- June 07 - June 28, 2012
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Films of Many Parts
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Organized around the SFMOMA-commissioned film Futurist Life Redux, this series showcases films built of many parts, known as portmanteau, anthology, or package films. Helmed by several directors, each section of a portmanteau film follows a central theme, narrative strand, or framing device. Join us on Thursdays in June for a rich selection of films that explore the concept of time, Leonard Cohen, Futurism, and the supernatural.
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Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Ten Minutes Older, Herz Frank, 1978, 10 min., video
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello, Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Mike Figgis, Jean-Luc Godard, Jirí Menzel, Michael Radford, Volker Schlöndorff, and István Szabó, 2002, 95 min., video -
In 1978 Herz Frank released the now-classic film Ten Minutes Older, which consists of a single shot of a child watching a puppet show. In a short time, viewers witness a dramatic…
Read moreThursday, June 07, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater
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Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Ten Minutes Older, Herz Frank, 1978, 10 min., video
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, Víctor Erice, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Kaige Chen, Aki Kaurismäki, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, 2002, 92 min., video -
In 1978 Herz Frank released the now-classic film Ten Minutes Older, which consists of a single shot of a child watching a puppet show. In a short time, viewers witness a dramatic…
Read moreThursday, June 14, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater
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Futurist Life Redux and New Skin for the Old Ceremony
Futurist Life Redux, Trisha Baga, chameckilerner, Martha Colburn, Ben Coonley, George Kuchar, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Shana Moulton, Shannon Plumb, Aida Ruilova, Matthew Silver and Shoval Zohar, and Michael Smith, 2009, 46 min., video
New Skin for the Old Ceremony, Theo Angell, Peter Coffin, Weston Currie, Alex Da Corte, Brent Green, Christian Holstad, Sylvan and Lily Lanken, Lucky Dragons, Brett Milspaw, Kelly Sears, and Tina Tyrell, 2011, 35 min., video -
Created in 1916 and later lost, Vita Futurista was the only official futurist film ever made. In 2009 Performa, along with SFMOMA and Portland Green Cultural Projects, commissioned…
Read moreThursday, June 21, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater
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Spirits of the Dead
Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, and Roger Vadim, 1968, 121 min., 35mm and video
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Spirits of the Dead is based on three supernatural short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, each interpreted by a major director. In Vadim's Metzengerstein, a medieval countess (Jane…
Read moreThursday, June 28, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Image: Tina Tyrell, New Skin For the Old Ceremony (still), 2010; courtesy Darin Klein
Supported by the Susan Wildberg Morgenstein Fund.
