Event

Notfilm

Apr 08 - Apr 11

(Ross Lipman, USA, 2015, DCP, 128 min)

Seattle premiere!

Friday, Apr 08 at 05:00PM
Saturday, Apr 09 at 04:15PM
Saturday, Apr 09 at 07:30PM
Sunday, Apr 10 at 05:00PM
Sunday, Apr 10 at 07:30PM
Monday, Apr 11 at 03:00PM
Monday, Apr 11 at 07:00PM

Notfilm documents the creation of Samuel Becketts collaboration with Buster Keaton, the contentious 1964 avant-garde short entitled, simply, FILM. Becketts only work of cinema was released to a deeply divided audience; some called it a masterpiece, some found it confusing. Beckett himself ultimately regarded the film as a failure, yet it remains as enigmatic and fascinating as ever in the cinephilic consciousness.

Ross Lipmans film essay combines outtakes from the original work, audio recordings of production meetings, interviews, and Lipmans own commentary. What results is not so much an explanation but a further investigation of Becketts own intentions, and into the origins, limits and human implications of cinema itself.