This week [October 8 - 15, 2000] in avant garde cinema

[Scott Stark]

This week [October 8 - 15, 2000] in avant garde cinema

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Events are sorted alphabetically BY CITY within each DATE.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000

10/8
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
PAPER TIGER TELEVISION: THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUTH: HISTORY AND STRUGGLE
3pm: HOMECOMING QUEENS! (1999): A group of adolescents who identify as gay,
bisexual, or transgender document their lives at a group home for youth.
TORN BETWEEN COLORS: YOUTH AND MEDIA (1990, 15 min excerpt): Produced with
the Through Our Eyes Video History Project. Black and Latino high school
students look at the media portrayal of defendants in the Bensonhurst
murder and Central Park rape cases, and examine the role of language and
image in constructing public opinion around racially charged cases. THE
ROAD TO MISSISSIPPI: RECLAIMING OUR HISTORY (1990): Youth participating in
the Through Our Eyes project reclaim the history of the Civil Rights
Movement through a critical reading of the film MISSISSIPPI BURNING and
interviews with the real heroes of the movement. Plus a segment from
BREAKING THE BANK (2000), produced by Paper Tiger Youth Producers, that is
the seed of a larger investigation into the power of youth activism and
democracy. PTTV Youth Producers in person. The Pacific Film Archive is
located at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. For more information, call (510)
642-5249.

10/8
Boston, Massachusetts: Coolidge Corner Theater
http://www.coolidge.org/
VIDEO SCREENING ROOM: FABLEVISION
12 noon: Experience the Coolidge's newest screen, our 45 seat Video
Screening Room, a wonderful new showcase for local film, smaller
independent features, classic shorts, and even private bookings. Stop by
and see our new room and stay for a free video featuring the best of the
animated works from Watertown's own FableVision studios. It's our way of
saying welcome to Boston's most intimate and innovative new venue. Program
runs every half hour starting at noon. The Coolidge Corner Theater is
located at 290 Harvard Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. For more
information, call (617) 734-2500.

10/8
Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado-Boulder
SUNDAY EVENING WITH BRAKHAGE
7:30pm: Each Sunday evening Stan Brakhage is host for a gathering of
friends and film buffs to view films and videotapes from his incredible
collection. Often viewers will see a world premiere of the latest Brakhage
film. Most evenings those in attendance stay after the showing to talk
about a wide variety of subjects with Stan. These gatherings are held in
room N141 of the Fine Arts building on the Boulder Campus of the University
of Colorado. All are encouraged to attend and the showings are free.

10/8
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Film Festival
http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/
SUPERSONIC SHORTS: CHICAGO MEETS THE WORLD
4:30pm: Three exciting new works by Chicago filmmakers are presented
alongside a multi-nation cinematic tour. Prepare yourself for dazzling
drama and moments of sheer visual poetry. THE APPOINTMENT (Kim-Hee Jung)
shows a painful audition for a young would-be actress. MOTORCYCLE (Aditya
Assarat) is the moving story of a peasant who methodically prepares for his
son's funeral. COCK FIGHT (Sigalit Lipshitz) presents a confrontation
between an Israeli chicken farmer and a Palestinian border guard, the
farmer's former employee. Two loners on the CTA pass in the night in SUBWAY
2:36 AM (Justin Krohn). In EMBRYO (Vanessa Buccella) a young woman recounts
her jealousy over her sister's prized possession. Two brothers make
separate discoveries during the holidays in HO HO HO (J.J. Keith).
SAILORMAN (D.P. Carlson) recounts a memorable afternoon spent on the shores
of Lake Michigan. A widower mounts an unusual final tribute to his beloved
in PIECES OF MY WIFE (Frederic Pelle). An Irish boy and a Romanian boy
fight over a place to sing in a Dublin train station in BUSKERS (Ian
Power). This screening will be held at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 North
Southport in Chicago. For more information about the festival, call (312)
332-FILM.

10/8
Leeds, England: Leeds International Film Festival
http://www.leedsfilm.com
BRITISH AVANT-GARDE
5:30pm: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LONDON FILM-MAKERS CO-OP: An essential
introduction to the British avant-garde scene, curated by Mark Webber. In
1966, influenced by the success of the Filmmakers' Co-operative run by
Jonas Mekas in New York, a group of English film devotees came together to
form the London Filmmakers' Co -op. At first, the London Co-op was
populated more by filmmakers than viewers. Then such figures as painter
Malcolm le Grice began to exert their influence on the next wave of
filmmakers through screenings, writings and teaching. By the early 1970s,
hundreds of films were being produced in a variety of personal styles.
Filmmakers featured include Ian Breakwell, Guy Sherwin, John Du Cane,
Malcolm le Grice, Peter Gidal, Lis Rhodes, Stephen Dwoskin, Jeff Keen, and
John Latham. 8pm: WORD AND PICTURES BY JOHN SMITH: The Film Festival
welcomes one of the leading figures of the British avant-garde scene, John
Smith. His films conduct a serious investigation into the combination of
sound and image, but unlike many more formal filmmakers, Smith does so with
a sense of humour that reaches out beyond the traditional avant-garde
audience. His films move between narrative and absurdity, constantly
undermining the traditional relationship between the visual and aural. By
blurring the perceived boundaries of experimental film, fiction and
documentary, Smith never deliveries what he has led the spectator to
expect. These screenings will take place at the Leeds City Art Gallery in
Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/8
Leeds, England: Leeds International Film Festival
http://www.leedsfilm.com
VECTOR PRESENTS MODULATIONS
7:30pm: In celebration of their 2nd birthday, Leeds' pioneering electronic
art collective Vector presents MODULATIONS (CINEMA FOR THE EARS), a film
directed by Lara Lee and produced by George Gund. MODULATIONS traces the
evolution of electronic music as one of the most profound artistic
developments of the 20th century. By cutting back and forth between
avant-garde composers (Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, Afrika Bambaataa and
Prodigy), MODULATIONS celebrates, replicates and illuminates the nomadic
drift of the post-human techno sound. The night will also feature a set by
D whose unique style involves an exploration of spatial and textural
atmospheres. Plus Matt Thompson, label manager of Output Recordings, one of
the world's leading leftfield electronic labels. Influenced by the broadest
spectrum of music imaginable, Matt's sets are pure edu-tainment. These
screenings will take place at the Rocket Bar in Leeds, England; for more
information about the Festival, e-mail filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call
0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/8
London, England: The Lux
http://www.lea.org.uk/home_frm.html
LA REGION CENTRALE (MICHAEL SNOW, 1970)
7pm: The film that challenged the way that landscape is filmed. Snow built
his own apparatus for this film's making, which was constructed so that the
camera could swivel and turn up, down and around on its own axis. Snow
composed the camera movements based on a series of pre-planned patterns,
creating a landscape symphony of a deserted part of Quebec. This event will
be held at the Lux Centre for Film, Video and Digital Arts , 2-4 Hoxton
Square, London N1 6NU; for more information, call the Lux Centre at 020
7684 0200.

10/8
London, England: The Lux
http://www.lea.org.uk/home_frm.html
TEMENOS (NINA DANINO, 1998)
7pm: "Temenos" means ritual precinct, a sacred place, a place apart. The
film explores the phenomena of visionary experience and places of
apparition where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared, or is still
appearing. A parallel world is constructed in which Nature acquires a
heightened presence. A disquieting dimension manifests itself in a becalmed
landscape in which listening, stillness and quiet predominates, and in
which sound acquires an enhanced quality. It is an hallucinatory landscape
of Llamadas or impulses, a psychic territory composed of images, voices and
drives that can become frightening, disturbing and empowering. The Temenos
is an unlocatable geography, an internal psychic landscape, an acoustic
precinct, a territory of distance and time. This is a film about haunting:
a metaphysical thriller. With voice performances by Sainkho Namtchyiak, the
internationally acclaimed singer from Tuva, Russia, Shelly Hirsch, New York
avant garde vocalist and soprano, and Catherine Bott, acknowledged as one
of the foremost interpreters of early vocal music. This event will be held
at the Lux Centre for Film, Video and Digital Arts , 2-4 Hoxton Square,
London N1 6NU; for more information, call the Lux Centre at 020 7684 0200.

10/8
New York, New York: New York Film Festival
http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/avantgarde2000.htm
VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: DAY TWO
2pm: BENEATH THE SECOND HAND, featuring PRELUDE (Michael Snow, 2000),
DELLAMORTE DELLAMORTE DELLAMORTE (David Matarasso, 2000), SPIRAL VESSEL
(Janie Geiser, 2000), THE ADVENTURE PARADE (Kerry Laitala, 2000), THE ZERO
ORDER (Bobby Abate, 2000), LOST MOTION (Janie Geiser, 2000), NOT RESTING
(Nicky Hamlin, 1999) BLITZE (Dietmar Brehm, 2000), SLOW DEATH (Stom Sogo,
2000), TWIG (Michael Mideke, 1967) and IN ABSENTIA (The Quay Brothers,
2000). 7pm: THEATRO AMAZONAS (Sharon Lockhart, 1999). 9pm: LIGHT SPILL,
featuring THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin, 2000), THE FOURTH WATCH
(Janie Geiser, 2000), THE GLASS SYSTEM (Mark LaPore, 2000), SURFACE NOISE
(Abigail Child, 2000), MOON STREAMS (Mary Beth Reed, 2000), LIKE A DREAM
THAT VANISHES (Barbara Sternberg, 1999) and ORIGIN OF THE 21ST CENTURY
(Jean-Luc Godard, 2000). This event takes place at the Walter Reade
Theater, 165 West 65th Street on the Plaza Level at Lincoln Center, New
York City. For more information, call (212) 875-5600.

10/8
Rochester, New York : George Eastman House
http://www.eastman.org
PARAGRAPH 175 (ROB EPSTEIN AND JEFFREY FRIEDMAN, 1999)
8pm: The latest work from the makers of THE CELLULOID CLOSET and THE TIMES
OF HARVEY MILK, PARAGRAPH 175 (referring to an archaic German law
prohibiting homosexuality) tells the moving stories of lesbian and gay
survivors of the Holocaust. These rarely heard accounts are blended with
archival and original footage that paints a chilling portrait of German gay
life before, during, and after World War II. This event will take place at
the Dryden Theater at the George Eastman House, 900 East Avenue Rochester,
NY. For more information, call (716) 271-4090.

10/8
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
REANIMATOR: THE VIDEOS OF RODNEY ASCHER
Steve Polta: "Rodney Ascher in person. Applying energetic montage
techniques and a strong graphic sensibility to materials freely
appropriated from popular culture, San Francisco video artist Rodney Ascher
creates playful and perverse pieces in a variety of genres. While flirting
with the conventions of commercial production, these works consistently
apply an appreciative irony towards their subjects. To be screened: the
sock-puppet prison drama THE TRUE STORY OF CRIME: X EQUALS X (co-made with
Syd Garron); SOMEBODY GOOFED (also with Garron), a brilliant interpretation
of Jack T. Chick's apocalyptic religious comic-strip series; a new
installment in his ongoing documentary THE COLLECTORS and others. Ascher
will also present a selection of related works, including Eric Kistel's
THANK GOD TOMMY MADE IT OUT ALRIGHT and other surprises." This event will
take place at the San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut Street, San
Francisco. For more information, call the Cinematheque at (415) 558-8129.

10/8
Seattle, Washington: The Little Theatre
http://www.wigglyworld.org/littletheatre/index.html
RACHEL'S DAUGHTERS: SEARCHING FOR THE CAUSES OF BREAST CANCER AND UNBOUND
4, 7 and 9:30pm: RACHEL'S DAUGHTERS: SEARCHING FOR THE CAUSES OF BREAST
CANCER (Allie Light and Irving Saraf, 1997): An inspiring call to action,
RACHEL'S DAUGHTERS is a documentary following a group of breast cancer
activists on their personal missions to unearth the causes of breast
cancer. UNBOUND (Claudia Morgado Escanilla, 1994): UNBOUND is an
unforgettable short docudrama in which a diverse group of sixteen women
take turns revealing their breasts, and freeing themselves from the
metaphorical and physical prison of the bra. The Little Theatre is located
at 608 19th Avenue East in Seattle; for more information, call (206)
675-2055.

