A train travels 4,000 miles across North America with a revolving community of artists and musicians who collaborate on recordings, artworks, films, and 10 "happenings" across the country.
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A story of love and friendship set against the violence of Apartheid in South Africa. It is a story of the ups and downs of the lives of the three main characters, and how their lives intersect over the years.
Director:
Peter Bishai
Stars:
Wandile Molebatsi,
Jason Hartman,
Masello Motana
A documentary on artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and his wife and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the transformations the pair underwent for their Pandrogyne project.
Director:
Marie Losier
Stars:
Genesis P-Orridge,
Lady Jaye Breyer P'Orridge,
Big Boy Breyer P'Orridge
When Julian allows his deranged best friend Chuck to follow him around 24/7 with a camera, his whole world spirals out of control causing turmoil in his personal and professional life.
Director:
Brody Gusar
Stars:
Jonathan Lipnicki,
Lou Ferrigno,
Lauren Francesca
Two gay fathers of a straight country western singers, all living in a rural community and playing music together. Jimmy Poole gets out of prison and kicks his step-son Mark out of the family's band.
With his life back East upended, a young man escapes to the electric anonymity of Las Vegas. When an intriguing offer puts him on an unexpected path, he learns how easily things left unresolved find a way of forcing their own resolution.
A group of young and middle-aged women gather for the birthday party of a friend and talk about their lives and food they cook for their husbands, boyfriends, or themselves.
Director:
Henry Jaglom
Stars:
Frances Bergen,
Lisa Blake Richards,
Nelly Alard
Prof. Jack Taylor tests a newly developed digital environment called 'Vivid Dreams'. He pretty much gets confused when his mind gets mixed with fantasies from other subconsciouses. You never dream alone.
Director:
Jack C Mancino
Stars:
Jack C Mancino,
Eleo Nora Nagy,
Peter Franz Miller
A mix of ultra-realistic vérité and stoner comedy, 'Bad Batch' follows an unlikely group of college students who gorge themselves on possibly the strongest pot brownies known to man one night.
They survived war, yet over the years, U.S. military veterans from four generations must find their own unique bridge of connection in order to survive and thrive back home.
Directors:
Jillian Moul,
Matthew Moul
Stars:
Tracey Cooper-Harris,
Richard Green,
Robert Henline
Two young people, Walter and Charlotte, are walking through a small village in Switzerland a snowy winter day. Walter introduces Charlotte to Clara, hoping to make Charlotte jealous. After ... See full summary »
Director:
Éric Rohmer
Stars:
Jean-Luc Godard,
Stéphane Audran,
Anna Karina
This documentary tells the story of a group of Australian and South African surfers who revolutionized their sport in Hawaii during the winter of 1975.
A train travels 4,000 miles across North America with a revolving community of artists and musicians who collaborate on recordings, artworks, films, and 10 "happenings" across the country.
Greetings again from the darkness. Day two of the 4th annual Oak Cliff Film Festival reminded me why I so enjoy this "rogue" festival it always provides a completely new cinematic experience. How does a movie consisting of 62 one minute movies strike you? That's precisely what filmmaker Doug Aitken delivers in what could be called experimental or high-concept film. However you label it, when the ride ended, I was ready for 62 more.
The project involves a 24 day, 4000 mile cross-country train ride between New York and San Francisco. Director Aitken's introductory segment provides somewhat of an overview for his vision, and the subsequent one-minute blips blend seamlessly with the feel of the scattered views out the window of our own train car.
Some familiar faces pop up on the trip, including Patti Smith, Jackson Browne, Beck, Thurston Moore, Cat Power, and Mavis Staples. There are also flamenco dancers, marching bands, a self-described husker, and the kinetic drawing machine/apparatus of artist Olafur Eliasson – allowing the train itself to organically create art.
Taken as a celebration of art, the film is a work of art (and/or 62 separate pieces of art), that reminds us individual expression comes in various forms. Many will find joy in exposure (albeit it brief) to new bands and new music, while also taking in the 10 "happenings" along the way. These happenings actually take us off the train and into a location for an event.
While there is no traditional plot, the segments come so quickly, that we are engaged from the beginning, and in no way prepared for number 62 to derail the ride. Whether art is individual expression or a form of freedom really isn't the point let's just be thankful that Doug Aitken and so many others are willing (maybe driven?) to share their creative force.
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Greetings again from the darkness. Day two of the 4th annual Oak Cliff Film Festival reminded me why I so enjoy this "rogue" festival it always provides a completely new cinematic experience. How does a movie consisting of 62 one minute movies strike you? That's precisely what filmmaker Doug Aitken delivers in what could be called experimental or high-concept film. However you label it, when the ride ended, I was ready for 62 more.
The project involves a 24 day, 4000 mile cross-country train ride between New York and San Francisco. Director Aitken's introductory segment provides somewhat of an overview for his vision, and the subsequent one-minute blips blend seamlessly with the feel of the scattered views out the window of our own train car.
Some familiar faces pop up on the trip, including Patti Smith, Jackson Browne, Beck, Thurston Moore, Cat Power, and Mavis Staples. There are also flamenco dancers, marching bands, a self-described husker, and the kinetic drawing machine/apparatus of artist Olafur Eliasson – allowing the train itself to organically create art.
Taken as a celebration of art, the film is a work of art (and/or 62 separate pieces of art), that reminds us individual expression comes in various forms. Many will find joy in exposure (albeit it brief) to new bands and new music, while also taking in the 10 "happenings" along the way. These happenings actually take us off the train and into a location for an event.
While there is no traditional plot, the segments come so quickly, that we are engaged from the beginning, and in no way prepared for number 62 to derail the ride. Whether art is individual expression or a form of freedom really isn't the point let's just be thankful that Doug Aitken and so many others are willing (maybe driven?) to share their creative force.