Electric Dreams / Volcanic Visions: The Cinema of Janice Findley
Apr 12, 2008
Sponsored by Third Eye Cinema
Janice Findley's fiercely original films explore enchanted, uncharted territory with a unique sensibility. Utilizing meticulous stop-motion and live-action techniques, brilliant set and costume design and beguiling musical scores by musician/composer Paul Hansen, Findley creates a subterranean world of emotions that evoke waking dreams. By turns menacing, inviting and funny, these adventures of the mind dare the viewer to enter into the realm of dreams... or is it nightmares? Findley's films have been showcased in a retrospective at MoMA in New York, where her work is part of the permanent collection, as well as in the hinterlands of the U.S. by a widely traveled bicycling projectionist. This evening's program includes "Tripletime", "A Nermish Gothic", "Beyond Kabuki", "I Am The Night" and "Faux Paw" plus Maya Deren's "Meshes Of The Afternoon."
"Equal parts illusionistic film techniques and the filmmaker's refreshingly untethered imagination. Imagine 'Alice in Wonderland' done by a collaboration of ...F.W. Murnau ...Maya Deren ...and Jan Svankmajer." -THE OREGONIAN
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