10/8
Seattle, Washington: Seattle Underground Film Festival
http://www.seattleundergroundfilm.com/
THIRD DAY
5:30pm: THE INITIATE by Chad Etchison: In this color-noir phychological
thriller, Jack Collins returns to his hometown to find that his best friend
Harlan has been killed in an accident. Upon viewing Harlan's body he
discovers two mysterious tattoos that reveal his involvement in a secret
occult society. 7:30pm: EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS I: Program to be
announced. 9:30pm: THE HORROR OMNIBUS, featuring CHUCK by Alex Turner,
EMBRACE MADNESS by Matthew J. Abaya, THE NIGHT FERRIS BUELLER DIED by Dan
Settani, PRIMER FOR A DENTAL EXTRACTION by Carl Wiedemann and SPLIT by Erik
Deutschman. This event will be held at Cinema 18, 1412 18th Avenue in
Seattle. For more information about the Festival, call (206) 860-8590.

10/8
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
AIR ON TOUR: MIKE MILLS' EATING, SLEEPING, WAITING AND PLAYING AND AIR
VIDEOS!
8:30pm: Mike Mills is probably best known as the brilliant graphic designer
behind work for Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Cibbo Matto and others. His
brilliant visual sensibility is transposed to film with EATING, SLEEPING,
WAITING AND PLAYING, his documentation of French group Air's hugely
successful tour of North America and Europe in 1998. In the two years since
they first started work on their debut album MOON SAFARI, French duo Air
have gone from strength to strength, garnering massive critical acclaim as
well as commercial success. Not only will Air fans get a chance to go
behind the scenes and check out strange and comical interviews with the
band and other fans from the U.S. and Europe, but the evening will also
feature the three highly acclaimed video clips from MOON SAFARI collected
together: "Sexy Boy," "Kelly Watch The Stars" and "All I Need." In fact,
the audio track on the video clip for "Kelly Watch the Stars" is not the
version from MOON SAFARI and has never been available commercially in the
U.S. or Canada. Don't miss this exclusive Canadian Premiere screening,
arranged with thanks to EMI Canada and Astralwerks. This event is at the
Blinding Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more
information, call (604) 878-3366.

10/8
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York: Ocularis
http://www.billburg.com/ocularis/
MARAT/SADE (PETER BROOK, 1966) AND KINO DA!
7 and 9:30pm: A rare screening of the film version of one of the most
important works of the modern theater. NY TIMES: "... a hypodermic needle
plunged directly into the playgoer's emotional bloodstream. It hypnotizes
the eye and bruises the ear. It shreds the nerves; it vivisects the psyche
.. " Preceded by KINO DA! (Henry Hills, 1981). Ocularis is at Galapagos Art
and Performance Space, 70 North 6th Street (between Wythe and Kent Avenues)
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. For more information, call (718) 388-8713.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2000

10/9
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Film Festival
http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/
SUPERSONIC SHORTS: CHICAGO MEETS THE WORLD
9:15pm: 3 exciting new works by Chicago filmmakers are presented alongside
a multi-nation cinematic tour. For more information, see October 8.

10/9
Leeds, England: Leeds International Film Festival
http://213.210.8.46/default.asp?viewSection=filmDiary
LEEDS SHOWCASE 1
8pm: Fresh, vital and innovative, the new film culture in Leeds is here and
now. Hall Place is the springboard for the new Leeds Filmmakers.
Productions from our courses and beyond once again display the wealth of
talent on our City doorsteps. This year we feature SOFA, a Course
Production that is in the running for a prize at the Chichester Film
Festival and is being screened at the UCI Leicester Square as part of the
BBC British Short Film Festival 2000. Save yourself the train journey and
see this on home turf! This screening will take place at the Leeds City Art
Gallery in Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/9
New York, New York: The Kitchen
http://www.thekitchen.org/
FATIMAH TUGGAR: VIDEO COLLAGE
A new video collage by visual artist Fatimah Tuggar, combining imagery of
Africa and other worlds with sound and digital animation, projected
large-scale in a 30-minute loop. Through October 21. The Kitchen is located
at 512 West 19th Street, New York City. For more information, call (212)
255-5793.

10/9
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Hintonberg Cinema
http://www.year0.com
WICKERMAN: YEAR 0 (JOHN EMBREE AND DAN ROY, 2000)
7pm: A screening of WICKERMAN: YEAR 0: Your wedding video business has
dried up. Your last "underground experimental mocumentary" did poor box
office. Your dreams are dying. Time to fold up shop and sell the camera?
Not if you are Monkey Pirates! John and Dan's solution is to take a grant
from a shady y2k cult and document Wickerman 2000, a sacrifice to
Millennium. See the intrepid film makers delve deep into the world of
Ambarii the Flesh Mother, and his followers, The Elect. Feel love burn and
rise again from the ashes when the artists' life partners make their own
"forbidden" sacrifice. Watch in awe as a 20' tall wicker colossus with a
television in its head and a computer monitor in its stomach is prepared
for sacrifice...or is it preparing you? This screening will take place at
the Hintonberg Cinema on Wellington Street in Ottawa.

10/9
Seattle, Washington: 911 Media Arts Center
http://www.911media.org/
OPEN SCREENING
8pm: Open Screening! Yeah! Open Screening! Yeah! Bring your vids on VHS!
Only a buck! This event will be held at 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave
N., Seattle; for more information, call (206) 682-6552.

10/9
Seattle, Washington: Seattle Underground Film Festival
http://www.seattleundergroundfilm.com/2kframeset.html
FOURTH DAY
7:30pm: DIVISIONS (Cortlan McManus, 2000): Your man is in a world of
divisions. He decides to travel back through the history of the Five Suns.
He believes he will find passion and "the one" through his destiny and the
choices he makes. Each of the Five Suns has two parts: technology and
society. 9:30pm: BUTTERFLY (Doug Wolens, 2000): BUTTERFLY is a documentary
film about the environmental heroine, Julia Butterfly Hill who has gained
the attention of the world for her 2-year vigil 180 feet atop an ancient
redwood tree, preventing it from being clear-cut. BUTTERFLY shows us the
situation out of which Earth First activists have regularly engaged in
civil disobedient "actions." These events will be held at Cinema 18, 1412
18th Avenue in Seattle. For more information about the Festival, call (206)
860-8590.

10/9
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York: Ocularis
http://www.billburg.com/ocularis/
EARLY FILMS BY GREAT DIRECTORS
8:30pm: Screenings of HEARTS OF AGE (Orson Welles, 1934), WOTON'S WAKE
(Brian DePalma, 1963), KNIGHTS ON BIKES (Ken Russell, 1954), WHAT'S A NICE
GIRL LIKE YOU DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? (Martin Scorsese, 1963) and THE
SECRET CINEMA (Paul Bartel, 1966). Ocularis is at Galapagos Art and
Performance Space, 70 North 6th Street (between Wythe and Kent Avenues) in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn. For more information, call (718) 388-8713.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2000

10/10
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
PAPER TIGER TV: THE GRINGO IN MAÑANALAND: A MUSICAL (DEEDEE HALLECK, 1995)
7:30pm: Constructed almost entirely from film clips (cartoons, newsreels,
educational films, home movies, and features), THE GRINGO IN MAÑANALAND: A
MUSICAL documents Latin America; that is, the Hollywood version. The
"neighbors to the South" depicted here are a fantasy, of course, featuring
such staple creations as the Latin lover, highway bandits, ignorant
peasants, and banana republics. DeeDee Halleck, founder of Paper Tiger
Television and cofounder of Deep Dish Community Television Network, opens
the film with a reminiscence of the period of her childhood spent in Cuba.
In local theaters she watched American films depicting an unrecognizable
Latin America. Now, in a fair-use examination, Halleck reinscribes history
with clever juxtapositions of well-chosen clips. You may recognize gringos
Douglas Fairbanks, James Cagney, or Ronald Reagan (as a banana plantation
manager), or maybe the Marines invading Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican
Republic, waging battles in support of U.S. policy whether on the silver
screen or sovereign soil. After the screening, Rick Prelinger, genius
compiler of ephemera, and DeeDee Halleck will ruminate about history,
memory, and image ownership in the age of Internet pix searches. The
Pacific Film Archive is located at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. For more
information, call (510) 642-5249.

10/10
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
LITTLE STABS AT HAPPINESS AND FAHRENHEIT 451
8:30pm: "Why do they do it Montag? It's sheer perversion." The first
appearance in Leeds of Little Stabs At Happiness, a nightclub hosted by
Mark Webber of the pop group Pulp. Named after a Ken Jacobs short, the club
presents films and music seldom seen or heard in public. Early in the
evening there will be screenings of three short underground films by Manuel
De Landa, Charles Levine and Owen Land, interspersed with experimental
music or middle-of-the-road classics played at a low volume so you can sit
around and talk. The music stops to make way for Francois Truffaut's
oddball feature FAHRENHEIT 451, a glimpse of a future where books are
burned and Big Brother is always watching. When the credits roll, the
volume rises and the dancing begins. DJs Gregory Kurcewicz, BR Wallers and
Mark Webber play real songs with a beat you dance to. Reacquaint yourself
with records you'd forgotten as we roll out the disco classic, new wave,
big beats and chart toppers of yesteryear. This ain't no arty poseur
nonsense or kitsch school disco trip down memory lane
(www.littlestabsathappiness.com). This screening will take place at The
Hi-Fi in Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/10
London, England: National Film Theatre
http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/
MARGARET TAIT RETROSPECTIVE: PLACES OF WORK
9:15pm: Margaret Tait, who died in 1999, was one of Britain's most unique
and individual filmmakers. Her films are less well known than they should
be due to the fact that she spent a large part of her life living and
working on the remote island of Orkney with a highly original vision that
never really found a home within the UK film industry. Tonight: Poetic
evocations of place and change. ON THE MOUNTAIN (1974) follows the life of
Rose Street in Edinburgh as it was in 1956 and how it had become in 1973,
recording and preserving the change with a transformation from crisp black
and white to gaudy colour. GARDEN PIECES (1998), Margaret Tait's last film,
is a vibrant live-action and hand drawn garden portrait. PLACE OF WORK
(1976) is a lyrical mediation dealing with a house which the filmmaker and
her family are going to leave after many years of living and working there.
TAILPIECE (1976) is a more personal and less naturalistic coda to PLACE OF
WORK in which it is clear that the house has now being vacated. This
screening will be held at the British Film Institute's National Film
Theatre in London; for more information, call 020 7928 3232.

10/10
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.filmforum.org/
THE HART OF LONDON BY JACK CHAMBERS
7pm: Filmforum presents a rare screening of a lost classic. Jack Chambers'
THE HART OF LONDON (1970) is a sprawling, ambitious film that combines
newsreel footage of disasters, urban and nature imagery, and footage
evoking the cycles of life and death. It is one of those rare films that
succeeds precisely because of its sprawl; raw and open-ended almost to the
point of anticipating the postmodern rejection of "master narratives," it
cannot be reduced to a simple summary, and changes on you from one viewing
to the next. Fred Camper: "Some regard it as a masterpiece (Stan Brakhage,
an early advocate who helped arrange U.S. distribution, has written of it
as ‘one of the few GREAT films of all cinema'); some give it mixed reviews;
others admit they don't know what to make of it." This screening will take
place at Gallery 6 in Los Angeles; for more information, contact Mark Rance
at mra...@mindspring.com.

10/10
Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Super 8 Film Group
http://www.cinemedia.net/super8/
OCTOBER 2000 OPEN SCREENING: NEO-NARRATIVE
7pm:The open screening provides an opportunity for filmmakers, young and
old, to screen their films in an environment that appreciates new ideas and
is not bound by the commercial criteria that generally lead to "safe"
filmmaking. You are invited to bring your Super 8 work. In addition, Bill
Mousoulis has curated a program of neo-narrative Super 8 works for this
screening, works which utilise narrative elements (characters, plot,
themes) in new and unusual ways, through such methods as abstraction,
ellipsis, fragmentation, etc. This event will be held at the Erwin Rado
Theatre, 211 Johnston Street, Fitzroy. For more information, call +61 3
9417 3402.

10/10
Minneapolis, Minnesota: City Club Cinema
http://www.nationalprojects.com/cityclub/index.html
FIGHT FILM NIGHT
8:30pm: FIGHT FILM NIGHT will feature the battle between Rudrud and
Mosedale. The City Club Cinema is located at Grumpy's Bar and Grill, 1111
Washington Avenue S.E, Minneapolis. For more information, e-mail Kevin
Karpinski at hame...@bitstream.net.

10/10
New York, New York: Robert Beck Memorial Cinema
http://www.crosswinds.net/~rbmc
SPATIAL ENIGMAS AND PEOPLE'S ENIGMAS (OR, THE CINEMA ACCORDING TO VINCENT
GRENIER)
9pm: "What is intended and what is actually expressed or what appears to be
intended and what one makes of it, what a viewer's perceptions and
assumptions are what can be done to shift and challenge them; these are
some of the questions that lurks behind the making of my pieces." Vincent
Grenier visits NYC with a selection of his films, poetic investigations of
the world we see and the one that envelops us. Films will include WHILE
REVOLVED (1976), ID MILTON (1988), BRENDAN'S CRACKER (1999), WORLD IN FOCUS
(1976), D'APRES MEG (1982) and SHUT UP BARBIE (1974). This program will
take place at Collective Unconscious 145 Ludlow Street, New York City. For
more information, contact Brian Frye at frye...@hotmail.com or (718)
622-5360.

