Underskog

ONE OF THREE PROGRAMMES FROM ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, NEW YORK

For this very special series of screenings, we are pleased and proud to invite Andrew Lampert who will be here in person to introduce all the shows. We present an amazing and eclectic collection; from the art scenes of 60s and 80s New York through the Cinema of Transgression to the Unessential dustbins of time. Miss this at your peril! See also the programmes on 25th and 26th October.

A few generations of vital New York art scenes, as seen by insiders; who’s who, what’s where and where’s it at! Three beautiful encapsulations right here.

MONEY Henry Hills (1985, 15 minutes, 16mm-to-35mm)
A radically composed time capsule, a rapid-fire portrait of the innovative “downtown” Lower Manhattan community of poets, musicians, dancers and personalities active in the early-to-mid 1980s. As much a sound work as it is a film, featuring John Zorn, Christian Marclay, Fred Frith, Arto Lindsay, Abigail Child, Charles Bernstein and an extraordinary cast of luminaries.
Preserved by AFA with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation.

FIST FIGHT Robert Breer (1964, 9 minutes, 16mm-to-35mm blow-up)
Breer died very recently, he created this kinetic masterwork for the New York City premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Originale, which starred a Who’s Who of New York City Fluxus and happening artists. The film was originally shown in the middle of the chaotic theatrical production and features, among other things, childhood pictures, mice, Ringo Starr and many other fast moving, awe-inducing images.
Preserved by AFA with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation.

MONEY Rudy Burckhardt (1968, 45 minutes, 16mm).
Swiss-born Rudy Burckhardt arrived in 1930s New York City and devoted his life to documenting the city in still images and moving pictures. Hard to summarize yet extremely easy to enjoy; impeccable photography, silent-film-style acting and a marvelously loopy storyline.. With a mesmerizing lead performance from legendary dance critic/poet Edwin Denby, and text from celebrated artist/poet Joe Brainard, Money is a restored and rediscovered cult classic straight out of the 1960s New York art and poetry worlds.
Preserved by Anthology Film Archives with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.