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Thursday January 19th 7pm and 9pm (two screenings) $6-12. ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- My latest feature film is a cinematic treatment of poet Rainer Maria Rilke's epic lament, "Requiem For a Friend" (the Stephen Micthell translation). There were several daunting challenges to creating a film using Rilke's words, the least of which was staying true to the ineffable spirit his poetry conveys. There was also the issue of density. Rilke's "Requiem For a Friend" is exceedingly rich with ideas, feelings, and images. To fully hear and assimilate these impressions, I needed to create more space between his powerful thoughts. To do this I structured the screenplay to present his "Requiem" in segments and throughout the film interspersed the dialogues of characters in the present day drama who were staging his lament, while Rilke himself was writing it a hundred years earlier in a Paris hotel room! Time dissolves in dreams and in Rilke's dreams feminine muses appear using the personas of the present day performers to speak to him and inspire him. The reality of dreams and how they act on our conscious waking lives has always fascinated me, especially those influences that carry on from the dream world into the creation of art, poetry and cinema. In my own dreams, I have been shown that the only art that comes from "conscious mind" is dead art. -- Antero Alli ps: I will be at both 7pm and 9pm screenings for those wishing to discuss it afterwards - Antero Alli ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St (and 23rd) San Francisco http://www.redpoppyarthouse.org/ on the corner of Folsom and 23rd Street In the Mission district ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-464-4640 http://www.verticalpool.com/tgc.html ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com underground art and culture from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small businesses The Squid List is licensed under a Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