10/10
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Filmmakers
http://www.pghfilmmakers.org/
FILM KITCHEN
7pm: This series of screenings, held on the second Tuesday of every month,
is a presentation of short film and video works by local artists.
Highlights for this month include video work by Rich Fishkin, Porodica by
Nancy Reed, and a 1979 found classroom film co-produced by NASA and
Kennywood. Reception at 7pm; screening at 8pm. This screening will be held
in the Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Avenue, North Oakland,
Pennsylvania. For more information, call (412) 682-4111.

10/10
Reading, Pennsylvania: Berks
http://www.elecsp.com/bfminc/bfminc.htm
MIKE KUCHAR IN PERSON
8:15pm: One of the two legendary comic geniuses (the other is his twin
brother, George) of experimental film/video will present his vintage 1960's
New York Underground classic (in a brand new 16mm print thanks to a film
preservation/restoration grant from the AFI) SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS
(1966), with Bob Cowan, Donna Kerness and George Kuchar : "Love a million
years in the future, in a world that abandons all mechanical knowledge and
plunges itself into the abyss of erotic pleasure and stomach-churning
hate." Also some recent videos. LILY (2000): "A feline orphan from the
A.S.P.C.A. struts her stuff…" TRYST (2000): A little video poem inspired by
painted lips. BLUE BANSHEE (2000): A punk rock singer asked Mike to create
a promotional video about her band which he did but took it way beyond
promotion anything but the beautiful comedy of his own sensibility. WIND IN
MY SAILS (2000): One of the several "teleplays" that Kuchar has been
producing recently; "Sentiment runs amok in this saturated tale about a boy
yearning to heave his anchor up out of the waters of a shark infested
relationship….All sumptuously told amid the splendor of squalid
apartments." This event will be held in Klein Hall, the Albright College
Center for the Arts, Reading, Pennsylvania. For more information, contact
administrative director Jerry Orr at yea...@ix.netcom.com or call (610)
921-7713.

10/10
Seattle, Washington: Seattle Underground Film Festival
http://www.seattleundergroundfilm.com/2kframeset.html
FIFTH DAY
7:30pm: 30 FRAMES A SECOND THE WTO IN SEATTLE (Rustin Thompson, 2000):
Former freelance network news cameraman Rustin Thompson takes the viewer
into the fray of tear gas, pepper spray, and police brutality; behind the
lines and inside the convention center and press rooms; and along on the
marches, sit-ins, and demonstrations. Dynamic, up-close footage captures
the passion, the confusion, the anger, and the courage of everyone
involved. 9:30pm: METAL (Christopher E. Brown, 1999): Brown delivers an
examination of urban decay in this powerful and sensitive drama about a man
in crisis. Surrounded by poverty, drug abuse and moral corrosion, Ray
(Wedrell James), a recently unemployed auto mechanic, struggles to maintain
his sense of dignity and family when everyone around him has either given
in, or given up. These events will be held at Cinema 18, 1412 18th Avenue
in Seattle. For more information about the Festival, call (206) 860-8590.

10/10
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
FROZEN MOMENTS
8:30pm: Presented by Quickdraw Animation Society. FROZEN MOMENTS is an
incredible collection of some of the finest, most original and thoroughly
thought provoking and entertaining animation from across Canada, a country
respected worldwide for its jaw-dropping animation talent. Built around the
theme of technology (read: digital) and its growing role in the creation of
animation, the series features shorts that stretch from using the digital
realm merely as a supporting technology all the way to films wrought purely
in this mode. Films will include HEADDRESS by Scott Clark, VACUUM SIV by
Don Filipchukm, THE WIND BETWEEN MY EARS by Kevin D.A. Kurytnik and Carol
Beecher, SEA SONG by Richard Reeves, 67 ALUMINUM PLATES (spontaneous
collaboration), ABOUT FACE by Marilyn Cherenko, VISION POINT and
TRANSFIGURED by Stephen Arthur, MENOPAUSE SONG by Gail Noonan, ON THE RUN
by belial, TAG by Robert Cretien, JIN'S BANANA HOUSE by Jinhan Ko, FLUID
PLANET by Robert Hamilton, THE GOATEE CLUB by Patrick Larkin and LINES
RADIAL by Andrew Jaremko. This event is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell
Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call (604) 878-3366.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2000

10/11
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
AWAKENING FROM THE 20TH CENTURY...IN SAN FRANCISCO
7:30pm: Artists in person. Steve Seid: "San Francisco is at once a
functional and a mythic landscape. Selected by Chip Lord, this program
imagines 21st century urban space as it wavers between those extremes. In
Optic Nerve's prescient PUSHED OUT FOR PROFIT (1978) skyrocketing real
estate prices put pressure on working people in the Mission District-a
circumstance that describes the present, but occurred more than twenty
years ago. Anthony Liu's STRAIGHT, NO CHASER (1999) navigates the city at
night with a young woman who connects her fears and dreams to the physical
space of transit. SATURATION by Kara Hearn (2000) contrasts the intimate
space of home with the outside world that envelops it. Scott Stark's
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS (1993) documents a guerrilla action: climbing to the
top of downtown S.F. skyscrapers in order to capture the view from the
roof, a vista denied to the public at street level. Chip Lord's essay
AWAKENING FROM THE 20TH CENTURY (1999), asks people engaged in the virtual
life, such as John Sanborn, Rebecca Solnit, and Ellen Ullman, how they use
the city. Visual sequences traverse San Francisco using human-powered
transport to present an image of city space that is transformative,
celebratory, and above all else, public." The Pacific Film Archive is
located at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. For more information, call (510)
642-5249.

10/11
Buffalo, New York: Squeaky Wheel
http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~squeaky/org.htm
OPEN SCREENING
8pm: Every second Wednesday of the month, we host the popular Open
Screening, a monthly opportunity for artists and independent producers to
screen new works and works-in-progress. Open Screenings provide a unique
forum for makers to seek advice, feedback and criticism from a diverse and
interested audience of peers. This event will take place in Squeaky Wheel's
Sandra Fisher Kitaj Cinema 2000, 175 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York. For
more information, call (716) 884- 7172.

10/11
Ithaca, New York: Cornell Cinema
http://www-cinema.slife.cornell.edu/
THE EMPIRE STATE FILM FESTIVAL
9pm: Festival directors Jon Galt and Mike Zimmerman in person.
Documentaries, dramas, animation, experimental work–and each under an hour
long! The Empire State Film Festival brings some of the best short films
from around the world to upstate New York audiences. Festival coordinators
Jon Galt and Mike Zimmerman will present this year's selection of
award-winning works and world premieres. This event will be held at the
Willard Straight Theater on Cornell's campus, Ithaca. For more information,
call (607) 255-3522.

10/11
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
CINÉMA VÉRITÉ: DEFINING THE MOMENT (PETER WINTONICK, 1999)
7pm: Cinéma Vérité simultaneously combusted in England, France, the USA and
Canada, and was variously known as Free Cinema, Direct Cinema, Candid Eye
or Cinéma Vérité. In all cases it meant a completely new way of
understanding the medium, the audience and the world. Peter Wintonick
charts the artistic and technological developments, which liberated
documentary filmmakers, offering a new mobility and an opportunity to
capture spontaneous events and real people. Concentrating on the defining
decade of 1958-1968, this documentary on documentary makes generous and
innovative use of excerpts from some of the most amazing non-fiction films
of all time (www.nfb.ca/cinemaverite). This screening will take place at
Warner Village in Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival,
e-mail filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/11
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
EUREKA SHORTS: THE NETHERLANDS
6pm: Not short of a great film or two (see the Verhoeven retro elsewhere in
the festival), The Netherlands is still regarded as thin on the ground for
new talent. But Eureka exposes some names to watch out for in a variety of
weird and wonderful Dutch films. JOURNEY THROUGH THE NIGHT is an
outrageously macabre tale of a cannibal and his victim in the sleeper car
of the Amsterdam-Paris express. Bonus addition is the classic Dutch short
GLAS, from 1958. This screening will take place at the Hyde Park Picture
House in Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/11
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
FRINGE TV
7:30pm: ROAD CAFÉ. Life on and off the road in a selection of cool and
bizarre short movies. The BOTTOMLESS CUP (USA) is a darkly comic,
Kafkaesque nightmare in which a traveler on a lonely journey stops for a
coffee and gets far more than he expected. Plus, Stephane Elmadjian's
MUSHROOM'S DAM, shot by the film-maker with a Bolex Camera while his mind
was soaked in Thai Skunk. 9pm: OUTER SPACE. To boldly go where no other
short film package has gone before, this series of films will transport you
to other worlds. HERD is about a nobody who falls under the influence of an
alien and is forced to build a mysterious box with no known purpose. Or for
an alternative experience, there's L'HOMME EST-IL BON (from France), where
man and alien confront each other on a deserted planet. Plus, SPACEMAN from
the UK, and the Festival's only Estonian film, the epic 38-minute STAR
RIDE. These screenings will take place at the Metz in Leeds, England; for
more information about the Festival, e-mail filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or
call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/11
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
LEEDS SHOWCASE 2: MADE IN LEEDS
Vera Media present short films (documentaries and dramas) made in Leeds by
Leeds people. Each film will be followed by a short presentation from the
producers and the opportunity for the audience to ask questions about the
choice of topics, the means of production, and the issues involved in
focusing the camera on your own community and interests. Participatory
local filmmaking at its best. This year's programme will showcase Leeds 11
actors and filmmakers. Join us afterwards for free refreshments. "Amidst
the glitz of the Festival this collection digs far deeper" (Karen Joyner,
YORKSHIRE EVENING POST). This screening will take place at the Leeds City
Art Gallery in Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival,
e-mail filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/11
London, England: The Lux
http://www.lea.org.uk/home_frm.html
TEMENOS (NINA DANINO, 1998)
7pm: The Temenos is an unlocatable geography, an internal psychic
landscape, an acoustic precinct, a territory of distance and time. This is
a film about haunting: a metaphysical thriller. For more information, see
October 8.

10/11
Los Angeles, California: BlueStudio
http://www.cine-nites.com/
CINE-NITES
7:30pm: Cine-Nites, a weekly screening of works on VHS, is held every
Wednesday at the Century City Playhouse located at 10508 W. Pico Boulevard
(between Beverly Glen and Overland) in Los Angeles.

10/11
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center
http://www.walkerart.org/jsindex.html
MY HEART IS MINE ALONE (MEIN HERZ...NIEMANDEM!, 1997)
7pm: Introduced by director Helma Sanders-Brahms. From the director of the
landmark GERMANY PALE MOTHER, Helma Sanders-Brahms, comes another
tumultuous story set during World War II. Two of the finest poets of 1930s
German lyricism, Else Lasker-Schüler (Lena Stolze, THE NASTY GIRL) and
Gottfried Benn (Cornelius Obonya), are lovers parted by political
differences. He supports the Nazis; she, a Jew, flees and finds refuge in
Jerusalem. Sanders-Brahms heightens the drama with an expressionist look
(cinematography by Roland Dressel) reminiscent of the era, and makes the
historical moments more tangible through insertions of documentary footage.
This event will take place at the Walker Art Center, at the corner of
Vineland Place and Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more
information, call (612) 375-7615.

10/11
New York, New York: The Kitchen
http://www.thekitchen.org/
MARTÍN BAUER AND EQUIPO DE TRABAJO: INCURSIÓN. TEMA: FAUSTO
8:30pm: The sounds of the vast Argentinean pampas blend with those of
contemporary music in INCURSIÓN. TEMA: FAUSTO, the highly acclaimed
music-theater work by Argentinean composer Martin Bauer. Inspired by a
satirical poem by Estanislao del Campo, the work recounts the impressions
of a gaucho who attended the premiere of Charles Gounod's FAUST at the
Buenos Aires Opera in 1866, and believed that every event unfolding on
stage was real. Deeply rooted in the tradition of Gaucho poetry, it
features the voices of four actors and a narrator with video projections of
Argentinean landscapes and film material from F. W. Murnau's FAUST. Music
is scored for a string trio (looking towards Europe) and two guitars
(looking towards the pampas), with percussion functioning like a nexus that
unites both latitudes. The Kitchen is located at 512 West 19th Street, New
York City. For more information, call (212) 255-5793.

