FILM SCREENING FILM IST. (7-12) SATURDAY DEC 05 - SUNDAY DEC 06 |
5:00 PM
Directed by Gustav Deutsch
Documentary, 93 minutes, 2002.
“While the first six sections of my tableau film, FILM IST., are primarily concerned with the scientific laboratory as the birthplace of the medium, the six subsequent sections are dedicated to the variety theater and the studio as the cradle of cinematography.” –G.D.
“[FILM IST.] weaves together a stunning array of color-tinted images from a variety of genres, including scientific, erotic, fiction, and actuality films. Deutsch also obtained privileged access to the film archives of the Kinsey Institute, enabling him to incorporate sequences from especially rare erotic and sex films into his latest oeuvre. Deutsch adroitly assembles a precisely constructed, mesmerizing ebb and flow of images into extraordinary montage sequences divided into five acts: Genesis, Paradeisos, Eros, Thanatos, and Symposion.
“Within this narrative construction, the director creates a stunning vision of the natural and mythological order of the universe, love between the sexes, and weapons of mass destruction. … Opening the film with an arresting side view of Annie Oakley shooting her gun at the target, and ending with the iconic, startling shot of the cowboy in THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY aiming his gun at the audience, Deutsch implicates the spectator in the eternal cycle of life and death, so brilliantly and uniquely articulated during 90 minutes of cinematic construction.” –Jon Gartenberg, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
The screening of FILM IST is part of Anthology’s ongoing collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum New York.
VENUE
Anthology Film Archives
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New York, NY 10003
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org
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