The Tenth Annual Views from the Avant-Garde
A Special Presentation of the 44th New York Film Festival October 7, 8 & 15, 2006
Curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith.
The world's premiere showcase for the latest in experimental film and video. New films by Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville, Nathaniel Dorsky, Bruce Conner along with many others. A program devoted to the work of Italy's Paulo Gioli. New preservation prints of classics by Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Ernie Gehr and Saul Levine.
Plus a special Views From the Avant-Garde event on October 15: the debut screening of Guy Maddin's silent feature Brand Upon The Brain! with live orchestral accompaniment and featuring Isabella Rossellini as The Narrator!
Admission: $10, $7 students(with valid photo ID) and $6 FSLC members (with valid ID); except for Guy Maddin's Brand Upon The Brain!: $25 ($10 Student Rush with valid photo ID on day of show, limit 1 ticket per customer, subject to availability)
All Views From the Avant-Garde events including Guy Maddin's Brand Upon The Brain! will take place at the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenues on the plaza level.
For full program descriptions click on the pictures.
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THE GREAT DIVIDE Total Runtime: 111m program includes: Mirror World Abigail Child, U.S., 2006; 12m
More Than Meets The Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda Scott Stark, U.S., 2006; 20m
Dangerous Supplement Soon-Mi Yoo, Korea/U.S., 2006; 14 1/2m
The General Returns from One Place to Another Michael Robinson, U.S., 2006; 11m
site specific_ROMA 04 Olivo Barbieri, Italy, 2004; 12m
Sahara Mojave Leslie Thornton, U.S., 2006; 12m
You Don't Bring Me Flowers Michael Robinson, U.S., 2005; 8m
Liberte et patrie (Freedom and Homeland) Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville, Switzerland, 2002; 22m
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Sat Oct 7: 12:30
SAUL LEVINE: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Saul Levine in person. Restoration 16mm blows-ups of 8mm films by the National Film Preservation Foundation, Anthology Film Archives and BB Optics Total Runtime: 58m program includes:
Note to Patti U.S., 1969; 8m
Note to Coleen U.S., 1974; 5m
New Left Note U.S., 1968-1982; 26m
The Big Stick/An Old Reel U.S., 1967-1973; 17m
Note to Poli U.S., 1982-83; 2m
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Sat Oct 7: 3:15
...DISSOLVES INTO AIR Total Runtime: 85m program includes: The Riddle of Lumen Stan Brakhage, U.S., 1972; 13m Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences preservation print
Between Two Deaths Wago Kreider, U.S., 2005; 6m
My Person in the Water Leighton Pierce, U.S., 2006; 5 1/2m
Cat's Cradle Stan Brakhage, U.S., 1959; 6m AMPAS preservation print
This and This Vincent Grenier, U.S., 2006; 10 1/2m
Clear Blue Sky Tomonari Nishikawa, U.S., 2006; 4m
0778 man.road.river Marcellvs l, Brazil, 2004; 9m
Film for Invisible Ink case no. 71: Base-Plus-Fog David Gatten, U.S., 2006; 10m
Song and Solitude Nathaniel Dorsky, U.S., 2006; 21m
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Sat Oct 7: 5:30
KENNETH ANGER Kenneth Anger in person. 35mm blow-up restorations by UCLA, preserved through the Avant-Garde Masters program funded by The Film Foundation and administered by the National Film Preservation Foundation Total Runtime: 63m program includes:
Fireworks U.S., 1947; 15m
Rabbit's Moon U.S.,1971; 16m
Scorpio Rising
U.S., 1963; 29m
Kustom Kar Kommandos U.S.,1965; 3m
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Sat Oct 7: 8:15
ABOVE AND BELOW Total Runtime: 97m program includes:
Silk Ties Jim Jennings, U.S., 2006; 9 1/2m
Crossings Robert Fenz, U.S., 2006; 5m
Views from Home Guy Sherwin, U.K., 2006; 12m
Block Emily Richardson, U.K., 2006; 11m
site specific_LAS VEGAS 05 Olivo Barbieri, Canada/Italy, 2005; 12m
Pushcarts of eternity street Ken Jacobs, U.S., 2006; 10m
This Is my Heart Edson Barrus, Brazil/France, 2004; 1m
His Eye on the Sparrow Bruce Conner, U.S., 2006; 4 1/2m
Threshold of Transience aka The Dike of Transience Gulya Nemes, Hungary, 2005; 13m
Drive-Thru Gretchen Skogerson, U.S., 2006;19 1/2m
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Sun Oct 8: 1
PAOLO GIOLI Total Runtime: 101m program includes: Images Disturbed by an Intense Parasite (Immagini disturbate da un intenso parassita) Italy, 1970; 45m
Traumatograph (Traumatografo) Italy, 1973; 25m
The Perforated Operator (L’operatore perforato) Italy, 1979; 10m
Quando l’occhio trema Italy, 1989; 11m
Filmarilyn Italy, 1992; 10m
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Sun Oct 8: 3:30
ERNIE GEHR Total Runtime: 77m program includes: Serene Velocity U.S., 1970; 23m 35mm blow-up MoMA preservation print
Table U.S., 1976; 16m
The Morse Code Operator (Or The Monkey Wrench) U.S., 2006; 23m
Before the Olympics U.S., 2006; 15m
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Sun Oct 8: 6
MIND AND MATTER Total Runtime: 131m program includes: Reel 4 (Fountain with Black Sculptures, Heavenly Curtains, Airplanes II, Daffodils in the River, St. Jacob's Tower, Water, Swings, Bulrushes) Helga Fanderl, Germany/France, 2000-03; 21m
Nodes Stan Brakhage, U.S., 1981; 3m AMPAS preservation print
Untitled#9 Greg Sharits, U.S., 1977; 10m Anthology Film Archives preservation print
Turbulant Blue Luther Price, U.S., 2006; 10m
Everyday Bad Dream Fred Worden, U.S., 2006; 6m
Black and White Trypps #2 Ben Russell, U.S., 2006; 8m
Orbit Kerry Laitala, U.S., 2006; 8m
Light Work 1 Jennifer Reeves, U.S., 2006; 8m
Transit Greg Sharits, U.S., 1970s; 20m Anthology Film Archives preservation print
Apparent Motion Paul Sharits, U.S., 1975; 22m Anthology Film Archives preservation print
They Wakened Later, Simultaneously, Much Refreshed Bruce McClure projection performance, U.S., 2006; 15m
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SUN Oct 8: 8:30
BRAND UPON THE BRAIN Guy Maddin, Canada, 2006; 95 min. The debut screening of Guy Maddin's silent feature with live orchestral accompaniment and featuring Isabella Rossellini as The Narrator! A Views From the Avant-Garde special presentation on October 15 at 4pm & 8pm in the Walter Reade Theater. Tickets are $25 ~ available at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office and at tickets.filmlinc.com with a Visa or Mastercard, $1.25 surcharge per ticket. Please wait one business day after placing an online order to pick-up your tickets at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.
