February Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings
/This past month saw the work of several filmmakers distributed by GME programmed in venues in the U.S. and abroad. It is a reminder of both the durability of these artists and their works and the ongoing interest in the kinds of notable independent and experimental moving image work that GME strives to provide to our buyers.
Feb. 14
Warren Sonbert's 1978 DIVIDED LOYALTIES showed as part of Scratch: PORTRAITS FILMED BY LUKE FOWLER, presented by Light Cone at Cinéma Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Paris, with an original score by Fowler and Richard McMaster. The score had been previously presented with the film at Glasgow International. DIVIDED LOYALTIES will be soon be added to GME's Warren Sonbert Collection of newly scanned DSL titles, in addition to Sonbert's 5 early sound films currently available as DSL files from GME. All of Sonbert's major releases will be added to the collection as new DSL files this spring, prior to an upcoming, major retrospective of his work in New York in May, 2023.
Feb. 14-16
Michael Snow was remembered in a retrospective at Anthology Film Archives. Experimental cinema – and indeed, 20th and 21st-century art and culture as a whole – lost one of its indisputable giants in January, with the passing of the incomparable Michael Snow. It’s no exaggeration to say that Snow’s body of moving-image work represents one of the great achievements in the history of the art form. GME distributes Michael Snow’s 'RAMEAU'S NEPHEW' BY DIDEROT (THANX TO DENNIS YOUNG) BY WILMA SCHOEN (1974) available in an award winning boxed set DVD edition, and as a downloadable DSL file.
Feb. 17-20
Maria Lassnig's restored films were shown in a retrospective at Anthology Film Archives. To celebrate Maria Lassnig’s moving-image work, the restoration of her films, and the publication of “Maria Lassnig: Film Works”, Anthology presented three programs devoted to both her “canonical” films and the newly completed “non-canonical” works that have expanded and enriched our understanding of her cinema. GME recently added MARIA LASSNIG FILMS IN PROGRESS (US, 1970-1979), together with the bound publication MARIA LASSNIG. FILM WORK (AUSTRIA, 2020) to our collection of Lassnig’s film work, as well as the earlier GME release MARIA LASSNIG: ANIMATION FILMS (Austria, 1970-1992), for distribution on DVD/DSL bundle.
Feb. 22
Fresh from it's world premiere at Sundance, the new Nam June Paik documentary NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV also screened at The Museum of Modern Art in the Doc Fortnight series. Nam June Paik, the father of video art, appears in several films distributed by GME, including Jonas Mekas’ ZEFIRO TORNA (1992), LOST LOST LOST (1976), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1992), and Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968).
Feb. 24 & 25
Luke Fowler appeared at The Museum of Modern Art's Doc Fortnight series on the 24th with his documentary BEING IN A PLACE: A PORTRAIT OF MARGARET TAIT (2022), and the next night at Light Industry to introduce Henri Plaat’s FASHION FROM NEW YORK (1980) and John McGreevy’s R.D. LAING’S GLASGOW (1979). Earlier this month, Fowler and Richard McMaster performed their original sound composition/live score accompaniment to Warren Sonbert’s 1966 DIVIDED LOYALTIES at Le Luminor Hôtel de ville in Paris.
Feb. 25
A complete Dominic Angerame series, including his City Symphony films, screened at Shapeshifters Cinema in Oakland, CA. Angerame stylizes his urban landscapes into half-abstract, extremely painterly compositions; his films are often layered as collages through double and triple exposures. Each of the City Symphony films shown in the series, and several others, are distributed on the DOMINIC ANGERAME - CITYSCAPES DVD by GME, and are also available as downloadable DSL files. GME has also compiled a thematic grouping of City Symphony films including works by Angerame and several other, major filmmakers from the silent era to the present.
Also Worth Noting
February saw the release of composer William Susman's album Scatter My Ashes. Composer of the haunting score for Steven Bilich’s 2006 award winning NATIVE NEW YORKER, American composer William Susman has created a distinctively expressive voice in contemporary classical music, with a catalog that includes orchestral, chamber, and vocal music, as well as numerous film scores. NATIVE NEW YORKER is available worldwide for acquisition and exhibition exclusively from GME as a 1080p .mp4 downloadable DSL file.
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