This week [September 3 - 11, 2011] in avant garde cinema
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the 8 fest (Canada; Deadline: September 15, 2011)
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The Big Muddy Film Festival (Carbondale, IL; Deadline: December 09, 2011)
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RiverRun International Film Festival (Winston-Salem, NC, USA; Deadline: December 16, 2011)
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DEADLINES APPROACHING:
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Think Tic (London, England; Deadline: September 09, 2011)
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Directors Circle Festival Of Shorts (Erie PA USA; Deadline: September 24, 2011)
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Midnight Black Festival Of Darkness (Los Angeles CA USA; Deadline: October 08, 2011)
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Flicker Spokane Film Festival (Spokane, WA USA; Deadline: September 23, 2011)
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Chicago 8: A Small Gauge Film Festival (Chicago, IL, USA; Deadline: September 15, 2011)
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Colour Out of Space (Brighton, East Sussex, UK; Deadline: September 30, 2011)
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Damming Fluxus (Calgary, AB CANADA; Deadline: September 30, 2011)
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Black Thorns in the Black Box (Chicago. IL USA; Deadline: October 01, 2011)
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EXPERIMENTA INDIA (Bangalore, India; Deadline: September 10, 2011)
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MisALT Screening Series: Glitch v. Scratch (San Francisco, CA, USA; Deadline: September 10, 2011)
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the 8 fest (Canada; Deadline: September 15, 2011)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Essential Cinema: Zvenigora [September 3, New York]
* Nick Zedd Program 2 [September 3, New York]
* Essential Cinema: Arsenal [September 4, New York]
* Essential Cinema: Earth [September 4, New York]
* Essential Cinema: Joseph Cornell Program 1 [September 10, New York]
* New Films By Jon Behrens [September 11, MERRICKVILLE / SYDNEY AUSTRALIA]
* Essential Cinema: Joseph Cornell Program 2 [September 11, New York]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
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9/3
New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
5:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: ZVENIGORA
by Alexandr Dovzhenko No English intertitles (English synopsis
available), 1928, 96 minutes, 35mm Dovzhenko's second film, attacked by
Soviet critics for being so beautifully rendered as to actually lessen
its political impact, remains today a "cinematic poem" as the director
named it. Dovzhenko wrote: "I did not so much make the picture as sing
it out like a songbird." Episodic, folkloric, and allegorical, it is a
mythic search for hidden treasure by two brothers.
9/3
New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
NICK ZEDD PROGRAM 2
Filmmaker in person! An anti-social renaissance man for our times, Nick
Zedd is a notorious filmmaker, writer, painter, actor, political
satirist, and "First Minister of Protocol" for The Cinema of
Transgression, the New York filmmakers movement he spearheaded 25 years
ago whose reverberations are still being felt in dark corners today.
Punk in attitude and ultra-DIY in approach, Zedd's eye-popping,
shocking, and often hilarious films and videos employ the mysterious
powers of xenomorphosis, a term he coined to describe what happens when
the "domain wall of an alternate universe smashes your reality tunnel
and neurological re-engineering occurs." Nick returns for a rare visit
from his new home in Mexico City to bring us this two-program survey of
his classic and contemporary work, as well as to premiere Anthology's
brand-new 16mm preservation of his masterpiece POLICE STATE. Famous for
being infamous, Nick Zedd is the underground, and you should come see
why. "Nick Zedd makes violent, perverted art films from Hell – he's my
kind of director!" –John Waters PROGRAM TWO: RECENT AND NEW VIDEOS NO
PLAGUE LIKE HOME (2007, 28 minutes, Mini-DV) Electra Elf episode
deconstructing the superhero genre as Nimbus attacks implantable
microchips and the 9/11 Inside Job, along with the dangers of watching
TV. HOLLOW BE THY NAME (2007, 28 minutes, Mini-DV) The Mayor is
kidnapped by Eclectus and her henchmen, then Electra Elf is cloned by
Pantaloon and can't stop fighting herself, forcing Fluffer to seek the
aid of Vatican superhero Pulsar. Starring Rev. Jen, Sue Palchak, Brenda
Bergman, and the Dueling Bankheads. PAINTINGS 2009-11 (2011, 7 minutes,
Mini-DV) Entities painted in oil, exhibited at the Microscope Gallery in
January. NYC/MEXICO (2011, 28 minutes, Mini-DV) Shot in Teotihuacan at
the Pyramid of the Sun, along with scenes in Tequisquiapan, Mexico City,
Times Square, and Brooklyn. THE BIRTH OF ZERAK (2011, 5 minutes, DVD)
Caesarean birth of Zerak Zedd in Mexico City. Total running time: ca.
