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International House of Philadelphia 3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 387-5125 www.ihousephilly.org Admission is $6.00 general $5.00 students, seniors Yoko Ono, No. 4, Still from film The Big Nothing Film @ International House is pleased to collaborate with the Institute of Contemporary Art on The Big Nothing by presenting two nights of film exploring the great cosmic law of nothingness. Friday, July 16 at 8pm The Exterminating Angel (dir. Luis Bu�uel, Mexico, 1962, 35mm, 95 mins ,b&w, in Spanish w/ English subtitles.) With its simple, parable-like story and restrained visual style (achieved through the beautifully understated cinematography of Gabriel Figueroa), The Exterminating Angel presents one of Bu�uel's most devastating critiques of the bourgeoisie. Set in the home of an aristocratic couple who have invited their friends for supper after the opera, the film inaugurates one of Bu�uel's signature narrative twists: the endlessly protracted meal in which, according to the Mexican proverb, "corpses and guests begin to smell bad." The guests remain inexplicably trapped in the salon and, without the aid of their servants, begin to lose hold of their moral compass. Death, a double suicide, and general ennui reign in this nightmarish vision of the good life. Saturday, July 17 at 8pm FluxFilm Program (ed. George Maciunas, USA, 1966-70, 16mm, 40 mins, color and b/w, silent.) Humor and film art meet in this anthology of works by adherents to the Fluxus film movement (including Yoko Ono, John Cale and Nam June Paik), created between 1966 and 1970, and collected by George Maciunas. N:O:T:H:I:N:G (dir. Paul Sharits, USA, 1968, 16mm, 36 mins, color.) "Based, in part, on the Tibetan Mandala of the Five Dhyani Buddhas / a journey toward the center of pure consciousness (Dharma-Dhatu Wisdom) / space and motion generated rather than illustrated / time-color energy create virtual shape / in negative time, growth is inverse decay." - Paul Sharits The Flicker (dir. Tony Conrad, USA, 1966, 16mm, 30 mins, b/w.) "This film contains no images at all. It's subject is light and its absence. It consists of combinations of alternating white and black frames, flashing by constantly changing patterns and causing a continuous strobophobic flicker effect of great complexity. This 'pure' film deals with perception itself; its hallucinatory effect-despite absence of image, content or meaning-it reveals an unsuspected congruity with deep emotional needs." - Amos Vogel -- To unsubscribe from this group please click here: http://uk.domeus.com/public/unsubscribe.jsp?tsp=1083528102785&gid=328269&uid=25254117&sig=JGHJOAJEPOLIOLCA The use of domeus is subject to eCircle AG's terms and conditions: http://www.domeus.co.uk/info/terms.jsp
