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Shock Corridor Cinema: Thursday, March 27th @ 50/50
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| film programer | SHOCK CORRIDOR CINEMA Continues THURSDAY MARCH 27TH, 8pm @ the fifty fifty arts collective 416 Craigflower Rd. $2 (which grants you a lifetime membership to the arts space; honored for future events ). 383-5144 x1882 An evening of two engaging 1960s documentaries, both characterized by their cinema verite approach to filming the social world. This film movement at the time was considered oppositional towards narrative cinema's "illusionist" properties and documentary cinema's 'voice of god' approach to exposing truths. Although loaded with contradiction, both films allow the social world to "represent itself" through its fly-on-the-wall approach to filmmaking. This genre is generally cited as the precursor to reality television, though its preoccupation with social/political issues makes Survivor look, well, like a holiday. Titicut Follies (Fredrick Wiseman; 1967, USA. 83 min). Fredrick Wiseman is perhaps the most revered documentary filmmaker working in the cinema verite movement [he continues to produce films for PBS in the U.S.]. His institutional trilogy - High School, Welfare and Titicut Follies - are insightful expose of public institutions and their inherent contradictions. Titicut Follies marks Wiseman's debut as a filmmaker; shot in the Massachusetts State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Titicut Follies chronicles the indignities suffered by the inmates, some of whom are stripped down and force-fed through nasal tubes. Despite its bleak tone, the inmates provide some humourous relief: rants about capitalist conspiracy, song & dance numbers performed for the public, and confrontational exchanges with parole boards make for some fascinating contemplations. Titicut Follies initially caused a public outcry and demands for institutional reform. The film was officially barred from general public screenings until 1993 by order of a U.S. court on the grounds that it violated an inmate's privacy. However, in today's nothing shocking environment, these criticism appear to be an effort to excuse the State from violations of basic human rights. An opportunity to see this rarely screened, cinema verite classic. David Holzman's Diary (Jim Mcbride; 1968, USA. 74 minutes). A cinephile's delight! Highly amusing, often stylish confessional film about a lonely filmmaker stuck inside the dole drums of New York City in the summer of '67. Goddard's famous line "film is truth at 24 frames per second" becomes the central project here as Holzman obsesses for the meaning of life through his beloved camera equipment. Holzman's narcissistic musings give rise to a unsettling fetishism for his camera (his fastidious interactions with his camera equipment inevitably replaces his girlfriend who leaves him in the course of the film). Holzman's narcissistic rants into his camera need to be seen to be believed. While Holzman's Diary can be enjoyed for its central character's mental breakdown alone, a close reading of this film reveals much more about the futility of trusting the camera to capture "reality", perhaps raising questions around societies current fascination with so-called 'unmediated' reality shows. - Sun, 23 Mar 2003 11:59pm | ||
| Anonymous | directions to 50-50? - Mon, 24 Mar 2003 2:48am | ||
| traffic cop | the fifty fifty is located on craiglower rd. at raynor st, across the street from chicken on the run and bamfield park. simplified: we are next door to the spiral cafe. - Mon, 24 Mar 2003 2:34pm | ||
| Anonymous | can i bring joe millionaire as my date? - Wed, 26 Mar 2003 2:01am | ||
| Anonymous User Info... | The question is: Can you? - Wed, 26 Mar 2003 6:29pm | ||
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