Event
THE SPIRIT SPOUT (shorts) - Chicago Underground Film Festival
INTERPLAY
Robert Todd
Experimental 16mm 6:30 2006
A film made in summer: A play in 3 acts, a dance in 3 forms, 3 versions of paradise. Robert Todd
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Alexandre Larose
Experimental 16mm 10:00 2006 Chicago Premiere
Passages from darkness to light (and vice-versa) are intercut with moments of hesitation in this attempt to overcome fear and to transform its emotional residues into positive energy. The visual language of the film reflects the intensity of the creative process.
DIE ENTNAZIFIZIERUNG DES MH (THE DE-NAZIFICATION OF MH)
James T. Hong
Documentary 16mm 18:00 2006
An experimental, philosophical documentary exploring the denazification proceedings of renowned but infamous German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). Shot entirely in or near the Black Forest in Germany where Heidegger lived and worked, THE DENAZIFICATION OF MH portrays and interprets Heideggers refusal to honestly confront and his reluctance to publicly apologize for his active role in the Nazi party. By utilizing 50-year-old recordings of Heidegger and a single quote from the Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus, Heideggers own philosophical interpretations of his Nazi involvement and his belief in the power of interpretation (hermeneutics), the Western philosophical tradition, and words are revealed. James T. Hong
THE MAGICIANS HOUSE
Deborah Stratman
Experimental 16mm 5:45 2007 Chicago Premiere
Sometimes the supernatural lingers plainly in the most ordinary places, secret only in as much as its trace goes unnoticed. Both a letter to an alchemist-filmmaker friend, and a quiet tribute to the vanishing art of celluloid, THE MAGICIANS HOUSE is full of ghosts. Including that of Athanasius Kircher, inventor of the first Magic Lantern. Deborah Stratman
ELIZABETH SHORT
Deco Dawson
Experimental 16mm 7:00 2006
Using archival footage, newsprint images, text and an innovative use of audio, award-winning filmmaker Deco Dawson has fashioned a sensitive yet harrowing collage account of the 1947 Black Dahlia murder. Created exclusively using crude digital technology, the film presents a human side to the murder, focusing on the victim Elizabeth Short and not the often-sensationalized aspects of the murder and unknown murderer.
MAGNAVOZ
Jesse Lerner
Experimental 16mm 26:00 2006
An adaptation of Xavier Icaza's speculative rant on the future of Mexico. Bringing together noisy broadcasts from atop the volcanoes, raucous bacchanalia at popular watering holes and a series of apocalyptic, hyper-nationalistic pronouncements, the meditation is timely and prescient, though it was written more than eighty years ago. The film adaptation of this vanguard text uses archival images, reconstructions and a complex mix of audio elements to bring this political essay to life. The text on which this film is based is a product of the Estridentista movement, a short-lived vanguard movement active in Mexico in the 1920s, similar to and influenced by the mor
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LocationChopin Theater
1543 W. Division
Chicago, IL 60622
United States
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