One of the most visible and articulate “video essayists” alive today, the SF-born Lee demonstrates both his Theory and his Practice of the newest genre within film criticism. Instead of merely writing a text on a work of cinema, today’s media-savvy critics might now make their points on time-based platforms through audiovisual “quotations” from the movie itself. Kevin introduces a half-dozen of his own 7-min. faves (including ones on Tarantino and Spielberg), before giving the screen over to an undisputed master of the Essay Film, the late Harun Farocki. As the very first Scholar-in-Residence at Berlin‘s new Farocki Institute, it is Kevin‘s–and our–pleasure to premiere one of Harun‘s last pieces, a 40-min. “formal” critique of video games!
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OTHER CINEMA: VANESSA RENWICK + SAM GREEN + MELINDA STONE +
Tonight’s stars align! Cosmic forces effect the intersection of four vets of cross-country film-touring, materializing simultaneously at our 992 address: Vanessa Renwick, the prolific Portland pilgrim delivering Vanloads of nuanced non-fiction to Western cities for decades, rolls in with a half-hour of psycho-geographies, as well as the Cali premiere of “Next Level Fucked Up”, her 20-min. museum-show documentation. A second-half All-Star game that includes Sam Green’s “N-Judah”, Danny Plotnick’s “Tour Tips”, Doug Katelus’ “Van Oh Van!”, Ellie Vanderlip’s “The Human Motor”, and Melinda Stone & Igor Vamos’ “Photo Spots”. Frito Pies and rodeo clowns!!
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OTHER CINEMA: PRELINGER’s SORTING THE ARCHIVES + YOUR FILM LIBRARY+
Arguably America’s most enlightened intelligence on Archival Film, we’re honored to host this crown jewel of the SF-based Internet Archive, Mr. Rick Prelinger, with another relaxed exchange on intellectual history and its easy and useful access. His talk turns away from the idea of “repositories of the past” towards understanding them as pointers to the future. And on that note: Here Comes the Librarians, our activist cultural saviors fer sure, with a half-hour opener on the SF Public Library’s film collection! YOW!! We’re in for some City-owned 16mm treats, plus a marvelous personal-research story on the Ghost of Charles S. Capp (Street). And HEY!: Bring books to give away at our annual Potlatch, and so to take Others away!! *$8 if book-bound or $9 if not.