HIGHLY RECOMMENDED On Aug 5, 2012, at 2:37 AM, Freya wrote:
> > I've seen this film and it's GREAT :) > > > > If you are in the area you should try and get to see it. Recommended. > > > > love > > > > Freya > > > > --- On Thu, 8/2/12, rachelle <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: rachelle <[email protected]> > Subject: [Frameworks] Pip Chodorov's FREE RADICALS: A HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL > FILM opens Friday at Anthology – with Pip in person! > To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 12:49 PM > > hi all! > > passing on this special annoucement for anthology - we're very happy that pip > in the flesh will cross the threshold of the old courthouse this very friday > night for the opening to present his must-see, 'free radicials: a history of > experiment film,' and joined by the composers of the picture's score, black > lake, who will be giving a concert at anthology at 7. > > -rr > > ** > Hi Frameworkers, > Just wanted to remind the list that Anthology is opening this Friday a > week-long run of FrameWorks founder (12/1995) Pip Chodorov's FREE RADICALS: > A HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM. Pip will be present for the opening night > screenings this Friday (at 7pm and 9pm) as well as this Saturday and Sunday > evening screenings, and the closing night screenings on Thursday August 9. > > Here's the link on our website and the same info is also below and in our > printed calendars: > http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=08&year=2012#showing-39511 > > ** > NEW YORK THEATRICAL PREMIERE RUN! > Pip Chodorov > FREE RADICALS: A HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM > August 3 – 9 > > This feature-length documentary provides a vivid, eye-opening, and > appropriatelypersonal introduction to one of the most important, yet > perpetually marginalized, realms of filmmaking: avant-garde cinema. > > Achieving the near-impossible task of doing justice in a mere 82 minutes to > this incredibly rich, varied, and expansive domain, FREE RADICALS is as > expertly constructed an introduction to the topic as one could hope for, > thanks in large part to the film’s privileging of rare interviews with some > of the most importantfilmmakers in the avant-garde tradition (including Jonas > Mekas, Peter Kubelka, Stan Brakhage, and Hans Richter), and its inclusion of > several films in their entirety. > > Narrated in a personal and plainspoken manner by Chodorov, the film’s sincere > admiration for its subject is best reflected by Chodorov’s own description: > “I wanted to share a few of the films I love and introduce you to some of the > free, radical artists who made them.” > > “Named after the experimental film classic by Len Lye, FREE RADICALS is an > informative yet above all passionate film essay, as well as a fine > introduction to the world of avant-garde film. … Using a range of different > film formats along the way, Chodorov sketches out the genealogy of > avant-garde filmmaking in a playful, yet ultimately very accessible > documentary that aims to transmit this legacy to a new audience.” –ROTTERDAM > INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL > > The 7:00 opening night screening will feature a live performance by Black > Lake (Slink Moss & Susan Jennings), the composers of the FREE RADICALS > soundtrack. > –Friday, August 3 through Thursday, August 9 at 7:00 & 9:00 nightly. > Additional screenings on Saturday and Sunday at 5:00. > > (FREE RADICALS, Pip Chodorov, 2010, 82 minutes, video. Distributed by Kino > International.) > > Additional info: > http://kinolorber.com/film.php?id=1315 > > Trailer: > http://re-voir.com/pip/FreeRadTrailer.mp4 > > > -- > > ....... > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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