- When:
- Thursday, November 20, 2008, 7:00pm - 7:00pm
- Description:
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Beautiful and haunting, acclaimed Austrian filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky's films employ re-photographed found footage in the tradition of structural filmmaking to hugely kinetic effect. This selection of films from throughout Tscherkassky's career provides a valuable introduction to an essential filmmaker.
Tonight's screening will include: Freeze Frame (1983, 16mm, 9 minutes); Shot-Countershot (1987, 16mm, 1 minute); Tabula Rasa (1987/1989, 16mm, 18 minutes); Parallel Space: Inter-View (1992, 16mm, 18 minutes); L'Arrivée (1997/1998, 35mm, 2 minutes); Outer Space (1999, 35mm CinemaScope, 10 minutes); Dream Work (for Man Ray) (2001, 35mm CinemaScope, 11 minutes). - Co-sponsored by Experimental Film Club, The Committee on Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago Student Activities Board