10/11
Seattle, Washington: Seattle Underground Film Festival
http://www.seattleundergroundfilm.com/2kframeset.html
SIXTH DAY
7:30pm: IN THE REFRIGERATOR (Leslie Ann Coles, 2000): IN THE REFRIGERATOR
traverses four generations of women linked through blood and history. This
haunting allegory addresses recurring familial themes that transcend one
generation to the next. METALMAN (Kurt Keppeler, 1999): The washed up porno
actor Sean Mitalski Metalman arrives in an unfamiliar city to drum up
publicity in an attempt to resurrect his sagging career. At a nightclub he
runs into an old chum from "the business." After a drunken evening Sean
wakes up in his hotel room to discover a large, freshly stitched wound on
his abdomen and no recollection of how it got there. Also THE FLESH IS
WILLING (Todd Verow, 2000). 9:30pm: SOME PLACE NEW (Zach Phillips, 1999):
Two brothers set across the American Southwest in a VW and pick up a
hitchhiker, Amy. Needless to say, things get quite complicated. These
events will be held at Cinema 18, 1412 18th Avenue in Seattle. For more
information about the Festival, call (206) 860-8590.

10/11
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
FROZEN MOMENTS
8:30pm: Presented by Quickdraw Animation Society. FROZEN MOMENTS is an
incredible collection of some of the finest, most original and thoroughly
thought provoking and entertaining animation from across Canada, a country
respected worldwide for its jaw-dropping animation talent. For more
information, see October 10.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2000

10/12
Buffalo, New York: Hallwalls
http://www.hallwalls.org
EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE (ALLES WIRD GUT)
8pm: Screenwriter Fatima El-Tayeb in person. ALLES WIRD GUT is a
compelling, sexy tale of urban dyke life in Germany directed by first-time
filmmaker Angelina Maccarone. The story, written by Fatima el-Tayeb, begins
with the introduction of Nabou (Viati Studemann), a twenty-something
Afro-German lesbian slacker miserably depressed after being dumped by her
longtime lover, the beautiful, blue-haired punk rocker Katja (Aglaia
Szyszkowitz). When Nabou hears about an opportunity to work as a maid for a
chic woman who lives in the same building as Katja, she accepts the gig
because it will allow her to spy on her ex. But when Nabou meets her new
employer, Kim (Chantal de Freitas), a beautiful, chain-smoking advertising
executive, her desires change. Shot on 16mm, the handheld camera and
winning performances make it a fast-moving, hip film. A reception will
follow the screening. Hallwalls is located at 700 Main Street, Buffalo. For
more information, call (716) 835-7362.

10/12
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
FILM AND VIDEO ARTISTS ON TOUR: WOOD AND HARRISON
8pm: Since they began collaborating in 1993, John Wood and Paul Harrison
have put together a series of playful and beguiling video works which are
distinguished as much by their droll sense of humour as their unerring
economy of execution. Played out against a minimalist, monochrome backdrop,
or within the sealed off space of the monitor itself, each of the works
involves the presence of (one of) the artists, either as the butt of an
extended site-gag or as the trigger for a spiralling, visually-surprising
conceit. Paul Harrison will present the programme in Leeds which brings
together over a dozen of Wood and Harrison's short cameo pieces, and
includes a number of newly-commissioned works. This screening will take
place at the Leeds City Art Gallery in Leeds, England; for more information
about the Festival, e-mail filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315
/ 40.

10/12
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
FRINGE TV
8pm: OUT OF THEIR HEADS. Tales of drunken states and other worlds from
South Korea, Switzerland, France, Germany and Belgium. In LINK, a drunk who
comes across a crazy naked man lying in a deserted tunnel loses more than
his clothes. Not surprisingly, teenagers are all looking for the same thing
at a party in POPPEN (OR BANGING). In AMANITA MUSCARIA, the only thing
Gildong's sister wants for her birthday is to be allowed to die peacefully
as she wastes away in a hospital bed but Gildong is willing to sacrifice
everything to keep her alive. 9:30pm: INTERCOURSE. An intimate selection of
short films from France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, and France again.
In LA LUNE SE COUCHE, a tragic accident befalls a couple as they return
from their wedding. Despite this, they are determined to consummate their
marriage. In UN PASSE PAS SI SIMPLE, a couple make love knowing that it
will have dire consequences. Julien is a salesman in a shoe store for women
in LE FETICHISTE. Rapidly, his knack for handling the customers impresses
the shop owner. These screenings will take place at the Metz in Leeds,
England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/12
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
LEEDS SHOWCASE 3: LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
6pm: In the heart of Leeds Metropolitan University, talented media
technology students have been crafting some remarkable digital works. For
the first time, the Film Festival showcases some of their completed gems
and fascinating works in progress. Featuring music videos, short films,
animation, and chill-out sequences for clubs, treats include the super-cool
SUPER FLY, the sci-fi short MAX HYPER and Leeds' own animated star CISSY.
This screening will take place at the Leeds City Art Gallery in Leeds,
England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/12
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
UK FILM SHORTS
8pm: Celebrating the dawn of new talent in the UK, this showcase presents
some of the most promising short films of the last year. In GOING DOWN, a
young single mum tries to escape her claustrophobic existence, but finds
herself caught up in yet another. SUCKERFISH is a sardonic tale of love,
sex and female perversion. New Woman is stalking the city streets,
redrawing sexual boundaries, refining her desires. New Man can't cope. This
screening will take place at the Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds, England;
for more information about the Festival, e-mail filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk
or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/12
Madison, Wisconsin: Starlight Cinema
http://rso.union.wisc.edu/wud/web/film/starlight.html
CONNOR, BALDWIN
9pm: TEN SECOND FILM, MONGOLOID, AMERICA IS WAITING, A MOVIE, REPORT, TAKE
THE 5:10 TO DREAMLAND, VALSE TRISTE (Bruce Connor, 1958-82), TRIBULATION
99: ALIEN ANOMALIES UNDER AMERICA (Craig Baldwin, 1992). A night of collage
starting with seven films from pioneer moviemaker Bruce Connor and ending
with Craig Baldwin's obviously Connor-influenced synthesis piece. A blaring
blitzkrieg of found footage. This program will take place at the Fredric
March Play Circle, the second floor of the Memorial Union, University of
Wisconsin at Madison, 800 Langdon Street, Madison. Admission is free. For
more information, call (608) 262-1143.

10/12
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center
http://www.walkerart.org/jsindex.html
MAGNETIC NORTH: CANADIAN EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO: SEEN ON THE BODY
7pm: MAGNETIC NORTH showcases the recent explosion of compelling Canadian
independent video; occasionally shocking, often funny, and above all,
genuinely experimental, this body of work asserts beyond a doubt that video
is alive and well, and that Canadians have produced some of the most
energetic work in the international arena. Tonight: these intimate and
complex works reveal and explore the frailties and conditions of the
corporeal. Individual history and unexpected events imprint the body,
gesture and activity make visible the realities of the physical, and
imagined bodies provide a rich field for social critique and play. Here,
experience and the passage of time are written on the skin, and desire,
contradiction, repulsion, pleasure, incoherence, and irony all reside.
Works include WHAT FOOD DID (Toni-Lynn Frederick, 1996), THE BETTER ME
(Cathy Sisler, 1995), 60 UNIT; BRUISE (Kenneth Fletcher and Paul Wong,
1976), THE HUNDRED VIDEOS (excerpts; Steve Reinke, 1990-1996) and BIRTHDAY
SUIT, WITH SCARS AND DEFECTS (Lisa Steele, 1974). This event will take
place at the Walker Art Center, at the corner of Vineland Place and Lyndale
Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more information, call (612)
375-7615.

10/12
New York, New York: The Kitchen
http://www.thekitchen.org/
MARTÍN BAUER AND EQUIPO DE TRABAJO: INCURSIÓN. TEMA: FAUSTO
8pm: The sounds of the vast Argentinean pampas blend with those of
contemporary music in INCURSIÓN. TEMA: FAUSTO, the highly acclaimed
music-theater work by Argentinean composer Martin Bauer. For more
information, see October 11. There will be a post-performance discussion
after the October 12 performance.

10/12
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
THE KINETIC WORLD OF ABIGAIL CHILD: PERIPETEIA I AND II; ORNAMENTALS;
PREFACES; SHIVER; AND BELOW THE NEW: A RUSSIAN CHRONICLE
Abigail Child in person. Steve Anker: "With the release of her video BELOW
THE NEW: A RUSSIAN CHRONICLE and film SURFACE NOISE, Abigail Child confirms
her position as one of the leading avant-garde filmmakers of this
generation. A practicing theorist and poet as well as film- and videomaker,
Child has re-defined montage in particularly contemporary terms, drawing on
and extending the work of such past masters as Vertov, Eisenstein, Conner,
and Lye. Her seven-part rapid-fire exploration of sound and image IS THIS
WHAT YOU WERE BORN FOR? remains one of the cornerstone achievements in
independent cinema of the past twenty years." Films to be screened tonight
include PERIPETEIA I (1977) AND II (1978); ORNAMENTALS (1979); PREFACES
(1981); SHIVER (1991); and BELOW THE NEW: A RUSSIAN CHRONICLE (1999). This
event will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission
Street, San Francisco. For more information, call the Cinematheque at (415)
558-8129.

10/12
San Jose, California: Cine16
http://www.cine16.com/
ROBERT EMMETT PRESENTS CINÉ16 CLASSIX
7pm: Since ciné16's inception, KFJC's Robert Emmett has probably seen more
of our shows than anyone except your ciné16 executive and janitorial staff.
Robert's shows, therefore, represent mini-retrospectives of some of the
more memorable films screened here. We especially encourage newer ciné16ers
to attend this program as a means of seeing some of the best from the past.
On tonight's program: BILL REID (Jack Long, 1979); RUTH STOUT'S GARDEN
(Arthur Mokin, 1976); YOUTH, MATURITY, OLD AGE, DEATH (John Barnes, 1975);
and ANTONIO GAUDÍ (Ira Latour, 1978?). Cine 16 is held at the Agenda
Restaurant and Lounge, 399 South First Street, San Jose, California, and
admission is free.

10/12
Seattle, Washington: Seattle Underground Film Festival
http://www.seattleundergroundfilm.com/2kframeset.html
SEVENTH DAY
At Cinema 18: 7:30pm: THE LaMASTAS (Paul Griffen, 1997): "We're gonna rob a
bank, go down to Tahiti, open up a restaurant and hang around wit Marlon
Brando all day." That was the plan anyway...Jimmy recruits a bunch of
idiots, including his mentally challenged cousin Salvy (who is bent on
selling his screenplay to Robert DeNiro), and sets out to rob a bank.
9:30pm: DOGSTAR (Sophie Dia Pegrum, 2000): An exquisitely shot and stylish
cosmic love story reminiscent of O'Henry's THE GIFT OF THE MAGI. These
events will be held at Cinema 18, 1412 18th Avenue in Seattle. At The
Little Theatre: 7:30pm: THE INVISIBLES (Noah Stern, 1999): Jude and Joy, a
rockstar and model have escaped from drug rehab to Joy's flat in Paris
where they find their own private detox. Hiding from the outside world,
they struggle to make sense of their lives through withdrawal, nourishing
conversation, and confession. Through word games, sex and aided by the
outside link of enigmatic French "pizza guy," Jude and Joy accomplish a
sense of compassion and empathy. 9:30pm: 35mm NARRATIVE SHORTS, featuring
ADMISSION AND PLACEMENT (Fernando Livschitz, 2000), CONSOLATION SERVICE
(Eija-Liisa Ahtila, 2000), THE DEAL (Lisa Girolami, 1999), THE HOOK-ARMED
MAN (Greg Chwerchak, 2000) ICEMAN (Kate Judge, 2000), OREGON (Rafael
Fernandez, 2000), ROUTEMASTER: THEATER OF THE MOTOR (Ilppo Pohjola, 2000),
S(HE)IT (Lucie Phan and Beatrice Plumet, 2000), SCHERZO (Mark Herzig, 1998)
and SILENT CRY (Martin Nikolo, 2000). The Little Theatre is located at 608
19th Avenue East in Seattle. For more information about the Festival, call
(206) 860-8590.

