Curator's Defense

Curator's Defense

MAY 16-20, 2010

Northwest Film Forum dares local arts curators to enter the cinematic ring in our Curator's Defense. We know how much effort goes into programming each film we play. What better way to spice up our summer calendar than putting our curatorial colleagues in the hot seat and asking them to program their favorite film from the last decade? We also asked them to prepare an oral argument in defense of their selection. The result is an amazing selection from gifted local curators. Come listen to defenses from Robin Held (The Frye Art Museum) on Chan-wook Park’s Lady Vengeance (May 16); Lane Czaplinski (On The Boards) on Julie Taymor’s Shakespeare adaptation Titus (May 17), Linda Bowers (Seattle Arts and Lectures) on David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (May 19), and Michael Hebb (One Pot) on Ondi Timoner’s Dig! (May 20).

 

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Lady Vengeance

May 16, 2010

(Park Chan-Wook, South Korea 2005, 35mm, 112 min)

Come out to hear Robin Held, curator extraordinaire of the Frye Art Museum defend her selection for film of the decade, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, the third installment behind South Korean director Chan-Wok Park's vengeance trilogy.

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Titus

May 17, 2010

(Julie Taymor, 2000, USA, 35mm, 162 min)

Lane Czaplinski, artistic director of On The Boards defends his choice for film of the decade, Titus, directed by Julie Taymor, whose previous credits include the hit Broadway version of "The Lion King."

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Mulholland Drive

May 19, 2010

(David Lynch, 2001, USA, 35mm, 147 min)

David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, a psychoerotic noir is one of the essential L.A. movies. Linda Bowers, the extraordinary director of Seattle Arts And Lectures, give her reasons why she thinks this is the best film of the decade.

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Dig!

May 20, 2010

(2004, Ondi Timoner, USA, 35mm, 107 min)

One Pot guru Michael Hebb thinks this is the film of the decade. Tonight he defends that choice!

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