls by the
> oceanic descriptor> WAVEFORMS. Just ask Alex Halsted � she
> was born into water, under w > ater,
> > knows wet and sound better than all of us
> combined. For the last > month
> > in Gallery 400 she's been humoring our
> earth-ears with her rhythmic> pulses, and now it's time to return the favor.
> And so, submitted > for her
> > approval: an aqua-opera in 7 stanzas, a
> capital-SEA-composition in as> many verses. From that silent surface (Hutton)
> to the scratch and > curl
> > of the fevered deep (Gatten); betwixt a
> siren-spongebob-song (Best) > and
> > a flicker score for the Red Sea (Holthuis);
> with whale chorus > (Clark),
> > octo-electronica (Painleve), and gurgling pop
> tune (Rist) � this is > a
> > kino-song for the best Nigerian Elephant-nosed
> Fish we'll ever know.> Here's To You, Alex. FEATURING: Study of A
> River by Peter Hutton > (16:00,
> > 16mm, 1996-97), What the Water Said Nos 4-7 by
> David Gatten (17:00,> 16mm, 2007), Crank Dat Soulja Boy Spongebob by
> Masta Best (3:46, > video,
> > 2007), Amours de la pieuvre (Love Life of the
> Octopus) by Jean > Painleve
> > (14:00, 16mm on video, 1965), I'm a Victim of
> This Song by Pipilotti> Rist (5:06, video, 1995), Marsa Abu Galawa by
> Gerard Holthuis (15:00,> 35mm on video, 2004), Sound Over Water by Mary
> Helena Clark (6:00, > 16mm,
> > 2009)
> >
> > 11/18
> > New York, New York: Bluestockings & Change
> You Want to See> 7:00, Bluestockings, 172 Allen Street
> >
> > ORANGE ALTERNATIVE: SCREENING & DISCUSSION
> NOV 18 & 19> Each event will include a presentation,
> film/video screening, and> discussion. Different films will be screened
> each night. Wednesday,> November 18, 2009, 7:00 pm Bluestockings
> Bookstore 172 Allen Street @> Stanton, NY, NY Films: The Orange Alternative,
> 1989, Mirosław> Dembiński (21 min.) Dwarves go to
> Ukraine, 2005, Mirosław> Dembińskim (on the OA action in the
> Orange Revolution in 2004)> Thursday, November 19, 2009, 7:30 pm The Change
> You Want to See 84> Havemeyer Street, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
> Films: Major or the> Revolution of Dwarves, 1989, Maria
> Zmarz-Koczanowicz (40 min.) > Dwarf for
> > the Mayor, 2003, Mirosław
> Dembiński (36 min.) (on the OA's> election campaign for the City Council in
> Warsaw) About the Orange> Alternative: The Orange Alternative is an
> underground anarchic > movement,
> > which was started in 1981 in Wroclaw,
> south-west Poland, by Waldemar> Fydrych aka "Major." Somewhat
> inspired by Provos, and strongly> influenced by Dadaism and Surrealism, it
> painted absurd graffiti > dwarfs
> > on city walls, which became its symbol and
> organized massive > happenings
> > oftentimes with participation of thousands of
> people wearing dwarf > hats.
> > It was one of the more picturesque elements of
> Eastern European> opposition against communism. website: www.orange-alte
> rnative.org> Waldemar "Major" Fydrych was born in
> Torun, Poland on April 8, 1953.> Graduated in History and Art History at the
> University of Wroclaw.> Founder of the Orange Alternative. In March
> 1988, he was arrested for> distributing women's hygienic napkins in the
> street. Sentenced to > three
> > months of prison but released following public
> uproar.>
> > 11/18
> > San Francisco, California: Artists Television
> Access> http://www.atasite.org/> 8pm. $6., 992 Valencia St. at 21st
> >
> > FREE FORM FILM SERIES LAY DOWN TRACKS
> > Five American nomads "hit the road"
> in this sprawling 16mm > documentary
> > feature. A beautiful and remarkable love letter
> to travel. Dir: > Danielle
> > Lombardi and Brigid McCaffrey Additional Films:
> Fledgeling - Tony > Gault,
> > Elizabeth Henry (Denver, Co) Faces on Mars -
> David Borengasser (San> Francisco) CLOSING PERFORMANCE: Live
> Performance by Add Oil>
> > 11/18
> > Smithfield, NC, USA: Ava Gardner Independent
> Film Festival> 7:30m, 109 South Third Street
> >
> > AVA GARDNER INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
> > The Third Annual Ava Gardner Independent Film
> Festival celebrates > Ava's
> > passion for the Arts and her love for
> Independent Films, live music,> parties, and so much more. November 18-21,
> 2009>
> > ---------------------------
> > THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > 11/19
> > Chicago, Illinois: Conversations at the
> Edge> http://www.saic.edu/cateblog> 6pm, 164 N. State St
> >
> > LOOK FOR ME: ANIMATED FILMS BY LAURA
> HEIT> Laura Heit in person! Poignant and smart, the
> animated films of > puppet
> > artist and SAIC alumna Laura Heit employ
> stop-motion, live action> puppetry, hand-drawing, and computer animation.
