At the Academy
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
| 7:30 p.m. | Shoot Shoot Shoot: Program 1 Works by David Crosswaite, Mike Dunford, Chris Garratt, Marilyn Halford, Mike Leggett, Annabel Nicolson, Lis Rhodes, Guy Sherwin (U.K., 1970–76) |
The Materialist tendency characterized the hardcore of British filmmaking in the early 1970s. Distinguished from Structural film, these works were primarily concerned with duration and the raw physicality of the celluloid strip.
• Slides (Annabel Nicolson, 1970, Silent, Color, 11 mins @ 18 fps). At the Academy (Guy Sherwin, 1974, B&W, 5 mins). Shepherd’s Bush (Mike Leggett, 1971, B&W, 15 mins). Film No. 1 (David Crosswaite, 1971, Color, 10 mins). Dresden Dynamo (Lis Rhodes, 1971, Color, 5 mins). Versailles I & II (Chris Garratt, 1976, B&W, 11 mins). Silver Surfer (Mike Dunford, 1972, B&W, 15 mins). Footsteps (Marilyn Halford, 1974, B&W, 6 mins)
• (Total running time: 77 mins, 16mm, From LUX)
