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Errol MorrisJuly 12, 2011
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Bill CosbyFebruary 15, 2011
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David O. Russell + Spike JonzeJanuary 19, 2011
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Tom Hooper, Claire Bloom + Jennifer EhleJanuary 17, 2011
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Amy RyanSeptember 14, 2010
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Michael CaineApril 28, 2010
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Michael FassbenderJanuary 6, 2010
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Jeff Bridges + Scott CooperDecember 13, 2009
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Tennessee Williams Panel December 9, 2009
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Terry GilliamDecember 8, 2009
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Henry SelickNovember 18, 2009
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Jane CampionSeptember 14, 2009
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Judd ApatowJuly 22, 2009
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Harold RamisJune 12, 2009
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Eric Schlosser, Alice Waters + Food, Inc. PanelJune 4, 2009
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Sam Mendes + John KrasinskiJune 2, 2009
Stan Brakhage March 9, 1991
Stan Brakhage was America's preeminent avant-garde filmmaker. From the early 1950s until his death in 2003, he made more than 300 films, each an adventure in visual perception. His films have astonishing variety, ranging from psychodrama and hand-painted animation to diaristic study, abstract collage, and epic lyricism. In this talk, opening a month-long retrospective, Brakhage humorously recalled his brief flirtation with Hollywood. For Brakhage, film was not primarily a narrative medium: "There are other things that are more natural to film, and that's where I try to begin. Resisting story, but something more like how the mind thinks—free of words." Here, he introduces a screening of Desistfilm, The Way to Shadow Garden, In Between, Reflections on Black, The Wonder Ring, and Night Cats, followed by a discussion of his work with Chief Curator David Schwartz.
