- Tuesday, September 01, 2009
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Paul Clipson Presents Subversive Documentaries
Paul Clipson, filmmaker
Phyllis Wattis Theater
noon
Las Hurdes (aka The Land Without Bread)
Luis Buñuel, 1933, 30 min., 16mm, b/wHotel des Invalides
Georges Franju, 1952, 22 min., 35mm, b/wLe chant du Styrène
Alain Resnais, 1958, 19 min., 35mm, color, cinemascopeIn this program of film shorts, experimental filmmaker (and SFMOMA's own head projectionist) Clipson screens high-art takes on low subjects. Luis Buñuel cast a surreal eye on rural poverty in Spain, Alain Resnais documents the lyricism of plastic, and Georges Franju upends nationalism and military glory. The museum would like to thank the Consulate General of France in San Francisco for its assistance and support of this program.
Museum and program admission are free. Please note: this program is rescheduled from an original August date.
Image: George Franju, Hotel des Invalides (still), 1951. Photo courtesy Gaumont Films.
