They are all rare and strange celluloid gems, many have been seen by almost no one and have never seen the light of youtube. Most of this footage is truly orphaned film--- abandoned, lost, found, and now presented raw without editing.
Part of the thesis of this show is to present the kind of intimate cinema experience that is based on being there. None of this material is available on video or the internet. One of my motivations is a reaction against the kind of 'remote viewing' that has become our primary way of viewing motion picture--- on little computers, alone, while multi-tasking...This show is a communal, participatory experience… feeling the responses of the people sitting near you... the smell of dust burning on the projector bulb, like caveman story time around the fire.
None of these films are available on the internet or other formats.
8pm, $7
