A season of long films
Dec. 27, 2013 - Jan. 28, 2014
Pad.ma invites you to
Rivers without Banks
at CAMP
27th December, 2013 through 27th January, 2014
Before the start of a new year; and among big and small resolutions for the future we chose to ask ourselves what is free cinema today, what is its political and perceptual economy, and what could we summon of its powers, before embarking on new journeys of making and thinking.
Rivers without Banks is a screening program of films whose durations extend beyond conventional length. But importantly, this is not a collection put together quantitatively, even as we may argue that the epic scales present in the chosen films carry the weight of histories, and put together chronologically show us a century where individual everyday lives face the annals of terrible power; where the human condition battles with nature and technology, with love and loss, with good and evil.
We chose these films for their primacy, their resilience and their beauty. For the formal expansion of the cinematic into something immersive and extreme. Our agenda is also a selfish one. These are films that we want to see, and as Bombay enjoys cool winter nights, the open-air cinema on CAMP's roof invites us to view together films that don't seem to be well suited for solo sittings, confined in a room, glued to a chair, or worse, a computer screen.
If you come, we will keep you hydrated and fed. Please bring cushions and blankets if you like. Do RSVP so we can plan our resources. At the end of each 'mini-series' is a day for discussion. This an important day, since discussions after each film are not possible. Some of the films finish after the last of the public transport stops, please keep this in mind. You are of course welcome to be at CAMP till morning. Please note times for each film, some start earlier than others.
Directions: http://camputer.org/campstudio.html
RSVP: info(at)camputer.org
Weekend 1
Fri Dec 27 6 pm - Kagadanan sa Banwaan ning mga Engkanto
Death in the Land of Encantos (Lav Diaz, 2007, 9:04)
begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 3:30 am
Sat Dec 28 3:30 pm - Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Wang Bing, 2003, 9:17)
begins at 4:00 pm and ends at 2:00 am
Sun Dec 29 6 pm - Satantango (Bela Tarr, 1994, 7:01)
begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 1:30 am
Mon Dec 30 6:00 pm - Discussion
Weekend 2
Fri Jan 03 6 pm - Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs, 2004, 6:42)
begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 11:30 pm
Sat Jan 04 6 pm - The Journey (Peter Watkins, 1987, 14:30)
begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 2:00 am
Sun Jan 05 6 pm - The Journey (continued)
begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 1:30 am
Weekend 3 (after a week's break)
Sat Jan 18 6 pm - Out 1: noli me tangere (Jacques Rivette/Suzanne Schiffman, 1971, 12:18)
begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 1:00 am
Sun Jan 19 6 pm - Out 1: noli me tangere (continued)
begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 0:30 am
Mon Jan 20 6:00 pm - Discussion
Weekend 4
Fri Jan 24 6 pm - La hora de los hornos
The Hour of the Furnaces (Octavio Getino/Fernando E. Solanas, 1968, 3:50)
begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 10:30 pm
Sat Jan 25 6 pm - Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985, 9:02)
begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 3:30 am
Sun Jan 26 3:30 pm - Ningen no joken
The Human Condition (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959-1961, 9:35)
begins at 4:00 pm and ends at 2:00 am
Mon Jan 27 5:00 pm - Discussion followed by a Bonus Screening!
7:00 pm Histoire(s) du Cinema (Jean-Luc Godard, 1988-1998, 4:24)
