Tuesday, March 01, 2005
anyone want to come see this tomorrow night?
Cinematheque Ontario's THE INDEPENDENTS presents . . .
PROGRAMME 7: AGNÈS VARDA'S MUR MURS
A visual voyage which captures the beauty and originality of Los Angeles's
outdoor mural paintings, MUR MURS (France 1981, 81 minutes) includes
interviews with many artists, including Judy Baca, who observes: "I started
painting because I realized that I had never seen a Chicana in a museum." A
terrific study of public art, the film explores such questions as 'who
paints them, who pays for them, who looks at them, [and] how this city,
which is the film capital of the world, reveals itself by its whispering
walls' (Varda). An 'exhilarating poetic documentary on the murals. . . .
Liberated by Varda's magical camera each of these artists becomes an
articulate charmer' (Mary Corliss, The Soho News).
Please note: while many of the interviews are in English, the film's
narration is in French and is not subtitled.
Wednesday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m.
PROGRAMME 7: AGNÈS VARDA'S MUR MURS
A visual voyage which captures the beauty and originality of Los Angeles's
outdoor mural paintings, MUR MURS (France 1981, 81 minutes) includes
interviews with many artists, including Judy Baca, who observes: "I started
painting because I realized that I had never seen a Chicana in a museum." A
terrific study of public art, the film explores such questions as 'who
paints them, who pays for them, who looks at them, [and] how this city,
which is the film capital of the world, reveals itself by its whispering
walls' (Varda). An 'exhilarating poetic documentary on the murals. . . .
Liberated by Varda's magical camera each of these artists becomes an
articulate charmer' (Mary Corliss, The Soho News).
Please note: while many of the interviews are in English, the film's
narration is in French and is not subtitled.
Wednesday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m.