10/12
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
BYO8
8:30pm: The final BYO8 of the calendar: get it on down here! We want it
all–home movie, found footage, favourite commercial, student film nightmare
and more! VHS, 16mm and Super 8 are your palette, and the BL screen is your
canvas. Let's paint. Remember, 10 minutes or under please. This event is at
the Blinding Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more
information, call (604) 878-3366.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2000

10/13
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
PAPER TIGER TV: PUSHED OUT FOR PROFIT: MEDIA COLLECTIVES READ REAL ESTATE
7:30pm: Tonight's program features films and videos by media collectives
past and present that analyze the distribution of public and private space.
California Newsreel's PEOPLE'S PARK (1969) depicts the legendary battle
over a Berkeley city block. A manifesto written by students and radical
youth declared that corporate and university "property rights" couldn't be
held over the rights of the people. Optic Nerve's PUSHED OUT FOR PROFIT
(1978) focuses on the consequences of housing speculation in the Bay Area
in the late 1970s, documenting the efforts of families and communities in
the Mission, the Castro, and Oakland to hold on to their homes and
apartments as prices soared and evictions were the order of the day. Sound
familiar? Video Activist Network will bring these issues up to date with an
up-to-the-minute REAL ESTATE REPORT (2000). From Paper Tiger Television,
PLAYING FOR KEEPS: THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE NYC COMMUNITY GARDENS (2000)
documents the bulldozing of a Lower East Side garden to make way for
"affordable housing." It asks the question, "affordable to whom?" and
exposes the city's attempts to gentrify New York's poorest neighborhoods
and destroy thriving communities. The Pacific Film Archive is located at
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. For more information, call (510) 642-5249.

10/13
Boston, Massachusetts: Coolidge Corner Theater
http://www.coolidge.org/
VIDEO SCREENING ROOM: NEW YORK VIDEO FESTIVAL
The prestigious touring festival from the Film Society of Lincoln Center
comes to the Coolidge for a 3-day only run! The New York Video Festival
continues to unearth remarkable new works that range from over the top to
around the bend, by video artists using what can only be described as
classic technology to create little electronic masterpieces as well as
affecting and effective feature-length works. What better place to see it
than Boston's new Video Screening Room? At 4pm: SPACE EXPLORATION, a
collection of films by filmmakers who go to great lengths to explore the
changing landscapes of society. 6pm: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, electronic
experiments from New York's infamous HalfLifers. 7:30pm: THE BEAVER TRILOGY
(Trent Harris, 1999), with Sean Penn and Crispin Glover sharing star
billing in early career roles as Beaver, Utah's only Olivia Newton-John
impersonator. 9pm: SECRETS OF THE SHADOW WORLD (George Kuchar, 1999), a
portrait of the life of John Keel, author, magician, and alien watchdog.
The Coolidge Corner Theater is located at 290 Harvard Street in Brookline,
Massachusetts. For more information, call (617) 734-2500.

10/13
Buffalo, New York: Hallwalls
http://www.hallwalls.org
AN ANGEL'S REVENGE (EIN ENGEL SCHLÄGT ZURÜCK)
8pm: Screenwriter Fatima El-Tayeb, in person. Directed by Angelina
Maccarone, AN ANGEL'S REVENGE is set on a small island in the North Sea and
deals with an unusual friendship between a Turkish ex-prostitute from
Hamburg and a born-again Christian. Described as a "female buddy picture
with a twist." Hallwalls is located at 700 Main Street, Buffalo. For more
information, call (716) 835-7362.

10/13
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/index.shtml
A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO OSKAR FISCHINGER: PART ONE: THE MASTERWORKS
7pm: The first installment of the retrospective will feature a presentation
by noted film scholar and Fischinger biographer Dr. William Moritz, and
will include 35mm prints of Fischinger's most celebrated films, recently
restored from the original nitrate negatives by the Film Archives of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: STUDIES NUMBER 1, 2, and 6
(1929–30), LIEBESSPIEL (1931), KREISE (1933), ALLEGRETTO (1936), AMERICAN
MARCH (1941), RADIO DYNAMICS (1942), and MOTION PAINTING NO.1. This
screening will take place at the Archive, the Carpenter Center for the
Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge. For more information, call the
Archive at (617) 495-4700.

10/13
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Film Festival
http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/
SUPERSONIC SHORTS: ADVENTURES IN OUTER SPACE
11:45am: Here they are again: the freaky, the scary, the weird and the
wonderful. A delightfully bizarre collection of cinematic oddities sure to
shock and amuse. Go ahead and take a big bite, America. IT'S JUST CAKE
(T.L. Kittle). YELLA (Gemma Ryan) is a furious merging of sound and image.
INTOLERANCE (Phil Mulloy) takes us on an animated journey into the slightly
backwards planet of Zog. CHUM (Dave Fogler) places us inside one of the
strangest taverns around. HOSPITAL FRAGMENT (Guy Maddin) tells a tale of
thwarted love set against the world of fish. OUTER SPACE (Peter
Tscherkassky) deconstructs a cult horror classic to terrifying effect. A
woman finds herself relentlessly stalked by a man with a trombone in
BOUNDARIES (Greg Durbin). SHE'S RACING (Kirstin Marcon, 8 min.) shows the
haunting aftermath of a car crash. Santa's got a brand new bag in BLACK
XXXMAS (Peter Van Hees). A man could get on with his life if someone would
just SHUT THE DOOR (Jens Lien). This screening will be held at The
University of Chicago–Doc Films at the Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th
Street in Chicago. For more information about the festival, call (312)
332-FILM.

10/13
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
THE STRANGE WORLDS OF BILL BROWN
8pm: Bill Brown in person! Lubbock, Texas based Bill Brown's films inhabit
a strange no-man's-land somewhere between the avant-garde, documentary, and
essay film. His ability to locate the most telling details in the seemingly
banal world around him, combined with his wry, idiosyncratic observations
related in a deadpan, yet sincere, narration, make his films unlike any
others. Tonight's program includes ROSWELL (1994): An amnesiac chases UFO's
and storm clouds across New Mexico, trying to remember something that
slipped his mind, or a meditation on space, time, and motel TV. HUB CITY
(1997): A movie about weather radar, the workings of the immune system, the
death of a rock star from Lubbock, Texas, and the West Texas sky and its
lousy memory for detail. and CONFEDERATION PARK (1999): Canada is not sure
it wants to be a country, which is partly what this film is about. An essay
on terrorist bombings and bad weather and that whole mysterious field of
physics that deals with the undetectable forces that hold things together.
This event will be held in the Ferguson Theater of Columbia College, 600
South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. For more information, call Chicago
Filmmakers at (773) 293-1447.

10/13
Kansas City, Missouri: Electromediascope
DYNAMIC SYNC: PROGRAM 3
7pm: Patrick Clancy: "DYNAMIC SYNC presents time and temporality as
explored in cinema and video and draws from a broader historical context
than our usual more contemporary selection. Editing strategies in these
media have long been used to shape our temporal experiences through
documentary, animated, narrative, and experimental forms. More recently,
high-speed and time-lapse imaging, remote sensing, and computer simulations
have enabled us to perceive events that our ordinary senses are unable to
detect. The films and videos in this program also extend our awareness of
time and event while calling into question the very notion of time as an
ideal and preconceived experience. In many of these works, time is
spatialized, becoming a site where viewers' subjectivities and physiologies
interact with the cinematic dimension, and where memory, attention and
simultaneous temporalities all come into play." Screenings for Program 3
include TROVOADA (Carlos Nader, 1995) and DESERET (James Benning, 1995).
Electromediascope programs are held in Atkins Auditorium at the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri. For
more information, contact Electromediascope curators Gwen Widmer and
Patrick Clancy at 2gwe...@gvi.net.

10/13
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
EATING SLEEPING WAITING PLAYING: AIR DOCUMENTARY
10pm: A lighthearted and high spirited behind-the-scenes account of the
slick electronic pop band Air on tour. A brief appearance by Sean Lennon,
conversations with the fans, soundchecks, and interviews with the band
members climax in a glorious version of Kelly's "Watch the Stars." The film
acknowledges that the band has been criticised for being pretentious and
unapproachable in interviews and creates an amusing defence by highlighting
the inane questions of the interviewers. The boisterous boys of Beck's
backing band contrast with the more deadpan natures of Nicolas and JB. This
screening will take place at Moderno in Leeds, England; for more
information about the Festival, e-mail filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call
0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/13
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
KEN JACOBS RETROSPECTIVE PART 1
6:30pm: To expand upon last year's American Underground Primer, the Film
Festival presents a three programme retrospective of work by Ken Jacobs, a
leading innovator of avant-garde film for the past 40 years. After making
his first films in the late 1950s, Jacobs was at the forefront of the
experimental film movement which exploded in New York and across the world
throughout the next decade, liberating cinema from its previous
restrictions and conventions. Part One includes URBAN PEASANTS (1975), in
which Jacobs marries pre-war home movie footage shot by his wife's Aunt
Stella with a recording of HOW TO SPEAK YIDDISH. Seen through a Pulfrich
filter, the tracking shot of a snowbound suburban housing estate in GLOBE
(1969) becomes an immense vista of shifting planes: tectonic vision of the
highest order. This screening will take place at the Leeds City Art Gallery
in Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/13
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center
http://www.walkerart.org/jsindex.html
DE FACTO FILMS: A MEDIA INSTALLATION CURATED BY CRAIG BALDWIN
6pm: Media artist Craig Baldwin's third and final trip to the Twin Cities
as part of his Walker artist residency culminates in a media arts
exhibition showcasing some of the work, artists, and organizations he
worked with since his first visit in April 2000. Providing balance to the
recent focus on digital mediamaking, Baldwin will be assisted by Walker Art
Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) members in presenting DE FACTO FILMS, an
installation of recontextualized film and discarded projection equipment.
This event will take place at The Soap Factory at the corner of Second
Street and Fifth Avenue in Minneapolis. For more information, call (612)
375-7615.

10/13
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media
http://www.fcmm.com/
THE MARCH (ABRAHAM RAVETT, 1999)
Abraham Ravett's film THE MARCH will be screened at the Montreal Festival
of New Cinema and New Media. Utilizing a series of conversations conducted
over a 13-year period, influential experimental filmmaker Ravett details
his mother's recollections of the 1945 "Death March," when the SS hastily
liquidated Auschwitz as Soviet troops drew near. THE MARCH has been awarded
top prize for short films at the Vienna International Film Festival,
Viennale 2000, and will be screened in Montreal from October 13-25. This
event will take place at Ex-Centris, 3530 Boulevard Saint-Laurent in
Montreal; for more information, call Ex-Centris at (514) 847-9272 or e-mail
montr...@fcmm.com.

10/13
New York, New York: The Kitchen
http://www.thekitchen.org/
MARTÍN BAUER AND EQUIPO DE TRABAJO: INCURSIÓN. TEMA: FAUSTO
8pm: The sounds of the vast Argentinean pampas blend with those of
contemporary music in INCURSIÓN. TEMA: FAUSTO, the highly acclaimed
music-theater work by Argentinean composer Martin Bauer. For more
information, see October 11.

10/13
Portland, Oregon: Portland Art Museum
http://www.nwfilm.org/exhibition_nowplaying.html
DANCE ON FILM: DANCES FOR A SMALL SCREEN, BELLA FIGURA, DUNE DANCE
7pm: DANCES FOR A SMALL SCREEN (Laura Taler, Moze Mossanen, Nick De
Pencier, 1997): Three award-winning dances conceived for the camera, as
technically sophisticated filmmakers unite with prominent contemporary
choreographers in an explosive pas de deux. BELLA FIGURA (Hans Hulscher,
1998): An adaptation of the 1995 Jiri Kylian ballet which he describes as
"like standing on the edge of a dream. The moment in which dream intrudes
into our lives and life into our dreams." DUNE DANCE (Carolyn Brown, 1980):
"The elated, rough-and-tumble movement of the dancers improvising on sand
has been beautifully and ironically juxtaposed with well-known ballet
music...reveals more about the joy of dancing than anything you're likely
to see" (Deborah Jowitt, VILLAGE VOICE). This screening will take place at
the Guild Theatre of the North West Film Center, SW 9th and Taylor,
Portland. For more information, call (503) 221-1156.

10/13
Seattle, Washington: 911 Media Arts Center
http://www.911media.org/
ANIMATION SENSATION: ANIMATED WORLDS
8pm: 911 is pleased to kick off ANIMATION SENSATION–a weekend of
screenings, workshops and activity-based show & tell–with a collection of
world class animation curated by the Northwest Film Center. The ANIMATED
WORLDS program includes award winning works that will astound and inspire.
Tonight is also an Animator's Social event. Bring your animated works on
VHS and we'll show them after the main program. Works to be screened
include AND SHE WAS by Jim Blashfield, GREAT COGNITO by Barry Bruce and
Will Vinton, I THINK I WAS AN ALCOHOLIC by John Callahan with Kelley Baker
and Laura DiTrapani, GROWN-UP by Joanna Priestley, BRIDE OF RESISTOR by
Mark Gustafson, CREATION by Joan Gratz and Will Vinton, PHOTOCOPY CHA CHA
by Chel White, CERRIDWEN'S GIFT by Rose Bond, SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES by
Jim Blashfield and MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE by Joan Gratz. This
event will be held at 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave N., Seattle; for
more information, call (206) 682-6552.