> Heit is the co- > director
> > of the experimental animation department at
> CalArts and her> award-winning work has screened extensively at
> museums and film> festivals around the world. This program
> showcases her films from the> last twelve years and features a special live
> performance of her> acclaimed puppet-show-in miniature, The
> Matchbox Shows. Films > include:
> > Parachute (1997), an allegory following a young
> woman as she leaves> home; Collapse (2002), a 2D computer animation
> tracing a single > tragic
> > moment; The Amazing, Mysterious and True Story
> of Mary Anning and Her> Monsters (2003), about the little-known
> paleontologist Mary Anning; > and
> > Look For Me (2005), a Channel 4 UK television
> commission imagining > one's
> > own invisibility. 1997�2005, USA,
> multiple formats, ca. 65 min.>
> > 11/19
> > San Francisco, California: Artists Television
> Access> http://www.atasite.org/> 7pm Door, 8PM $5, 992 Valencia St. at
> 21st>
> > OPEN SCREENING: THE WEST WE WON
> > ATA's open screening is the only monthly open
> submissions screening > in
> > the Bay Area. Get your work out there! Get
> feedback! Or just come and> take it all in! One hour of shorts are accepted
> monthly on an open> revolving basis, anything goes with the
> screened work, and the> refreshments are pretty good too. $5, FREE
> admission for contributing> artists. Door:7:30pm Projector: 8pm Not a
> filmmaker? Come and hang > out
> > with us anyway: Enjoy the atmosphere, the art,
> the movies, the > people,
> > the refreshments Submissions: Label all tapes
> w/ name, contact, title> and length. Mail to: Openscreening, 992
> Valencia, SF, 94110 1-2 week> advance submissions strongly recommended. If
> not. . . it is all good.> Max length: 15 min. Formats: DVD, miniDV/DVcam,
> VHS, beta, 8mm and > 16mm
> > All genres. More Info: contact Katy at
> email suppressed>
> > 11/19
> > San Francisco, California: San Francisco
> Cinematheque> http://www.sfcinematheque.org> 7:00 pm, SFMOMA -- 151 Third
Street (between
> Mission and Howard)>
> > DEBORAH STRATMAN: O�ER THE
> LAND> Deborah Stratman in-person -- [members: $7 /
> non-members: $10] > ----- A
> > committed cinematic explorer, Deborah
> Stratman's essayistic film work> resembles that of James Benning and Vanessa
> Renwick in its > examination
> > of landscape and locale as well as its poetic
> contemplation of > ideology
> > and belief. Presented as a series of patient
> observances of > competitive
> > spectacle and masculine display, her epic
> "O'er the Land" channels > the
> > dark side of the American psyche, presenting a
> savagely poetic> meditation on the contemporary culture of
> violence, territoriality > and
> > patriotism through studies of gun culture, war
> reenactments and > border
> > conflicts. Including a telling of the story of
> Lt. Colonel William> Rankin -- a USMC pilot who survived being
> trapped in the updrafts > of a
> > thunderstorm for forty-five minutes following
> an emergency ejection > at
> > 48,000 feet -- O'er the Land describes a stark
> and disturbing world > of
> > survivors and warriors. Yet against this grim
> backdrop, a rich, even> redemptive exposition of the American landscape
> emerges. Also > screening:
> > Stratman's Paranormal Trilogy ("How Among
> The Frozen Words", "It Will> Die Out in the Mind" and "The
> Magician's House") and her 1993 film> "Palimpsest."
> >
> > 11/19
> > Smithfield, NC, USA: Ava Gardner Independent
> Film Festival> http://www.myspace.com/AvaGardnerFilmFestival
> > noonish, 109 South Third Street
> >
> > AVA GARDNER INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
> > The Third Annual Ava Gardner Independent Film
> Festival celebrates > Ava's
> > passion for the Arts with Independent Films,
> live music, parties, > and so
> > much more. November 18-21, 2009
> >
> > -------------------------
> > FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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