Saturday | April 30, 2005 9:00 pm

Films from the Academy Film Archive

Introduction by Mark Toscano, Academy Film Archive
Screening on Film

Although known to the masses as the presenters of the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has one of the deepest film collections in the United States and one of the most proflific film preservation programs. Film archivist Mark Toscano presents a selection of recently restored 16mm avant-garde films including:

PROGRAM

Film Abstractions 1/2/3

Directed by Harry Smith.
US, 1949, 16mm, color, 9 min.
On The Edge

Directed by Curtis Harrington.
US, 1949/2003, 16mm, black & white, 6 min.
Logos

Directed by Jane Conger Belson Shimané.
US, 1957, 16mm, color, 2 min.
Frank Film

Directed by Frank and Caroline Mouris.
US, 1973, 16mm, color, 10 min.
Even -- As You And I

Directed by Roger Barlow, Harry Hay and Leroy Robbins.
US, 1937, 16mm, black & white, 12 min.
Limitations

Directed by Robert Nelson.
US, 1988, 16mm, color, 9 min.
Obmaru

Directed by Patricia Marx.
US, 1953, 16mm, color, 4 min.
Castro Street

Directed by Bruce Baillie.
US, 1966, 16mm, color, 10 min.
Rio Reel

Directed by Russ Tamblyn.
US, 1968, 16mm, color, 8 min.
The Off-Handed Jape

Directed by Robert Nelson.
US, 1967, 16mm, color, 9 min.