Program 1: Divided Worlds
Screening on Film
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A Divided World
Directed by Arne Sucksdorff.
Sweden, 1948, 35mm, black & white, 10 min.
A remarkable nature film by Swedish director Arne Sucksdorff.
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Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes)
Directed by Georges Franju.
France, 1949, 16mm, black & white, 22 min.
One of Cinema 16’s most controversial presentations.
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Fireworks
Directed by Kenneth Anger.
US, 1947, digital video, color, 15 min.
Also quite controversial, Anger’s psychodrama is probably the first openly gay film exhibited publicly in the USA.
35mm blow-up restoration by UCLA, preserved through the Avant-Garde Masters program, funded by The Film Foundation and administered by the National Film Preservation Foundation.
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In the Street
Directed by James Agee, Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb.
US, 1952, 16mm, black & white, silent, 16 min.
Print source: Museum of Modern Art
New York City kids at play on the street, through a hidden camera.
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Living in a Reversed World
Directed by Dr. Pacher.
US, 1954, 16mm, black & white, 12 min.
Print source: Pennsylvania State University
A science film that, we think, was meant to be taken seriously.
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Weegee’s New York
Directed by Weegee and Amos Vogel.
US ca., 1952, 16mm, color, 20 min.
A classic American City Symphony, focusing on Coney Island circa 1950 when a million people would crowd its beaches on a Sunday.
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Cosmic Ray
Directed by Bruce Conner.
US, 1962, 16mm, black & white, 4 min.
A classic, early found-footage film, and, for better or worse, one of the instigators of MTV.
