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The Brothers Quay will attend a screening of more of their innovative works, this time projected in 35mm for your optimum viewing pleasure. The Quays have requested that their work only be projected on film, and when you see it on the Byrd Theatre’s giant screen you’ll know why.
The Quays visit is co-sponsored by the VCU School of the Arts Departments of Painting & Printmaking, Sculpture & Extended Media, and Craft/Material Studies.
An Afternoon With Gordon
Ball
This film marked the directing debut of Virginia filmmaker Kevin R. Herschberger. The story is set in 1953 -- during the Korean War, and stars veteran Virginia stage and television actor Terry Jernigan as "Private Brewer," the self-centered, conflicted core of the film. Private Brewer is forced to fight his own, demon-like fears and cowardly battlefield sins in order to save "George." a 'fresh-faced' soldier new to the squad. The two form a touching bond as the lad eerily reminds Brewer what and who he used to be. "The Nest" premiered at the New York International Independent Film Festival as the opening night show at the Tribeca Film center in New York City. It was awarded one of five short film awards: "Best Action Short." "The Nest" has screened on PBS and will be distributed on DVD in 2003. PLEASE
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The
morning program will include “Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies”
(’87), “The Comb (from the Museums of Sleep)” (’90),
“the Stille Nacht series, I-III,” (’88-’92), “Street
of Crocodiles” (’86) and “In Absentia” (2000), which
premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2001, followed
by a Q&A session with the directors. (Approx. running time 80 mins.)
Guest
filmmaker and author Gordon Ball will screen his shorts “Georgia”
(filmed in Richmond in 1966), “Millbrook” (shot at Leary’s
estate in ’67), and “Mexican Jail Footage” (upon his
arrest in 1968 with other young gringos), and will read from his latest
book, “66 Frames: A Memoir” (Coffee House Press). “66
Frames” recounts Ball’s days in New York City hanging out
with the likes of Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol and others on the cusp
of the New American Cinema, and does so “with compassion and
nostalgia about a unique and nearly indescribable epoch,” according
to Andrei Codrescu. Avant-garde film icon Stan Brakhage calls it “beautifully
written, [it] captures the spirit of those times better than any other
book I know.” Time permitting, Mr. Ball may also screen “Enthusiasm”
(on the death of his mother) and “Do Poznania” (a film diary
shot in then-Communist Poland).
“The
Nest”
“Hitler’s
Hat”
On
April 29, 1945, the 42nd Rainbow Division 222nd I&R platoon entered
the gates of Dachau. One of many units sent to liberate the death camp,
they saw first-hand the horrors of Hitler’s death machine. The next
day, 12 men of the I&R were ordered to search Adolph Hitler’s
Munich apartment for military intelligence. Jewish-American G.I. Richard
Marowitz, self-appointed wiseacre of the unit, stormed into Hitler’s
bedroom looking for anything he could bring back to headquarters. All
he found was a black top hat with the initials A.H. inside. For the rest
of the story, join us for a special screening of “Hitler’s Hat”
with filmmaker Jeff Krulik in attendance to introduce and discuss the
film afterward. Many of you will remember that we brought Jeff to Richmond
last October to a standing-room-only crowd who left asking for more. This
is more.