SUNDAY, April 15

The Real Cinema of John Porter
7:30 pm (2-hour program)
Firehouse Theatre
Admission $7
 
Not only does Toronto filmmaker John Porter refuse to shoot on video, he also won't transfer his 8mm, super 8 and 16mm films (over 300!) to tape or disc. In fact, he insists on personally projecting only original prints, so if you want to see his films (which J. Hoberman in The Village Voice described as “unique in my experience of the movies”) you have to invite him to your town – so we did!

Join us for an eclectic evening of films, Porter-style. Using film as a visual art like painting, many of Porter’s short films are silent and made in series (Camera Dances, crowd portraits, local histories, rituals, toy stories). While projecting some he performs live – in the audience, in front of the screen, or while hand-holding the small projector for “surround super 8” in galleries and projecting onto passing people and vehicles while “film busking” on the street at night. His films are dynamic, humorous and revealing, enjoyed by people of all ages.

Porter has been creating his special films since 1969 and is a 2000 recipient of a grant from the Canadian Council for the Arts, for which he created Memory Rings, a series of “historical travelogue circular panoramas” of cities across Canada and the U.S. Don’t miss this show!

See super8porter.com