- Thursday, September 29, 2011
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Quick Billy
Bruce Baillie, filmmaker
Phyllis Wattis Theater
7:00 p.m.
Bruce Baillie, Quick Billy, 1967-70, 60 min., 16mm
Canyon Cinema celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding by presenting the newly restored version of Quick Billy by Baillie. Also presented will be a rare screening of Baillie's 35mm film entitled Pieta. Baillie was instrumental as one of the founders of Canyon Cinema in the early 1960s. A post-screening Q&A with Dominic Angerame, executive director of Canyon Cinema, and Baillie follows screening.
A private reception for ticket holders follows the program. Canyon Cinema and the museum wish thank the reception sponsors Trumer Pils, Scribe Winery, and Tartine Bakery for their generous support.
$10 general; $7 SFMOMA members, students, and seniors.
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Image: Bruce Baillie, Quick Billy (still), 1967 –70; image courtesy Bruce Baillie; print courtesy Canyon Cinema
