LFMC50: Margaret Raspé / Story of Night

Our celebration of the 50th anniversary of the London Filmmakers’ Co-operative continues with this evening programmed by James Mackay.
The late 70s at the LFMC were marked by the large amount of international work that was shown, partly as a result of “Film as Film” at the Hayward.  The films of Margaret Raspé stood out among these a series of works for the Kamerahelm (camera helmet) which she devised.  Using Super 8mm film, these works explore formal, feminist and ecological themes.
Another exceptional film was Story of Night which captures the hours between 2 and 5 in the morning in various places around Europe.  Haunting in its stillness and unforgettable.  Ian Bourn’s B.29 (Three Nights In) features Phil, ”a bit of a stay at home” who spends his evenings constructing a model kit of a Flying Fortress bomber.  It was around this time that “video art” was gaining the ground that film had achieved with the founding of LVA.  Eventually the LFMC and LVA would merge to form LUX.
Programmed and introduced by James Mackay (LFMC Cinema Programmer 1979-80)