100 minutes.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
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9/4
New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
5:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: ARSENAL
by Alexandr Dovzhenko No English intertitles (English synopsis
available), 1928-29, 87 minutes, 35mm One of Dovzhenko's few completely
independent films, from script to screen. ARSENAL is a civil war epic
envisioned in unusual, painterly images: a fallen soldier – drunk on the
enemy's laughing gas – his frozen body still baring its teeth long after
the battle and his life are over.
9/4
New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: EARTH
by Alexandr Dovzhenko No English intertitles (English synopsis
available), 1929-30, 82 minutes, 35mm A poetic expression of love for
both nature and Ukrainian culture by the man who was alternatively
branded a deserter by Ukrainians and a Ukrainian nationalist by Russian
Soviets. Dovzhenko champions the progression of life, class struggle,
and new attitudes for a town changed by a tractor and a fallen hero.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
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9/10
New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
4:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: JOSEPH CORNELL PROGRAM 1
Unless otherwise noted, all films are silent. ROSE HOBART (1939, 20
minutes, 16mm, sound) COTILLION (1940s-1969, 8 minutes, 16mm) THE
MIDNIGHT PARTY (1940s-1968, 3.5 minutes, 16mm) THE CHILDREN'S PARTY
(1940s-1968, 8 minutes, 16mm) CENTURIES OF JUNE (1955, 10 minutes, 16mm)
AVIARY (1955, 11 minutes, 16mm) GNIR REDNOW (1955, 5 minutes, 16mm,
photographed by Stan Brakhage) NYMPHLIGHT (1957, 8 minutes, 16mm) A
LEGEND FOR FOUNTAINS (1957/65, 17 minutes, 16mm) ANGEL (1957, 3 minutes,
16mm) The poet of magic realities. Pioneer of recycled (found) images.
ROSE HOBART and the Trilogy (COTILLION, MIDNIGHT PARTY & CHILDREN'S
PARTY) are some of the earliest collage films created. The others were
directed by Cornell (and photographed by Stan Brakhage and Rudy
Burckhardt among others) at some of his favorite locations. Total
running time: ca. 105 minutes.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
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9/11
MERRICKVILLE / SYDNEY AUSTRALIA: The 5th Annual Sydney Underground Film Festival
http://suff.com.au/
4:30, FACTORY THEATRE 105 VICTORIA ROAD
NEW FILMS BY JON BEHRENS
Award winning northwest filmmaker Jon Behrens will be screening two of
his most recent films at the 5th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival
in Sydney Australia. Each of the films have been programmed into two
different programs that will play on Sept 11 2011 Anatomy of the
Vertebrate Retina This film is 6th installment of what is being called
the Anomalies Cycle of films. This film is also created ...using hand
painted sections of clear 16mm film. This time I used custom made dye's
that I call Kenville dyes. By the time I did this film I was
experimenting with doing several layers of exposures onto one another at
different speeds. I also created this films sound design. 2011, 16mm,
color, sound, 6min THIS FILM WILL BE PLAYING ON SUNDAY SEPT 11TH IN THE
PROGRAM LSD FACTORY AT 5:30 PM A Meditation in Color and Light This film
is entirely made from hand painted sections of clear 16mm film, along
with hand manipulated sections of found film. The footage was then
re-photographed on a JK Optical printer I also used a variety of
different light gels, to create this cinema poem. I also created the
sound design. 2010, 16mm, color, sound, 6min THIS FILM WILL BE PLAYING
ON SUNDAY SEPT 11TH IN THE PROGRAM ANIMATION FORNICATION 4:30 PM FOR
MORE INFORMATION OF THE SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL PLEASE VISIT
THEIR WEBSITE
http://suff.com.au/
9/11
New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
4:15 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: JOSEPH CORNELL PROGRAM 2
All films are silent. BOYS' GAMES (1957, 5 minutes, 16mm) BOOKSTALLS
(ca. late-1930s, 11 minutes, 16mm) BY NIGHT WITH TORCH AND SPEAR (ca.
1940s, 9 minutes, 16mm) NEW YORK–ROME–BARCELONA–BRUSSELS (ca. 1940s, 10
minutes, 16mm) VAUDEVILLE DE-LUXE (ca. 1940s, 12 minutes, 16mm) MULBERRY
STREET (ca. 1957, 9 minutes, 16mm, with Rudy Burckhardt) JOANNE, UNION
SQUARE (1955, 8 minutes, 16mm, with Rudy Burckhardt) CLOCHES À TRAVERS
LES FEUILLES (ca. 1957, 4 minutes, 16mm) CHILDREN (ca. 1957, 8 minutes,
16mm) Rare Cornell; more magic cinema from the master collagist.
Variations of films made by Cornell, plus collage films discovered by
archivists after his death. Total running time: ca. 85 minutes.
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