10/13
Seattle, Washington: Seattle Underground Film Festival
http://www.seattleundergroundfilm.com/2kframeset.html
EIGHTH DAY
At Cinema 18: 3pm: THE WIDOWER (Marcus Rogers, 2000): Against all odds an
aging widower attempts to celebrate his anniversary with his recently
deceased wife in this black romantic comedy. Feature appearances and cameos
by Jello Biafra, Joey Shithead, and Nardwuar the Human Serviette. 5pm: THE
BLVD (Deborah Stratman, 2000): Biography of several illegal Street Car
races, the people who race, and their precarious world. 7:30pm: MILK PUNCH
(Erik Gunneson, 2000), a crime comedy about a stolen car, latent power
struggles and intergenerational alienation. The action alternates between
two duos: almost aimless Boot and Curly joyriding with countrygirlfriend
Verona and, cold on their trail, the brothers Buddy and Karl. 9pm:
EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO SHORTS, featuring CIRQUE DE KARMA (David Jones, 2000),
GOLDILOCKS: A ROCK FANTASY (Ed Van Brunt, 2000), LUNCH (Sarah Shute, 2000),
MAGAZINE (Dani Michaeli, 2000), MY BIG HEART (Jeff Walker, 1999), A NEW
KITCHEN (Lance Samol, 2000), POPGUN (Scott Pittock, 1999), RAPE OF THE
ATTIC (Jeffrey Ragan, 2000) THE RITE (Jon Young, 2000), SPECIAL REPORT
(Brian Boyce, 1999), SUBWAY (Neil Golden, 2000), TIME POWER START (Scott
Zarzycki, 2000), UNDERSTAND (Sylvia Roberts, 2000), UNREAL IS HERE (David
Gracon, 2000), THE VISIT (Shanin Afnan, 2000) and WHY WASTE DIESEL ON A
WINDY DAY (Jon Cournoyer, 1999). These events will be held at Cinema 18,
1412 18th Avenue in Seattle. At The Little Theatre: 3pm: BLASPHEMY (John
Mendoza, 2000): Set during Christmas, BLASPHEMY tells the comedic story of
what happens when Martin Garcia (Carlos Leon) reveals to his devoutly
religious parents that he doesn't believe in God. 5pm: DOCUMENTARY SHORT
SUBJECTS, featuring DEAR BARBRA...(Chris Cassidy, 1999), DEATH OF A CORNER
DRUGSTORE (Brooke Maroldi, 2000), EIGHTY LAYERS OF ME (THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO
SURVIVE) (Tricia Creason Valencia, 2000), GATEWOOD FOR GOVERNOR (Mirk
Birnbaum and Michael Henning, 2000) and MY GETTY CENTER (Judy Fiskin,
2000). 7pm: THE CAT KILLERS (Colin Drobnis, 2000): CAT KILLERS tells the
story of two brothers, one of which likes to hang around cemeteries and
pick up chicks "where competition is limited." Both brothers, pinned to the
wall by mounting debt, are offered a few hundred dollars by a friend to
kill his wife's cat. A man overhears the conversation at a restaurant and
offers them a substantial sum to pull the same job. Or is it? 9pm: EYES TO
HEAVEN (Shane Hawks, 1999): The bizarre discovery of a woman buried alive
sends an artist on a dark journey into the twisted world of serial killers.
He is seduced by the ghosts that haunt these killers and by the sadistic
passion which ignites their reality. His curiosity quickly fuels his
artistic inspiration, but is his masterpiece worth the price of his sanity
and soul? The Little Theatre is located at 608 19th Avenue East in Seattle.
For more information about the Festival, call (206) 860-8590.

10/13
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
MULTIPLEX GRAND NUMERO SEPT
8:30pm: The first night in a three-night series of music and visuals from
some of Vancouver's most talented audio-visualists, tonight we present the
seventh showing of that tireless and multitalented triumvirate The
Multiplex Grand. Featuring a meshing of high and low tech both in the audio
and visual realms, Loscil, 5T-3V3, and Zero Squared (aka Scott Morgan,
Steve Wood and Les Smolenski) will mesmerize and mystify with their
hypnotic rhythms and hyper-layered visuals. Expect surprise ever-talented
guests as usual...This event is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell Street,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call (604) 878-3366.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2000

10/14
Albuquerque, New Mexico: Basement Films
http://www.swampland.org/minicine.html
EMERALD REELS
8pm: Seattle based un-dependent cinema comes to Albuquerque via it's
best-of compilation of super 8 and 16mm transferred to video. 13 short
films by 9 filmmakers will be tossed on the screen in this one night only
event. Basement Films is thrilled to finally play host to this like minded
organization that is committed to serving, promoting and PARTICIPATING in
the community of vibrant motion imaging artists. Rather than emphasizing
the typically competitive market value of films, Emerald Reels seeks to
build and nurture a relationship between filmmaker and the audience that
encourages experimentation and individual expression. This event will take
place at the Harwood Art Center, located at 1114 7th NW and Mountain Road
in Albuquerque; for more information, call Basement Films at (505)
842-9977.

10/14
Boston, Massachusetts: Coolidge Corner Theater
http://www.coolidge.org/
VIDEO SCREENING ROOM: NEW YORK VIDEO FESTIVAL
The prestigious touring festival from the Film Society of Lincoln Center
comes to the Coolidge for a 3-day only run! For more information, see
October 13.

10/14
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/index.shtml
A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO OSKAR FISCHINGER: PART TWO: THE RARITIES
7pm: The Fischinger retrospective continues with a number of the artist's
rarely seen films, including SPIRITUAL CONSTRUCTIONS (1927), STUDY #7
(1931), and ORNAMENT SOUND (1932); examples of his commercial work; and a
documentary on his life and work featuring interviews with his wife,
Elfriede. This program will include a pixilated film Fischinger made in
1927 as he walked 300 miles from Munich to Berlin shooting single frames,
and a selection of experiments from a machine he invented to animate slices
from a block of multi-colored wax. This screening will take place at the
Archive, the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street,
Cambridge. For more information, call the Archive at (617) 495-4700.

10/14
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/index.shtml
ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED (DORIS DÖRRIE, 1999)
9pm: Director Doris Dörrie in person. In her most recent film (shot
entirely on digital video), writer-director Doris Dörrie creates a sweetly
comic and spiritually enlightened work reminiscent of her earlier
international success, MEN. Two brothers–Gustav, a feng shui expert, and
Uwe, an utter slob who has just been left by his wife–want to get their
screwed-up lives together by traveling to Japan for a retreat in a Zen
monastery. En route, their respective mid-life crises turn into catastrophe
when they find themselves hopelessly lost in the midst of nighttime Tokyo
with neither money nor a clue about how to get back to their hotel. Their
first lesson in the Zen concept of "leaving everything behind" is absorbed
with unanticipated literalness. Life in the monastery is an immersion of a
more subtle kind: here, the mundane and the sublime merge in liminal ways.
Although the enigma of enlightenment continues to elude them, the brothers
are nonetheless changed forever. This event will take place at the Archive,
the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge. For
more information, call the Archive at (617) 495-4700.

10/14
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Film Festival
http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/
SUPERSONIC SHORTS: ADVENTURES IN OUTER SPACE
10pm: Here they are again: the freaky, the scary, the weird and the
wonderful. A delightfully bizarre collection of cinematic oddities sure to
shock and amuse. For more information, see October 13.

10/14
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Film Festival
http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/
SUPERSONIC SHORTS: ANIMATION NATIONS
2:15pm: Come and see the latest achievements in stop-motion, computer and
drawn animation. A surplus of cinematic delights awaits you. Love is only a
projection in REPLAY (Isabelle Favez). The sands of time measure out a
never-ending cycle of life in HOURGLASS (Matthew Hood). SAADIA, A MOROCCAN
WOMAN IN THE RESISTANCE (Tarik Cherkaoui) recounts the beginning of a
political life. Two Japanese bandits encounter MUSO'S GOLDEN STAFF (John
Wilson Yoon). The latest piece of amazement from Pixar is FOR THE BIRDS
(Ralph Eggleston). The creator of BILLY'S BALLOON returns with the
surreally funny REJECTED (Don Hertzfeldt). BROTHER (Adam Elliot) completes
a dysfunctional family trilogy. A Russian spy remembers his affair with a
welsh woman in CODENAME CORGI (Tracy Spottiswoode). Sergio Leone gets his
animated due in LAZY SUNDAY AFTERNOON (Bert Gottschalk). A cookie cutter
and a lamp remind us that they too have BIG FEELINGS (Sandra Schiessl). In
DOWNPOUR (Aaron Woodley) man's tendency to destroy is dramatized in the
desert. THE MATRIX meets TOY STORY in INFECTION (James Cunningham). A boy
obsessed with snow globes finds his true love in THE INDESCRIBABLE NTH
(Oscar Moore). This screening will be held at the Music Box Theatre, 3733
North Southport in Chicago. For more information about the festival, call
(312) 332-FILM.

10/14
Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Cinematheque
http://www.cia.edu/cinematheque.html
THE AVANT-GARAGE MUSIC AND FILM FESTIVAL VI
9:30pm: One of the Cinematheque's most popular perennials returns! Here's a
new show of rare silent films with live musical accompaniment produced by
Columbus film distributor and music promoter Tim Lanza. Sue Harshe debuts
her original score to Hans Richter's dadaist GHOSTS BEFORE BREAKFAST
(1927). Philip Park and Gordon Sharp accompany Charles and Ray Eames' TOPS
(1969). Speaker/Cranker brings its krautrock-inspired improvisations to
Alison DeVere's FALSE FRIENDS (1967), an animated anti-drug film with an
all-black cast. Mark Spurgeon scores THE LITTLE SCREW, a 1927 Soviet
animated film. And the Avant Collective, Columbus' modern jazz ensemble,
performs composer/guitarist Rob Litchfield's score for the 1911 Danish film
THE FOUR DEVILS, about the ups and downs of four trapeze artists. This
event will take place at the Russell B. Aitken Auditorium of the Cleveland
Institute of Art; call (216) 421-7450 for more information.

10/14
Ithaca, New York: Cornell Cinema
http://www-cinema.slife.cornell.edu/
ENVIRONMENTAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL
2:30pm: Michael Demunn, children's author and conservationist, in person.
Children of all ages will enjoy these animated short films, which include a
trip to THE SANDBOX, where two siblings create a beautiful world–and then
the people start arriving. Find out what happens when two lizards can't
reconcile their differences in DINNER FOR TWO. Mysteries of extinction and
the effects of too many parties are revealed in HOW THE DINOSAURS LEARNED
TO FLY (NOT A TRUE STORY). And don't miss three films by master animator
Nick Hilligos (creator of last year's BANJO FROGS and POSSUM'S REST): LOWER
ORDERS, TURTLE WORLD, and CELL ANIMATION. This event will be held at the
Willard Straight Theater on Cornell's campus, Ithaca. For more information,
call (607) 255-3522.

10/14
Ithaca, New York: Cornell Cinema
http://www-cinema.slife.cornell.edu/
THE ARCHITECTURE OF MUD (1999)
7:15pm: Filmmaker Caterina Borelli and collaborator Pamela Jerome in
person. The Hadhramaut region in the south east of Yemen is renown for its
mudbrick architecture. Throughout the centuries, the population has
developed very sophisticated building techniques and created a unique
architectural environment. Spectacular structures such as ten-story
mudbrick tower houses rise up from the valley floor. In interviews
throughout the documentary, the masons describe their working techniques
and the challenges they face with the introduction of new, imported
building materials. THE ARCHITECTURE OF MUD documents the vernacular
architecture, the building craft and the society to which they belong. This
event will be held at the Willard Straight Theater on Cornell's campus,
Ithaca. For more information, call (607) 255-3522.

