Current/Most Recent Archives NYFF 2006 Programs Films Special Events Directors Dialogues Avant-Garde The Great Divide Saul Levine ...Dissolves into Air Kenneth Anger Above and Below Paolo Gioli Ernie Gehr Mind and Matter Brand upon the Brain 50 Years Janus Films Ticket Information Location Information Online Dailies Snapshots Holland Exhibit Posters Press Information Accreditation Submissions About Archive		The Tenth Annual Views from the Avant-Garde A Special Presentation of the 44th New York Film Festival October 7, 8 & 15, 2006 Curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith. The world's premiere showcase for the latest in experimental film and video. New films by Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville, Nathaniel Dorsky, Bruce Conner along with many others. A program devoted to the work of Italy's Paulo Gioli. New preservation prints of classics by Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Ernie Gehr and Saul Levine. Plus a special Views From the Avant-Garde event on October 15: the debut screening of Guy Maddin's silent feature Brand Upon The Brain! with live orchestral accompaniment and featuring Isabella Rossellini as The Narrator! Admission: $10, $7 students(with valid photo ID) and $6 FSLC members (with valid ID); except for Guy Maddin's Brand Upon The Brain!: $25 ($10 Student Rush with valid photo ID on day of show, limit 1 ticket per customer, subject to availability) All Views From the Avant-Garde events including Guy Maddin's Brand Upon The Brain! will take place at the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenues on the plaza level. For full program descriptions click on the pictures. To purchase tickets online click on the SHOWTIME under Buy Tickets. Please note: there is a $1.25 service charge per ticket ordered online.
			THE GREAT DIVIDE Total Runtime: 111m program includes: Mirror World Abigail Child, U.S., 2006; 12m More Than Meets The Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda Scott Stark, U.S., 2006; 20m Dangerous Supplement Soon-Mi Yoo, Korea/U.S., 2006; 14 1/2m The General Returns from One Place to Another Michael Robinson, U.S., 2006; 11m site specific_ROMA 04 Olivo Barbieri, Italy, 2004; 12m Sahara Mojave Leslie Thornton, U.S., 2006; 12m You Don't Bring Me Flowers Michael Robinson, U.S., 2005; 8m Liberte et patrie (Freedom and Homeland) Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville, Switzerland, 2002; 22m		Buy Tickets Sat Oct 7: 12:30
			SAUL LEVINE: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Saul Levine in person. Restoration 16mm blows-ups of 8mm films by the National Film Preservation Foundation, Anthology Film Archives and BB Optics Total Runtime: 58m program includes: Note to Patti U.S., 1969; 8m Note to Coleen U.S., 1974; 5m New Left Note U.S., 1968-1982; 26m The Big Stick/An Old Reel U.S., 1967-1973; 17m Note to Poli U.S., 1982-83; 2m		Buy Tickets Sat Oct 7: 3:15
			...DISSOLVES INTO AIR Total Runtime: 85m program includes: The Riddle of Lumen Stan Brakhage, U.S., 1972; 13m Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences preservation print Between Two Deaths Wago Kreider, U.S., 2006; 6m My Person in the Water Leighton Pierce, U.S., 2006; 5 1/2m Cat's Cradle Stan Brakhage, U.S., 1959; 6m AMPAS preservation print This and This Vincent Grenier, U.S., 2006; 10 1/2m Clear Blue Sky Tomonari Nishikawa, U.S., 2006; 4m 0778 man.road.river Marcellvs l, Brazil, 2004; 9m Film for Invisible Ink case no. 71: Base-Plus-Fog David Gatten, U.S., 2006; 10m Song and Solitude Nathaniel Dorsky, U.S., 2006; 21m		Buy Tickets Sat Oct 7: 5:30
			KENNETH ANGER Kenneth Anger in person. 35mm blow-up restorations by UCLA, preserved through the Avant-Garde Masters program funded by The Film Foundation and administered by the National Film Preservation Foundation Total Runtime: 63m program includes: Fireworks U.S., 1947; 15m Rabbit's Moon U.S.,1971; 16m Scorpio Rising U.S., 1963; 29m Kustom Kar Kommandos U.S.,1965; 3m		Buy Tickets Sat Oct 7: 8:15
			ABOVE AND BELOW Total Runtime: 97m program includes: Silk Ties Jim Jennings, U.S., 2006; 9 1/2m Crossings Robert Fenz, U.S., 2006; 5m Views from Home Guy Sherwin, U.K., 2006; 12m Block Emily Richardson, U.K., 2006; 11m site specific_LAS VEGAS 05 Olivo Barbieri, Canada/Italy, 2005; 12m Pushcarts of eternity street Ken Jacobs, U.S., 2006; 10m This Is my Heart Edson Barrus, Brazil/France, 2004; 1m His Eye on the Sparrow Bruce Conner, U.S., 2006; 4 1/2m Threshold of Transience aka The Dike of Transience Gulya Nemes, Hungary, 2005; 13m Drive-Thru Gretchen Skogerson, U.S., 2006;19 1/2m		Buy Tickets Sun Oct 8: 1
			PAOLO GIOLI Total Runtime: 101m program includes: Images Disturbed by an Intense Parasite (Immagini disturbate da un intenso parassita) Italy, 1970; 45m Traumatograph (Traumatografo) Italy, 1973; 25m The Perforated Operator (L’operatore perforato) Italy, 1979; 10m Quando l’occhio trema Italy, 1989; 11m Filmarilyn Italy, 1992; 10m		Buy Tickets Sun Oct 8: 3:30
			ERNIE GEHR Total Runtime: 77m program includes: Serene Velocity U.S., 1970; 23m 35mm blow-up MoMA preservation print Table U.S., 1976; 16m The Morse Code Operator (Or The Monkey Wrench) U.S., 2006; 23m Before the Olympics U.S., 2006; 15m		Buy Tickets Sun Oct 8: 6
			MIND AND MATTER Total Runtime: 131m program includes: Reel 4 (Fountain with Black Sculptures, Heavenly Curtains, Airplanes II, Daffodils in the River, St. Jacob's Tower, Water, Swings, Bulrushes) Helga Fanderl, Germany/France, 2000-03; 21m Nodes Stan Brakhage, U.S., 1981; 3m AMPAS preservation print Untitled#9 Greg Sharits, U.S., 1977; 10m Anthology Film Archives preservation print Turbulant Blue Luther Price, U.S., 2006; 10m Everyday Bad Dream Fred Worden, U.S., 2006; 6m Black and White Trypps #2 Ben Russell, U.S., 2006; 8m Orbit Kerry Laitala, U.S., 2006; 8m Light Work 1 Jennifer Reeves, U.S., 2006; 8m Transit Greg Sharits, U.S., 1970s; 20m Anthology Film Archives preservation print Apparent Motion Paul Sharits, U.S., 1975; 22m Anthology Film Archives preservation print They Wakened Later, Simultaneously, Much Refreshed Bruce McClure projection performance, U.S., 2006; 15m		Buy Tickets SUN Oct 8: 8:30
			BRAND UPON THE BRAIN Guy Maddin, Canada, 2006; 95 min. The debut screening of Guy Maddin's silent feature with live orchestral accompaniment and featuring Isabella Rossellini as The Narrator! A Views From the Avant-Garde special presentation on October 15 at 4pm & 8pm in the Walter Reade Theater. Tickets are $25 ~ available at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office and at tickets.filmlinc.com with a Visa or Mastercard, $1.25 surcharge per ticket. Please wait one business day after placing an online order to pick-up your tickets at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.		Buy Tickets SUN Oct 15: 4 & 8