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-----Original Message----- From: Secret Cinema [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wed 30/06/2004 14:19 To: Secret Cinema Cc: Subject: [secretcinema] James Benning's Grand Opera, 2 July 2004 [faked-from][bayes] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/pDJolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Tate Modern, Friday 2 July 2004 at 7pm GRAND OPERA James Benning, USA 1978, 90 minutes James Benning's early films fused the Structuralist investigations into sound-image relationships by filmmakers like Michael Snow and Hollis Frampton with an interest in narrative and a deep sensitivity to colour, light, and landscape. He first grabbed the attention of the avant-garde film world with 8 1/2 x 11 and 11 x 14. Filmed in vivid colour in the rural and urban landscapes of his native Midwest, these two films would provide the kernel for his further investigations into film form. Benning's films' rigorous structures and exquisitely composed shots reflect his training as a mathematician, and their frequently autobiographical subject matter draws upon his working-class roots and his long-time commitment to political activism. "Throughout Grand Opera, Benning explores the relationship between the factual and the personal, between history and point of view. According to Benning, history must be seen as another form of narrative, played at several levels. Grand Opera includes passages in which George Landow, Hollis Frampton, Michael Snow and Yvonne Rainer allude to the final image of the film. Benning said he chose these four because of their influences on his work. Accordingly, there are many humorous allusions to their films... Each underlines the fact that the major contributions to the avant-garde film continue to be formed by personal points of view, despite the label 'structural film'. (David English) screening at Starr Auditorium Tate Modern Bankside London Admission £3.50 (£2 concessions) Box Office 020 7887 8888 http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/grandopera.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/secretcinema/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [log in to unmask] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/