10/14
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
KEN JACOBS RETROSPECTIVE PARTS 2 AND 3
12:30pm: PART 2. The Film Festival continues its tribute to American
avant-garde legend Ken Jacobs. In 1969, Jacobs made TOM, TOM THE PIPER'S
SON, a two hour tour-de-force constructed by re-photographing and
dissecting a 10 minute short made by Billy Bitzer in 1905. After presenting
the original film, Jacobs pursues a deep analysis into its visual elements;
slowing down, freezing action and examining small, abstracted areas of the
frame. The film becomes a treatise on composition, an art lesson unfolding
before our eyes. Free of narrative, the action becomes the drama. 3pm: PART
3. The final part of the Film Festival's tribute to Ken Jacobs. The
earliest film presented here, THE WHIRLED (1956-61), features Jack Smith in
a rare work from the period which also yielded the better known and highly
influential LITTLE STABS AT HAPPINESS (1958-60) and BLONDE COBRA (1959-63),
two films considered revolutionary for the way they displayed an entire new
cinematic sensibility. PERFECT FILM (1986) presents rushes from TV news
footage following the assassination of Malcolm X. Jacobs claims to have
found the reel in a rubbish bin and considered it perfect in its untouched
state. THE DOCTOR'S DREAM (1987) is a re-edit of a bland 1950s television
drama to expose an unexpected subtext lurking between gaps in the
narrative. OPENING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: 1896 (1990) re-treats early
Lumiere footage. These screenings will take place at the Leeds City Art
Gallery in Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/14
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
LEEDS SHOWCASE 4: NORTHERN FILM SCHOOL
3:30 and 6pm: The Northern Film School premiere screening has become a
feature of the Leeds Film Festival, celebrating the close ties between the
city and its internationally respected Film School. This year, following
the restructuring of our Film Production course, we break new ground with
the presentation of a mixed programme of five and 10 minute films. Young
British screenwriters and film-makers have worked with colleagues from
Sweden, Spain, Cyprus, Poland and Crete, and crews drawn from NFS and
colleges throughout the city, to create a fascinating series of vignettes,
ranging from the subtle to the surreal, and embracing settings as diverse
as freak shows, country cottages, grand hotels and butcher's shops. We hope
you will enjoy it. This screening will take place at Royal Armouries in
Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/14
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
THE TARGET SHOOTS FIRST (1999)
8pm: Chris Wilcha, punk-rock fan and graduate philosopher, has documented
his years working in the mail-order music company Columbia House in this
riveting industrial home-video essay. At a time when Nirvana were at the
height of their popularity Wilcha's passion for alternative rock made him
an expert in the corporate world of Columbia House and despite his feeling
of disgust at capitalism he finds himself promoted and producing an
"alternative" fanzine for the company. From his first day at Columbia House
Wilcha recorded on video his experiences on the work floor, at the
Christmas party and in marketing meetings. Obtaining the permission of his
colleagues and the company directors to film the most sensitive of
scenarios was a grand achievement. This screening will take place at
Moderno in Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/14
London, England: National Film Theatre
http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/
WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP
3:15pm: A screening of WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP (James Marsh, 1999). Drawn from
Michael Lesy's underground classic 1973 book, here is the true story of a
town that, hit with a deep recession, nightmarish weather, and a plague of
biblical proportions, is sent over the edge. The citizenry go haywire as
murders, robberies, and warped acts run rampant. Mixing archival images
from Lesy's work, macabre recreations, and newsclippings, with Ian Holm
describing the madness, director James Marsh takes us into the heart of
this disturbing truth. Bringing his camera back to Black River today, Marsh
discovers that life is still very far from normal. This screening will be
held at the British Film Institute's National Film Theatre in London; for
more information, call 020 7928 3232.

10/14
London, England: The Lux
http://www.lea.org.uk/home_frm.html
DIVINE HORSEMEN AND LAND WITHOUT BREAD
7pm: DIVINE HORSEMEN (Maya Deren, 1947): Composed after her death from
footage of Haitian voudoun rituals and dances shot by Deren, the only white
woman to become a voudoun priestess. Her inability to complete the film
herself, she said, was a testament to the transformative powers of the
religion. LAND WITHOUT BREAD (Luis Buñuel, 1932): The Huranos are
inhabitants of a poor region near Salamanca in north east Spain, a barren
wasteland ridden with disease, superstition and ignorance. Buñuel's camera
portrays these people and their harsh land with unreserved sympathy, and
the academic voice-over and Brahms soundtrack add a surrealist touch. This
event will be held at the Lux Centre for Film, Video and Digital Arts , 2-4
Hoxton Square, London N1 6NU; for more information, call the Lux Centre at
020 7684 0200.

10/14
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media
http://www.fcmm.com/
THE MARCH (ABRAHAM RAVETT, 1999)
Abraham Ravett's film THE MARCH will be screened at the Montreal Festival
of New Cinema and New Media. For more information, see October 13.

10/14
New York, New York: The Kitchen
http://www.thekitchen.org/
MARTÍN BAUER AND EQUIPO DE TRABAJO: INCURSIÓN. TEMA: FAUSTO
8pm: The sounds of the vast Argentinean pampas blend with those of
contemporary music in INCURSIÓN. TEMA: FAUSTO, the highly acclaimed
music-theater work by Argentinean composer Martin Bauer. For more
information, see October 11.

10/14
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
STREET PIECES: ABIGAIL CHILD PRESENTS B/SIDE, GAME AND MUTINY
8:30pm: Co-sponsored by the SF Cinematheque, this visit by the maven of
Manhattan experimentalism affords an introduction to this writer, educator,
and multiple award-winner, who explores the cinematic spaces between
documentary and avant-garde. B/SIDE portays a woman's struggle with
homelessness, while GAME deals with hookers, pimps, and power games. MUTINY
parlays verité footage of women's gestures into percussive play. This
screening will take place at Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia, San
Francisco; for more information, call (415) 824-3890.

10/14
Seattle, Washington: 911 Media Arts Center
http://www.911media.org/
ANIMATION SENSATION: RUSSIAN MASTER ANIMATOR YURI NORSTEIN
2pm: We are extremely excited and honored to host Yuri Norstein, one of the
world's true masters of animation, in his first ever appearance in Seattle.
At 2pm, Mr. Norstein will screen his acclaimed cut-out animated films,
including TALE OF TALES and HEDGEHOG IN THE FOG, as well as scenes from THE
OVERCOAT, the incredible animated film that he has been working on for over
20 years. After the screening, at 4pm, Norstein will present an intensive
workshop to demonstrate his specialized technique of multi-plane, cut-out
animation using the delicate paper puppets from his films. Don't miss this
rare opportunity to participate in the workshop that has already inspired
animators in Los Angeles and San Francisco (at Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar
and other studios). Seating is extremely limited for both events and
advance registration is highly recommended. This event will be held at 911
Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave N., Seattle; for more information, call
(206) 682-6552.

10/14
Seattle, Washington: Seattle Underground Film Festival
http://www.seattleundergroundfilm.com/2kframeset.html
FINAL DAY
At Cinema 18: 7pm: NARRATIVE 16mm FILM SHORTS III, featuring OPEN SEASON
(Chris Lopata, 1999), PICA (Brett James, 2000), PINK NO.22 (Geri Ulrey,
2000), REST STOP (Kris Hackel, 1999), ROADBLOCK (Rebecca Feig, 1999) and
SHIFTY POSITIONS (Charles Barton, 2000). 9:30pm: 16mm EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS,
featuring BLOODLUST (Thorsten Fleisch, 1999), FIGURE 1: SCAR (DETAIL)
(Randall D. Wakerman, 2000), GOITER GIRL (Mirka Morales, 1994),
HOUSESITTING (Tony Gault, 2000), IT HAPPENED IN THE BULLPEN (Aaron
Wickenden, 2000), LEAVING THE VORTEX (Michael V. Lindquist, 2000), LEMONADE
(Frank Bradley, 2000), THE LOST CADENZA (Jenny Schweitzer, 2000), LUCY'S
DREAM (Relah Eckstein, 1999), OF GOD (Chad Feeback, 2000), ONE-HUNDRED YARD
DASH FILM (AND THE RECORD BELONGS TO...) (Kenneth Eisenstein, 1999), SAVAGE
ARCHEOLOGY (Britta Johnson, 2000), SINCERELY, JOE P. BEAR (Matt McCormick,
1999), THE SOUND MACHINE (The Diabolikal Doktor Klaw, 2000), SPLIT (Ya-Nan
Chou, 2000) A STEP REMOVED (Radha Vatsal, 2000), THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT
DAUMIER (Matthew Konicek, 1999), THE UNSEEN HAND (Charles Chadwick, 1999)
and THE VYROTONIN DECISION (Matt McCormick, 1999). Cinema 18 is at 1412
18th Avenue in Seattle. At The Little Theatre: 3pm: NARRATIVE FILM AND
VIDEO SHORT SUBJECTS, featuring APOTHEOSIS (Janet Wondra, 2000), B-REEL
(Christopher Frieri, 2000), BROKE (Matt Goldman, 2000), THE BUSINESSMAN
(Ethan Minsker, 2000), CASUALTY (Yuan Su, 2000), THE COLLECTOR (Benton Jew,
1999), CRIMINAL OBSESSION (Brian Sechler, 2000), THE DELIVERY (Patrick
Sullivan, 2000), FAREWELL, MY FLESH (Paul Strika, 2000), HERE'S LOOKING AT
YOU KIDS (Mike Metzner, 1999), IN MY ROOM (Kristen Anchor, 2000), JEAN
JACKET (Brady Hall, 2000), JOURNEY THRU SPACE: EPISODE 13: PLANET OF THE
PLANT CREATURES (Kevin Davidson, 2000) and KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND (Valerie
Perreault, 2000). 5pm: NARRATIVE FILM AND VIDEO SHORTS II, featuring THE
LESSON (Lindy Sternberger, 1999), MARYLAND 355 (Ben Scholle, 2000), MOKUSEI
X (Ty Aihara, 2000), NEXUS (Wesley Richardson, 2000), NIGHT SWEATS (Dave
Lebow, 2000), NOT EVERYONE CARES ABOUT FOOTBALL (Andrew McAllister, 2000),
PUPPY LOVE (Julian Dahl, 1992) and RESTWELL (Dani Michaeli, 2000). 7:30pm:
FEMALE EXTREMES, featuring THE BEWITCHED PROJECT (Howard Scott Nicoll,
2000), GIRL GANG 2000 (Katrina del Mar, 2000) and LADIES OF THE NIGHT: LES
VAMPIRES (Maria Beatty, 2000). 9:30pm: NARRATIVE FILM AND VIDEO SHORTS,
featuring ROCKIN' CHAIR (Paolo Sedazzari, 1999), SCISSORS (Brian Horn,
2000), STATION #77 (Bryan Furst, 2000), STEW (Malcolm Sherwood, 2000),
SWINGERS' SERENADE (Danny Plotnick, 1999), WAITER DUTY (Jason Wolos, 1998),
THE WHIPPING (James Coburn, 1999) and THE WINDOW (Christopher Frieri,
2000). The Little Theatre is located at 608 19th Avenue East in Seattle.
For more information about the Festival, call (206) 860-8590.

10/14
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
THE BEANS: TIRED SNOW
8:30pm: In their season finale, the Beans return to Vancouver from a
mini-tour of Oregon and California in support of TIRED SNOW, the first
Beans release since their 1998 debut, PORTAGE. Those fortunate enough to
experience more than one Beans show can attest to the singular,
one-of-a-kind quality of these performances. In the past the beans have
incorporated film, video, dance, theatre and audience participation into
the music to create the artifact that is the show. What the Beans have in
store for their first performance at the Blinding Light is anyone's guess
but at its heart there will undoubtedly be songs filled with imagination,
beauty and a great sense of musical adventure and an apt visual
environment. This event is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell Street,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call (604) 878-3366.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2000

10/15
Boston, Massachusetts: Coolidge Corner Theater
http://www.coolidge.org/
VIDEO SCREENING ROOM: NEW YORK VIDEO FESTIVAL
The prestigious touring festival from the Film Society of Lincoln Center
comes to the Coolidge for a 3-day only run! For more information, see
October 13.

10/15
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/index.shtml
A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO OSKAR FISCHINGER: THE LEGACY
6pm: Fischinger's legacy is revealed in this final installment of the
retrospective through the work of the generations of filmmakers who were
inspired by his art. The survey will include Norman McLaren's SYNCHROMY
(1971), Jordan Belson's ALLURES (1961), Harry Smith's FILM NO. 5 (1950),
John Whitney's HOTHOUSE (1952), James Whitney's LAPIS (1963–66), and Mary
Ellen Bute's POLKAGRAPH (1952), as well as the work of younger,
contemporary artists such as Barbel Neubauer and Paul Glabicki, who still
find inspiration in Fischinger's work more than fifty years after the
completion of his last film. This screening will take place at the Archive,
the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge. For
more information, call the Archive at (617) 495-4700.

