Shorts Program Archive – August 2024

Saturday, August 3rd:

5:15 PM
James Broughton, PGM 1 – 75 min.
The Pleasure Garden (35mm) [1953] dir. James Broughton – 38 min.
The Bed (1968) dir. James Broughton – 19 min.
Nuptiae (1969) dir. James Broughton – 14 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential CinemaTickets

7:00 PM
Split Ends and Other Stories – 16 min.
Prière de toucher (Please Touch) (2018) dir. Lauren Oliver – 3 min.
Stepping Into The Frame (16mm triple projection performance) [2022] dir. Lauren Oliver – 10 min.
Split Ends (Live narration by artist) [2024] dir. Lauren Oliver – 3 min.
Mono No Aware – Part of Connectivity Through Cinema – Tickets
*Discussion / Q & A with Lauren Oliver


Wednesday, August 7th:

7:30 PM
Robert Breer PGM – 85 min.
Form Phases I (1952) dir. Robert Breer – 2 min.
Form Phases II (1953) dir. Robert Breer – 2 min.
Recreation (35mm) [1956] dir. Robert Breer – 2 min.
Motion Pictures No. 1 (1956) dir. Robert Breer – 5 min.
Jamestown Baloos (35mm) [1957] dir. Robert Breer – 6 min.
Eyewash (35mm) [1959] dir. Robert Breer – 3 min.
Blazes (35mm) [1961] dir. Robert Breer – 3 min.
Pat’s Birthday (1962) dir. Robert Breer – 13 min.
Breathing (35mm) [1963] dir. Robert Breer – 5 min.
Fist Fight (35mm) [1964] dir. Robert Breer – 9 min.
66 (35mm) [1966] dir. Robert Breer – 6 min.
69 (35mm) [1969] dir. Robert Breer – 5 min.
70 (35mm) [1970] dir. Robert Breer – 5 min.
Gulls and Buoys (1972] dir. Robert Breer – 8 min.
Fuji (35mm) [1974] dir. Robert Breer – 9 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential CinemaTickets


Tuesday, August 13th:

7:30 PM
From the Collection of Skip Elsheimer
Me Too? (1969) dir. Steve Wax – 3 min.
Bag 5 (1966) dir. Yvonne Andersen – 7 min.
Bully (1973) Agency for Instructional Technology – 15 min.
Countdown to Survival: Tornado (1976) US Defense Civil Preparedness Agency – 15 min.
The Late Great Planet Earth (1978) dir. Robert Amram & Rolf Forsberg – Reel 1, ~30 min.
Stuiter (Marble) (1971) dir. Jan Oonk – 10 min.
Light Industry – Tickets


Thursday, August 15th:

7:00 PM
Tobe Carey’s Visions of Woodstock – 70 min.
Banjo Feedback (1974) dir. Tobe Carey – 13 min.
A True Light Beaver Film: After the Revolution (1970) dir. Tobe Carey – 13 min.
Family Astrology (1970) dir. Tobe Carey – 34 min.
Set Your Chickens Free (1977) dir. Tobe Carey – 10 min.
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative – Part of Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and MusicTickets
*Tobe Carey will be in attendance for a Q&A session and an exhibition of Woodstock artifacts after the screening


Saturday, August 17th:

12:30 PM
Saturday Afternoon Cartoons: Made in NYC – 60 min.
A selection of vintage animated shorts exploring city life throughout our concrete jungle. Come enjoy a cartoon clown walking along our actual city skyline; a little dog’s adventure in the subway system; boys having fun at Coney Island; a “follow-the-bouncing-ball” sing-along about Manhattan, a famous sailor following his girlfriend as she sleepwalks dangerously high through a skyscraper under construction; and more. Spanning the 1920s through to the ’50s, this assortment showcases classic characters such as Betty Boop, Pudgy, Popeye, Olive Oyl, Mutt and Jeff, and others.
Metrograph – Tickets
*Featuring introduction and Q&A with José Stathes

5:15 PM
Buñuel / Dalí – 55 min.
Un Chien Andalou (35mm) [1928] dir. Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí – 22 min.
Land Without Bread (35mm) [1932] dir. Luis Buñuel – 28 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential CinemaTickets


Friday, August 23rd:

7:00 PM
Cine-Syncopation: Jazz on Film – 60 min.
Jazz Dance (Video) [1975] dir. Doris Chase – 4 min.
Bridges-Go-Round (1959) dir. Shirley Clarke – 8 min.
Bessie Smith (1969) dir. Charles Levine – 14 min.
New York Eye and Ear Control (1964) dir. Michael Snow – 34 min.
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative – Part of Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and MusicTickets