Let’s Get Lost
Let’s Get Lost, Bruce Weber, 1988, 2 hrs.
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point, Richard Sarafian, 1971, 1 hr. 39 mins.
To me, the “vanishing point” means just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Richard Sarafian
Down by Law
Down by Law, Jim Jarmusch, 1986, 1 hr. 47 mins.
Down by Law is a fable of poetic density. Vincent Canby, New York Times, September 19, 1986
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road, Wim Wenders, 1976, 2 hrs. 55 mins.
Wim Wenders' Kings of the Road is a film of great depth and beauty, and its black and white photography is worthy of comparison with John Ford's. But it is rarely played commercially, maybe because of its three-hour length. Three hours, yes, but that's not a moment too long. Wenders needs the time to pace the developing relationship between his two main characters. Roger Ebert, March 15, 1978
Paris, Texas
Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders, 1984, 2 hrs. 27 mins.
Paris, Texas is a road movie: that most essentially American of genres, so beloved by Wenders that he named his first production company after it. Guy Lodge, Guardian, April 27, 2015
[A] story of loss upon loss. Roger Ebert, December 8, 2002
Station to Station
Station to Station, Doug Aitken, 2013, 62 one-minute films
Nine vintage train cars, strewn with multicolored LEDs, zoomed cross-country, filled with a rotating cast of contemporary artists and musicians, including Beck, Patti Smith, Ed Ruscha, William Eggleston, Cat Power, Thurston Moore and Mark Bradford. . . . Along the way, Aitken shot and directed a feature film that's not so much a documentary of the project as it is an offshoot of it. Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, August 19, 2015
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
A poignant, thought-provoking account of friendship and the toll of inherited guilt, this film explores the relationship between two men, each of whom are the children of very high-ranking Nazi officials and possess starkly contrasting attitudes toward their fathers. Eminent human rights lawyer Philippe Sands investigates the complicated connection between the two, and even delves into the story of his own grandfather who escaped the same town where their fathers carried out mass killings.
Electric Earth in the Round with Natural Light: Revolve/Rebound/Resound/Reground
A very different mixture of multi-disciplinary, multi-layered, multi-directional showcased performances and interactive events, including stations where audiences can fulfill suggested tasks or assignments if they like.
Electric Earth in the Round with Illumination: Scatterlings
Multiple location lighting design by Nikki DeShea Smith
Electric EARth: Music to Celebrate the Art of Doug Aitken
Sounds Modern presents Electric EARth: music to celebrate the art of Doug Aitken, in the auditorium at the Modern on Saturday, June 10 at 2 pm. Sounds Modern celebrates the multiple, shifting, and technically mediated perspectives of Aitken’s art with music by Crumb, Cage, Xenakis, and others that places the listener in a variety of imaginary worlds. From the deep ocean to the center of a charcoal fire, travel with us deep inside the sound worlds of the Electric EARth.
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