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In conjunction with the Princeton conference on Magic and the American Avant-Garde Cinema, Anthology Film Archives is presenting seven programs of films incorporating some of the ways in which filmmakers have drawn upon hermetic sources. Six of the programs will offer selected works of filmmakers well-known for their interest in Magic as the integration of mnemonics, eros, and the imagination: Maya Deren, Harry Smith, Stan Brakhage, Larry Jordan and Kenneth Anger. A seventh program combines single works of a young generation of filmmakers: Zoe Beloff, David Gatten, Jennifer Reeves, Bradley Eros and Jeanne Liotta. These programs represent, naturally, only a fraction of the important work that might be examined under the rubric of magic. We hope that this is merely the first of an on-going series of programs and conferences. - P. Adams Sitney
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PROGRAM 1 |
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Wednesday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. |
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FILMS BY MAYA DEREN |
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WITCHES CRADLE (1943, 12 minutes) |
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AT LAND (1944, 14 minutes) |
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CHOREOGRAPHY FOR CAMERA (1945, 3 minutes) |
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RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME (1946, 15 minutes) |
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HAITIAN FOOTAGE (excerpts) |
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PROGRAM 2 |
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Thursday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. |
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FILMS BY HARRY SMITH |
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MIRROR ANIMATIONS (1957, 3:35 minutes) |
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NO. 12: HEAVEN AND EARTH MAGIC (1950-61, 66 minutes) |
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PROGRAM 3 |
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Friday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. |
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FILMS BY KENNETH ANGER |
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INAUGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME (1954-66, 38 minutes) |
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INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER (1969, 11 minutes) |
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LUCIFER RISING (1980, 30 minutes) |
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PROGRAM 4 |
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Saturday, March 4 at 5:30 p.m. |
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FILMS BY STAN BRAKHAGE #1 |
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CAT'S CRADLE (1959, 6 minutes) |
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MOTHLIGHT (1963, 4 minutes) |
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FIRE OF WATERS (1965, 6:45 minutes) |
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FAUSTFILM: AN OPERA (1987, 42 minutes) |
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CHRIST MASS SEX DANCE (1991, 5:30 minutes) |
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PROGRAM 5 |
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Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. |
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FILMS BY STAN BRAKHAGE #2 |
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VISIONS IN MEDITATION #1 (1989, 20 minutes) |
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VISIONS IN MEDIATION #2: MESA VERDE (1989, 17 minutes) |
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VISIONS IN MEDIATION #3: PLATO'S CAVE (1990, 8 minutes) |
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VISIONS IN MEDIATION #4: D.H. LAURENCE (1990, 19 minutes) |
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PROGRAM 6 |
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Sunday, March 5 at 5:30 p.m. |
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LARRY JORDAN |
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SOPHIE'S PLACE (1986, 90 minutes, new 16mm print) |
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PROGRAM 7 |
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Sunday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. |
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MIXED PROGRAM |
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ZOE BELOFF |
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SHADOW LAND OR LIGHT FROM THE OTHER SIDE (2000, 32 minutes, steroscopic 16mm, b&w) |
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BRADLEY EROS & JEANNE LIOTTA |
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SOMA SEMA (1988, 13 minutes, 16mm, color) |
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DAVID GATTEN |
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THE GREAT ART OF KNOWING (2004, 37 minutes, 16mm b&w) |
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JENNIFER REEVES |
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SHADOWS CHOOSE THEIR HORRORS |
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(2005, written with Winsome Brown, co-produced by the Bard Music Festival, |
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16 mm to digi-beta, 31 minutes) |
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