Our celebration of the 50th anniversary of the London Filmmakers’ Co-operative continues with this evening programmed by Michael Maziere.
This programme is international, historical and thematic drawing from the rich collection of the LFMC and other distributors of experimental films. The human body is a rich source of content in film, from Muybridge’s studies to body-art, portraiture, sexuality and the erotic, which tests the limits between intimacy and pornography. Charged with signs through look, gaze, gesture, posture, expression, the body becomes the inscription in a physical yet imaginary engagement with the image.
Programmed and introduced by Michael Maziere (LFMC Cinema Programmer 1985-7).
Programme
Victorian Lady In Her Boudoir (Esme Collins, Br, 1896) 4 mins
The Indiarubber Head (George Melies, Fr, 1901) 4 mins
Geography Of The Body (Marie Menken/William Haas, USA, 1943) 7 mins
A Study in Choreography for Camera, (Maya Deren, USA, 1945) 3 mins
Fireworks, (Kenneth Anger, USA, 1947) 15 mins
Window Water Baby Moving, (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1959) 12 mins
Asleep (Steve Dwoskin, Br, 1961) 4 mins
Piece Mandala / End War (Paul Sharits, USA, 1966) 5 mins
16mm16/67: September 20th — Gunther Brus (aka Eating, Drinking, Pissing, Shitting) (Kurt Kren, Austria, 1967) 6 mins
Boobs A Lot (Aggy Read, Australia, 1968) 3 mins
L’homme Nu (George Rey, Fr, 1969) 3 mins
L’homme Qui Tousse (Christian Boltanski, Fr, 1969) 3 mins
Kugelkopf – An Ode to IBM (Mara Mattuschka, Austria, 1985), 6 mins
Swimmer, (Michael Mazière, Br, 1987) 5 mins
Descent of the Seductress (Jean Matthee, Br, 1987) 11 mins
Muybridge Revisited (George Snow Br, 1988), 5 minutes
Headgear, (David Leister, Br, 1989) 6 mins
Total: 102 mins
