The Independent Film Show , 4 & 5 November 2009, Napels (IT)

Courtisane-programmatoren Stoffel Debuysere en Maria Palacios Cruz stelden twee programma's samen voor dit Italiaanse festival. Een special rondom de heel directe, elegante en speelse 16mm-films van Morgan Fisher, en in het programma (De)Coding een kijk op de mogelijkheden van cinema om, gewild of niet, associaties op te roepen . Morgan Fisher komt 'zijn' programma inleiden ...

Morgan Fisher
woensdag 4 november, 20u, met introductie door Morgan Fisher
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The 16mm films of Morgan Fisher (US, 1942) – straightforward, elegant, playful – are particularly idiosyncratic; they are situated both outside the film industry and the central developments of avant-garde cinema. Too minimal and conceptual for Hollywood’s taste; too concerned with the specifics of industry procedures for the underground...

The Director and His Actor Look at Footage Showing Preparations for an Unmade Film (2), 1968, 16mm, b&w, sound, 15 min
Documentary Footage, 1968, 16mm, colour, sound, 11 min
Production Stills, 1970, 16mm, colour, sound 11 min
Picture and Sound Rushes, 1973, 16mm, b&w, sound, 11 min
Cue Rolls, 1974, 16mm, colour, sound, 5min30
Projection Instructions, 1976, 16mm, b&w, sound, 4 min
Standard Gauge, 1984, 16mm, colour, sound, 35 min

(De)Coding
donderdag 5 november, 20u
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“It’s about the unities of similarities. It’s about sameness in confusion. It’s about logic in chance. It’s about structure and logic”.
(Jonas Mekas on Zorns Lemma)

Deel 1
Thom Andersen & Malcolm Brodwick, --- -------, 1966-67, 16mm, color, sound, 11’ 
Morgan Fisher, ( ), US, 2003, 16mm, colour/b&w, silent, 21’
John Smith, Associations, UK, 1975, 16mm, colour, sound, 7’
Robert Nelson, Bleu Shut, US, 1970, 16mm, colour, sound, 33’

Deel 2
Hollis Frampton, Zorns Lemma, 1970, 16mm, colour, sound, 60’