"Warren Sonbert is a filmmaker's filmmaker.... Certain aspects of his filmmaking fall into the category of the diary film. Shooting is part of his everyday life and he travels with his Bolex.... But his editing structure has nothing to do with diary. The films are organized neither chronologically nor narratively, but through varying kinds of visual associations, rhymes and puns." (Amy Taubin, Soho Weekly News). Warren Sonbert has continued to make films steadily since the late sixties, working on each film for several years and revising them even after they are released. He has gathered a sizeable following, both in the Bay Area and in New York. Tonight we feature his newest work, The Cup and the Lip, a film three years in the making. Divided Loyalties: "There is a clear analogy between the filmmaker and the dancers, acrobats, and skilled workers who make up so much of his subject matter. They are all masters of speed and precision." (Amy Taubin). (1978, 22 mins, Silent, Color) Hall of Mirrors: A film in three short sections, the first a re-editing of an old film, the second two spontaneously filmed portraits. "Fredric March and Florence Eldridge lost in a 1948 hall of mirrors and Rene Ricard and Gerard Malanga in New York scenes. Soundtrack: 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted,' 'Walk Away Renee,' and Georges Delerue's Contempt score." (Warren Sonbert). (1966, 7 mins, Color/B&W) The Cup and the Lip: "A sliced concoction of three years' gathered ingredients combusted for a snappy, misanthropic goulash. In the political maelstrom as opposed to the portraiture arena and form whiplashes content in terse propulsion." (Warren Sonbert). (1986, 20 mins, Silent, Color)