San Francisco Cinematheque and TIE: The Experimental Cinema Exposition present: “Celluloid Cinema” Program One February 4, 2007

Program Curator and TIE Festival Director Christopher May in person

Conceived in Telluride, CO in 2000, the Denver-based TIE has quickly become an exemplary festival celebrating contemporary and historical avant-garde cinema. Taking as its mission the “preservation of the fundamental qualities of cinema and film exhibition,” the festivals have, to date, screened over 600 films and hosted over 200 artists and renowned for artistic vision and an exaltation of the direct viewing experience of original-format film works. Cinematheque is proud to present a two-program sampler of TIE’s past festivals.

Note: This is a two-part screening series. Individual programs take place on different evenings, at different venues, and are ticketed separately. Excerpts from author Richard Meltzer’s 250 minute 8mm work Bogus Boxing Trash will precede each screening.

TIE, Program One: An international selection of shorts in 8mm, 16mm and sumptuous 35mm. Highlights include some of the earliest examples of x-ray cinematography from the 1930s; Abu Kifan's ethereal slow motion underwater landscapes; and a rare double panel presentation of footage shot by Andy Warhol of a very noisy Velvet Underground practice that's eventually broken up by the NYPD (with Warhol himself interceding). This setup allows the projectionist to switch from one optical track to the other, making the projection as much a part of the viewing experience as the band's raw performance and Paul Morrisey's psychedelic cinematography.

Screening:
Christopher Becks: Pan of the Landscape
Gerard Holthuis: Careless Reef, Part 2: Abu Kifani
Jason Livingston: July Fix
Luther Price: Mother (revised)
Michael Robinson: The General Returns from One Place to Another
Bernhard Schreiner: Hwa-Shan District
Sami van Ingen: The Sequent of Hanna Ave.
Andy Warhol: The Velvet Underground and Nico (presented in double projection!)
Sheri Wills: Anodyne

Admission: $8 General / $6 Members, Seniors, Students w/ID
Advance Tickets (THIS SHOW ONLY): 415-978-ARTS

For information about both shows: 415-552-1990

Official Website: http://www.sfcinematheque.org