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Three Cheers for the Whale
15 April, 2009 by Andrew Rosinski
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).
O’er the Land | A Film By Deborah Stratman
12 April, 2009 by Andrew Rosinski
Deborah Stratman, USA, 2008, 16mm, 52 min, color, sound
On April 15th, 2009, experimental filmmaker Deborah Stratman will visit Columbia College of Chicago to screen and discuss her latest work, O’er the Land — an acclaimed, experimental documentary which recently premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and Internationally premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival — also, it should also be noted that O’er won best film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival a few weeks ago. And the success continues.
The event is presented by the Columbia student organization Viva Documentary, and admission is open to anyone with a strong interest in documentary filmmaking — be it a student from Columbia, the Art Institute, DePaul, UOC students — cinephiles of all shapes and sizes are welcome. Seating is limited and is a first-come-first-seated system.
Admission is free and will be hosted in room 504 of Columbia’s 1104 S. Wabash Ave film building. View the flyer
※ 1104 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL, ※ RM 504 ※ 5:15pm ※ Free
Deborah Stratman’s 2008 documentary considers the effect of technology on American history and the idea of freedom. The film is framed by the experiences of Colonel William Rankin, who was forced to eject from his fighter jet in 1959 only to be trapped in the whirling winds of a massive thunderstorm. 52 min. — Chicago Reader
Hope to see you there. Bring your dearest friends (no enemies) and be sure to have your avant-garde-doc brain inserted and ready. Also playing is Chris Marker’s Three Cheers for the Whale.
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