Two GME titles included in Film at Lincoln Center series Another Country: Outsider Visions of America

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Two GME titles included in Film at Lincoln Center series Another Country: Outsider Visions of America

Werner Schroeter’s only U.S. production, WILLOW SPRINGS (1973) and Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet’s CLASS RELATIONS (KLASSENVERHÄLTNISSE) (West Germany, 1984) among the most incisive observations about the United States have been made by those born beyond its shores. In these films, and others in this series, one encounters many Americas, perspectives on a nation that reveal the peculiarities of its customs, the drama of its natural splendor, and the lacerating contradictions of its political mythologies.

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Beyond the Canon: 3 by Maya Deren + Mulholland Drive at BAM Sun, Jul 28, 2pm

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Beyond the Canon: 3 by Maya Deren + Mulholland Drive at BAM Sun, Jul 28, 2pm

Maya Deren, the godmother of the American avant-garde, created trance-state explorations of consciousness, movement, the body, and nature rooted in the dream logic of surrealism and awash in unforgettably uncanny images. From the time-and space-collapsing psychodrama of her forever influential debut MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON to the mesmerizing dance film RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME, these profoundly personal landmarks of experimental film showed that cinema could be a direct conduit to the unconscious mind. Plus David Lynch’s neo-noir freak-out MULHOLLAND DRIVE.

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul's debut feature, MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON, at Film at Lincoln Center 21st Century Debuts July 19th

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul's debut feature, MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON, at Film at Lincoln Center 21st Century Debuts July 19th

“Shot in fits and starts on a minuscule budget, MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON was modeled on the Exquisite Corpse add-an-element structure famous from French surrealism, in which drawings or texts are passed from person to person to elaborate upon, with the original materials hidden so that each addition does not adhere in any “logical” or predetermined way, resulting in a collective, randomly assembled piece (Hail Duchamp).”

– James Quant, "Mysterious Object at Noon"

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UPDATED: GME GEM 14 - Curators Jon Gartenberg and David Deitch are featured in Ken Jacobs’ 3D Occupy Wall Street film, BLANKETS FOR INDIANS screened at Anthology Film Archives 6/14

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UPDATED: GME GEM 14 - Curators Jon Gartenberg and David Deitch are featured in Ken Jacobs’ 3D Occupy Wall Street film, BLANKETS FOR INDIANS screened at Anthology Film Archives 6/14

This movie shows dissenters to the American mission marching down New York’s lower Broadway to gather at Zuccotti Park where the Occupy Wall Street kids were standing their ground. We live close to where the crowd turned onto Broadway and swept us along.

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GME PRESENTS THE FILMS OF JONAS MEKAS

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GME PRESENTS THE FILMS OF JONAS MEKAS

With the release of these DVD editions (published by Re:Voir), GME pays tribute to Jonas Mekas (1922-2019), who led a remarkable life both as the Godfather of avant-garde cinema as well as the signature artist who propelled the film diary into new dimensions of time, space, and memory.

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