10/15
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/index.shtml
AM I BEAUTIFUL? (DORIS DÖRRIE, 1998)
8pm: Director Doris Dörrie in person. AM I BEAUTIFUL? is about longing,
disappointment, and joy. Sketched out as a rondo of alliances and
misalliances, the film follows a group of people seeking change who come
together and eventually lose sight of one another again. Franziska marries
the wrong man in order to put an end to her great but troubled love for
Klaus; Klaus mourns his love for Franziska by wandering through Spain,
until he finally meets up with Linda; Herbert has an affair with Jessica,
who silently slashes her wrists in the bathtub in his house; Unna,
Herbert's wife, finds her old flame David again, who has lost all power of
memory following a stroke. With her characters constantly in motion, Dörrie
creates a world in which loss strikes deeper than fortune but is
nonetheless imbued with a mordant sort of comedy. This event will take
place at the Archive, the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy
Street, Cambridge. For more information, call the Archive at (617)
495-4700.

10/15
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Film Festival
http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/
SUPERSONIC SHORTS: ANIMATION NATIONS
2pm: Come and see the latest achievements in stop-motion, computer and
drawn animation. A surplus of cinematic delights awaits you. For more
information, see October 14. Today's screening of ANIMATION NATIONS will
take place at The University of Chicago–Doc Films at the Max Palevsky
Cinema, 1212 E. 59th Street in Chicago. For more information about the
festival, call (312) 332-FILM.

10/15
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Film Festival
http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/
SUPERSONIC SHORTS: SCOTTISH SHORTS
1:45pm: A Tartan treat! These five wonderful short delights will show you
much more than kilts and haggis. This showcase of talent makes it seem that
Scotland just may be the next cinema hot spot. A young girl celebrates her
less-than-fantastic BIRTHDAY (Morag McKinnon). A jilted bride has an
adventure in the bathroom of a disco from hell in RICE PAPER STARS (Andy
Goddard). Two barely adolescent boys discover the joys of STAR WARS and
kissing girls in WHO'S MY FAVOURITE GIRL? (Adrian J. McDowall). MARCIE'S
DOWRY (David Mackenzie) puts a new spin on the "save the farm" genre. In
SOMERSAULT (David Mackenzie), a mother and daughter learn secrets about
each other. This screening will take place at the 600 N. Michigan Avenue
Theatre at Rush and Ohio, in Chicago. For more information about the
festival, call (312) 332-FILM.

10/15
Ithaca, New York: Cornell Cinema
http://www-cinema.slife.cornell.edu/
THE WITNESS (2000)
7:30pm: Ithaca filmmakers Jenny Stein and James LaVeck in person. This is
the story of Eddie, a contractor from a tough neighborhood in Brooklyn who
feared and avoided animals most of his life, until he reluctantly agreed to
take care of a woman's kitten in the hopes of getting a date, and ended up
falling in love…with the kitten. Before long, Eddie was rescuing abandoned
animals off the streets of New York. Today, he is one of the most
innovative street-level educators in the nation on issues of environmental
exploitation. This screening will be held at Uris Auditorium, located
centrally on the Cornell Campus, Ithaca. For more information, call (607)
255-3522.

10/15
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
EUREKA SHORTS: MIX
5pm: Not forgetting the other short film producing nations around the
Continent, Eureka rounds up some of the best from Greece, Switzerland,
Norway, Finland and Germany. AMERIKANOS is the story of Tony the Greek, who
is searching for that missing "other." In TAKTIKK from Norway, 12-year-old
Johan has the hots for Veronica, but he can do nothing to make her notice
him. While in WINCKE UND LACHE from Germany, a young TV journalist fakes
his own ‘phenomenon' to sell to his station boss. This screening will take
place at the Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds, England; for more
information about the Festival, e-mail filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call
0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/15
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
TALES OF A VISIONARY: SHORT FILMS BY SHUJI TERAYAMA
Shuji Terayama is a legendary and unique figure in the cultural history of
Japan. Not content with scandalising the theatre world with his
controversial plays, Terayama moved into filmmaking and his debut CATOLOGY
(1962) set the pace for future productions, being a political fable about a
cat being tortured by children and a dwarf (not showing in this programme).
The central themes of Terayama's films, as with much of his theatre work,
are the need to overthrow and discredit authority, the tyranny of the
family, the torment of adolescence and memories of sexual experiences. He
was a prolific maker of often outstandingly beautiful short films, which
depict an even more personal and idiosyncratic vision than his five bizarre
features. The six films in this brief retrospective illustrate various
aspects of Terayama's radical style including the notorious EMPEROR TOMATO
KETCHUP. This screening will take place at the Leeds City Art Gallery in
Leeds, England; for more information about the Festival, e-mail
filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/15
Leeds, England : Leeds International Film Festival
VIDEO WORKS BY SLUIK/KURPERSHOEK
Sluik/Kurpershoek (S/K) started working together in 1982. Through the years
they have created a series of installations and videos, and exhibited on
many international film/video festivals and exhibitions. The overall theme
in the work S/K is the quest to find the place where guilt and innocence
not only cross but start to run parallel. Three of their videos will be
presented in an afternoon with a chance for the audience to talk with the
visiting artists. The videos are MARCH MATRIA (1996), FANAL! MARCH RADAU II
(1998), and MARCH EDEN (2000). Following the screenings, there will be a
meeting of ArtxKunst (European Arts Exchange) Forum, with speakers from
Holland and Germany. Everyone welcome. This screening will take place at
the Leeds City Art Gallery in Leeds, England; for more information about
the Festival, e-mail filmfe...@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 214 5315 / 40.

10/15
London, England: National Film Theatre
http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/
MARGARET TAIT RETROSPECTIVE: PLACES OF WORK
6:10pm: Screenings of Margaret Tait's ON THE MOUNTAIN, GARDEN PIECES, PLACE
OF WORK and TAILPIECE. For more information, see October 10.

10/15
London, England: National Film Theatre
http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/
WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP
6:20pm: A screening of WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP (James Marsh, 1999). Drawn from
Michael Lesy's underground classic 1973 book, here is the true story of a
town that, hit with a deep recession, nightmarish weather, and a plague of
biblical proportions, is sent over the edge. For more information, see
October 14.

10/15
London, England: Riverside Cinema
A LONDON PROGRAMME
2:30pm: Programmed by Peter Todd. EVERYDAY (Hans Richter and Len Lye,
1929): Structured around images of the daily routine of waking and working
in London which are repeated a number of times in a variety of combinations
accompanied by African music and a recorded report from the stock exchange.
Re-edited by Richter in 1969. DIARY (Peter Todd, 1998): Geoff Andrew, TIME
OUT: "Or different voices, still lives...which counterpoints evocative
images of London with a familial litany of questions and confessions. Moody
and intriguing." HOUSING PROBLEMS (Arthur Elton and Edgar Anstey, 1935):
"..still the most vital documentary of the entire pre-war period.
Overcoming enormous technical difficulties..the film makers shot interviews
with slum dwellers, using synchronous sound, in a technique that forecast
by twenty-five years television interview methods." David Robinson, NFT
Programme Notes. NORWOOD (Patrick Keiller, 1983): "A factory stranded and
sublime, in a wasteland; a haunted urban lane; nostalgia caught in the gap
between two broken-down houses....Keiller manages to capture contemporary
Britain with more insight and political verve than most other films which
claim as much." Michael O'Pray, MONTHLY FILM BULLETIN. BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY
(1937): Featuring London busmen at a May Day rally, and an excursion to
Brighton, during the bus strike of 1937. NICE TIME (Claude Goretta and
Alain Tanner, 1957): "NICE TIME is a series of impressions of the actuality
of Saturday night, an actuality which we have interpreted to extract form
it a meaning, to represent what Jean Vigo called un point de vue
documente." Claude Goretta, Alain Tanner. MILE END PURGATORIO (Martin Doyle
and Guy Sherwin, 1991): A collaboration between film maker and poet centred
on a row of shopfronts in Mile End. THE ELEPHANT WILL NEVER FORGET (John
Krish, 1953): "This production from London Transport Films deals with
London's farewell to its last trams, vehicles whose peculiarly endearing
qualities were only discovered at the threat of their disappearance."
MONTHLY FILM BULLETIN. This event will take place at the Riverside Cinema
in London; for more information, call 020 8237 1111.

10/15
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media
http://www.fcmm.com/
THE MARCH (ABRAHAM RAVETT, 1999)
Abraham Ravett's film THE MARCH will be screened at the Montreal Festival
of New Cinema and New Media. For more information, see October 13.

10/15
Portland, Oregon: Portland Art Museum
http://www.nwfilm.org/exhibition_nowplaying.html
TRIBUTARY (RUSS FORSTER, 2000)
7pm: Tonight we are pleased to welcome Detroit filmmaker Russ Forster (SO
WRONG THEIR RIGHT) for the world premiere of TRIBUTARY, an exploration of
the odd musical subculture know as Tribute bands. Shot during the heyday of
the tribute scene in the late 1990s, TRIBUTARY probes the motivations which
drive musicians to imitate other musicians and rock out in the process.
Following bands in New York, Detroit, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, Forster distills the essence of how bands can
turn homage into a cottage industry and keep their own identities in the
process. This screening will take place at the Guild Theatre of the North
West Film Center, SW 9th and Taylor, Portland. For more information, call
(503) 221-1156.

10/15
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
THE KINETIC WORLD OF ABIGAIL CHILD: PERILS; COVERT ACTION; MAYHEM; MERCY;
AND SURFACE NOISE (2000)
Abigail Child in person. The Cinematheque's survey of Child's career
continues with screenings of PERILS (1986); COVERT ACTION (1984); MAYHEM
(1987); MERCY (1989); and SURFACE NOISE (2000). This event will take place
at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco.
For more information, call the Cinematheque at (415) 558-8129.

10/15
Seattle, Washington: 911 Media Arts Center
http://www.911media.org/
ANIMATION SENSATION: HAL LIFT-OFF!
6pm: Join us for the official ribbon-cutting of the HAL animation studio.
In addition to marveling at this tremendous new facility, we will be
showing some great examples of work produced by our YPP students and an
opportunity for you to have a hands-on experience too! Councilmember Nick
Licata is scheduled to launch us into the stratosphere, so be sure to be
here to witness this exciting milestone in the history of the Center. We
have also invited Pulitzer-prize winning political cartoonist David Horsey,
who will share his thoughts about the role of animation in the newspaper
industry. Tasty food and beverages will be served. This event will be held
at 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave N., Seattle; for more information,
call (206) 682-6552.

10/15
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
(CIRCLESQUARE): GOODBYE BC TRANSIT
8:30pm: In anticipation of their second release on UK based Output
Recordings, (Circlesquare) will present a screening of the 1999 short film
THE DISTANCE AFTER followed by a rare live show, their first since 1998.
The show will incorporate new musical material along with a live-mixed
abstract narrative composed of still and moving imagery... "THE DISTANCE
AFTER is a haunting episode of urban dreaming, drifting past our eyes and
ears with elegance and quiet intensity. "(the distance after)...fills our
eyes with bleached-out whites, Rothko-like composition, ...all public
transit, rotting buildings, and a voice-over with the precise, unknowing,
enunciation of a young girl." -Clint Burnham (author of AIRBORN PHOTO).
Crompton and Stereo8's concerns center on creating new relationships
between picture, soundtrack, and narrative through a variety of mediums
including music (Circlesquare), photography and film/video. These concerns
are also expressed through live shows that combine all three mediums.
Described as "the paused frame of a coming-of-age movie in a hyper-violent
coma," (Circlesquare) formed in 1995 with a sound borne as response to a
wide range of influences and experiences filtered through the surroundings
of an everywhere city and an interest in challenging the roles of picture
and soundtrack. They have addressed these concerns by way of highly visual
live shows and short film/video productions. "Now hold that thought as we
veer off the road..." Don't miss it. This event is at the Blinding Light,
36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call (604)
878-3366.

10/15
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York: Ocularis
http://www.billburg.com/ocularis/
THE GREAT ECSTASY OF THE SCULPTOR STEINER, SIMON OF THE DESERT, PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST FANATICS
7 and 9:30pm: THE GREAT ECSTASY OF THE SCULPTOR STEINER (Werner Herzog,
1975): Herzog both amuses and amazes as he explores the metaphysics of ski
jumping. A surrealist to the core, he reveals the real world as more
fantastic than anything imagined. SIMON OF THE DESERT (Luis Buñuel, 1965):
A saint-in-the making is assailed by a series of temptations of Buñuelian
absurdity before being swept, like King Kong, to the cacophony of modern
New York. A short masterpiece. Preceded by PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FANATICS
(Werner Herzog, 1969). Ocularis is at Galapagos Art and Performance Space,
70 North 6th Street (between Wythe and Kent Avenues) in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn. For more information, call (718) 388-8713.

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