Demons in the Details and Inside the Cup at YBCA March 6, 2008

DEMONS IN THE DETAILS: TEN POEMS IN BASILICATA WITH JOHN GIORNO
by Antonello Faretta
North American Premiere
John Giorno is a provocative and passionate poet-performer long associated with the New York-based art scene of musicians and artists including William Burroughs, Andy Warhol, Laurie Anderson, Patti Smith and Allen Ginsberg. This new film captures him in his ancestral home in Italy, performing poems that deeply connect to the heart themes of Buddhism: yearning, compassion, despair and inspiration. Q&A with director Antonello Faretta following the screening. (2007, 62 min)
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INSIDE THE CUP
by Isaiah Seret
Khyentse Norbu is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher. He also makes movies. His first two films, The Cup and Travellers & Magicians, were critical and box office successes. Inside The Cup explores the making of his first feature, about soccer-obsessed Tibetan monks, and offers a provocative case for a Buddhist philosophy of “life as cinema.” (2007, 22 min)

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