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| Warren Sonbert (courtesy the Estate of Warren Sonbert) |
A "friendly witness," Warren Sonbert (1947-1995) holds a
unique place in American independent film. On one hand he shows the distinct
influence of Hitchcock and the Hollywood melodramas of Douglas Sirk, and on the
other he was a rigorous avant-gardist. Combining breathtaking photography
with some of cinema’s most complex montage editing, he created an exhilarating
body of work – compassionate meditations on global humanity that are
visually sumptuous and structurally brilliant. Sonbert's films have been the
subject of retrospectives at the Guggenheim Museum and other institutions, but
remain available only in 16mm prints and are too rarely screened.
Atlanta Celebrates Photography
and Film Love present three nights of films by this crucial figure of the
American avant-garde.
PROGRAM THREE
Eyedrum | Friday,
November 19, 2010 | 8:00 pm | free
Human coupling – the dynamics of communication, romance, and desire – was a
theme to which Sonbert returned again and again. Program three pairs two films
from opposite ends of his career devoted to this theme: Honor and Obey, in
Sonbert’s prime late style, and The Bad and the Beautiful, a restored early film
set to (once again) an effective popular music soundtrack. Also screened are
films by two of Sonbert’s influences, Stan Brakhage and Marie Menken.
FILMS:
Wedlock House: An Intercourse (Stan Brakhage, 1959), 16mm, silent, 11 minutes
Honor and Obey (Warren Sonbert, 1988), 16mm, silent, 21 minutes
Lights (Marie Menken, 1966), 16mm, silent, 7 minutes
The Bad and the Beautiful (Warren Sonbert, 1967), 16mm, 34 minutes
Go to Program 1
Go to Program 3
Eyedrum
290 Martin Luther King Jr Dr Suite 8, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404.522.0655
www.eyedrum.org
WARREN SONBERT:
FRIENDLY WITNESS AND OTHER FILMS is a Film Love event, programmed and hosted by Andy Ditzler for Frequent
Small Meals. Film Love exists to provide access to great but rarely-screened
films, and to promote awareness of the rich history of experimental and
avant-garde film. Film Love was voted Best Film Series in Atlanta by the critics
of Creative Loafing in 2006, and was featured in Atlanta Magazine's Best of
Atlanta 2009.
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