Bill Morrison's Theater of Decaying Memories March 5, 2007

March 5, 2007

Jack H. Skirball Screening Series | Alpert Award Artist
BILL MORRISON'S THEATER OF DECAYING MEMORIES

“Bill Morrison’s films are as much celebrations of the sometimes-frightening beauty of decomposing film as laments for vanishing relics of cinema’s origin.” Senses of Cinema

Noted for his poetic reworking of decaying archival footage, the Alpert Award winner shows a selection of shorts, ranging from the early Footprints (1992, 6 min., b/w and color, 16mm) to The Highwater Trilogy (2006, 31 min., 35mm)—a collage of ancient newsreel footage of storms, floods and icebergs. The program also includes The Film of Her (1996, 12 min., b/w, 35mm), in which archival footage is reinterpreted through fictional elements to evoke “an unrequited celluloid romance”; Light Is Calling (2004, 8 min, color, 35mm), widely recognized as a masterpiece; the exhilaratingly rhythmical Outerborough (2005, 9.5 min, 35mm); Ghost Trip (2000, 23 min, B/W, 35mm); and The Mesmerist (2003, 16 min, color, 35mm).

In person: Bill Morrison

Tickets: $8

Official Website: http://redcat.org/season/0607/fv/morrison.php