BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//http://www2.movingimage.us//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260415T213841CEST-7464THIuUj@http://www2.movingimage.us DTSTAMP:20260415T193841Z DESCRIPTION:With Ken Jacobs in person \n\n\nMartin Scorsese’s dynamic appro ach to filmmaking was strongly influenced by the avant-garde films he saw in the 1960s. This program features his own selection of American avant-ga rde classics that have all been restored with support from the Film Founda tion. Program runs approximately 90 mins. \n\n\nBlack Is (Aldo Tambellini\ , 1965\, 4 mins. 16mm). A cameraless film in which the artist scratched\, perforated\, drew\, and used acid and other substances on the surface of t he film to create a mesmerizing\, abstract study of light and motion. Pres erved by Harvard Film Archive through the Avant-Garde Masters program fund ed by The Film Foundation and administered by the National Film Preservati on Foundation. \n\n\nRabbit’s Moon (Kenneth Anger\, 1950-1972\, 16 mins. 3 5mm). Originally filmed on nitrate color film stock\, Kenneth Anger’s dazz ling fantasia about the legend of a rabbit that lives in the moon combines elements of French mime and Italian commedia dell’arte. Anger created sev eral different versions over the years. This version\, restored in 35mm\, was made in 1972 and features a soundtrack of 1950s doo wop songs. Preserv ed through the Avant-Garde Masters program funded by The Film Foundation a nd administered by the National Film Preservation Foundation. \n\n\nPrefac es (Abigail Child\, 1981\, 10 mins. 16mm). Prefaces is composed of wild so unds placed tensely beside images of workers\, the gestures of the marketp lace\, colonial Africa\, and abstractions\, to pose questions of social fo rce\, gender relations\, and subordination. \;Preserved by Harvard Fil m Archive through the Avant-Garde Masters program funded by The Film Found ation and administered by the National Film Preservation Foundation. \ ;\n\n\n\n \n \n Butterfly (Shirley Clarke and Wendy Clarke\, 1967\, 33 mins. 16mm). This rarely shown film by avant-garde legend Shirley Clarke w as made\, in collaboration with her daughter Wendy\, for a 1967 anti-Vietn am protest event. Shirley and Wendy are seen together in the film\; young Wendy drew\, scratched\, bleached\, and hand-painted the film stock\, and the soundtrack alternates a baby’s cries with machine gun fire and a Brahm s lullaby. Preserved by the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research through the National Film Preservation Foundation’s Avant-Garde Masters G rant program funded by The Film Foundation.\n \n  \;\n \n Blon de Cobra (Ken Jacobs\, 1963\, 33 mins. 35mm). An instant classic of the Ne w York underground\, Ken Jacobs’s Blonde Cobra was artfully cobbled togeth er from footage of the performer Jack Smith filmed by Bob Fleischner for a n intended horror movie comedy\, and audio from a variety of sources\, inc luding an Astaire-Rogers musical\, a children’s record\, a crazed and poet ic monologue by Smith\, and snatches of live AM radio. Restored by Antholo gy Film Archives with funding provided by The Film Foundation. \; &nbs p\;  \;\n \n \n \n Tickets: $15 (Free for members at the Film Lo ver and MoMI Kids Premium levels and above). Order tickets online. (Member s may contact members@movingimage.us with any questions regarding online r eservations.) \n \n \n \n Ticket purchase includes same-day admi ssion to the Martin Scorsese exhibition. Museum (see gallery hours). View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For more information on membership and to join online\, visit our membership page \n \n \n \n DTSTART:20170409T190000 DTEND:20170409T204500 LOCATION:Bartos Screening Room SUMMARY:Avant-Garde Classics Selected by Martin Scorsese END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR