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The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal

24 August, 2009 by

A film by Matt McCormick

16mm/Digital video – 16 minutes – 2001 (excerpt from the film)

The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal is an award winning experimental documentary form Portland-based filmmaker and artist Matt McCormick.  The film won first place at the Black Maria Film Festival, best short film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and won the grand prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival.  Also of note, the film screened at Sundance, South by Southwest, The Seattle International Film Festival, The New York Underground Film Festival, and the Chicago Underground Film Festival.  RIYL the documentary film of Chris Marker.

Miranda July narrates in this abstract documentary.

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"Three Cheers for the Whale" Video Clip

15 April, 2009 by

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Three Cheers for the Whale

15 April, 2009 by

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A Film by Chris Marker & Mario Ruspoli (1972, France, 17 min)

If you’re in Chicago today (4/15/09), don’t miss Chris Marker’s documentary Three Cheers for the Whale, a 17 minute film that will preface Deborah Stratman’s O’er the Land.

Everyone is welcome, the event is free, and the seating it limited.   Please pass the word to those who enjoy obscure documentary gems.  Here is the viva doc event schedule for today:

5:15 Three Cheers for the Whale

5:45 O’er the Land (on 16mm!)

7:00 Open discussion with filmmaker Deborah Stratman (discussion may start 5-10 minutes earlier than expected)

“Whales, I love you.”

Synopsis: Three Cheers for a Whale, the 17 min. documentary from Chris Marker (Sans Solei, La Jetee), is a melancholy ode to the whale —  part of Marker’s Bestiary series, the majority of Whale is driven by still images and mixed with sparse, but violent, live action footage of Whalers spearing whales.

Pondering the slaughter of this majestic giant is a female narrator whose voice resembles an NPR host on Mescaline; awash with meditative voiceover, metaphor, and abstractions — signature elements of a Chris Marker film — Three Cheers for the Whale recalls some of his best poetic moments in a film he would later make, Sans Solei (1982).

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Bullfight in Okinawa

2 April, 2009 by
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Chris Marker’s Bullfight in Okinawa is a bizarre, 4 min documentary that introduces viewers to Japan’s subterranean past time of bullfighting. Part of Markers five-film “Bestiary” series, Bullfight employs observational documentary techniques and, in particular, Marker’s camerawork is impressive — tight framed shots, free-hand pans, and quick zooms all contribute to the film’s urgent sense of tension — and, if it weren’t for the suspense inducing music, this short-gem would be damn close to pure objective documentary cinema.

Be sure not to miss this short, hidden-gem — it’s only four minutes long, and is quite the bizarre spectacle — witness the primal rage of two seemingly bull-trainers as they shout at fighting bulls.

This film is part of the Viva Documentary 2009 film series.

Playing with  (2008).

Tuesday, April 7th

5:15pm @ the Michael Rabiger Center for Documentary Film.

1104 S. Wabash RM 407, Chicago, IL

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