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Tuesday, Apr 19, 1994
Intimate Imaginaries: Michael Maziere Presents Recent British Film
Michael Maziere, director of London Video Access and former programmer at London Film-makers Co-op, will present a selection of contemporary British films, including his two most recent works. "Experimental film and video in the United Kingdom has been through a number of movements and tendencies in the last twenty years, from structural and formal concerns to more expressionist and personal ones. This program focuses on new work which speaks from the personal and the subjective in radical and innovative ways. Each piece deals with very intimate subjects (from) a recreation of a father's fantasies when he arrives from the West Indies to a 'nomadic movie,' following the wanderings of two South East Asian women."-Michael Maziere About his own work, Maziere has commented, "I am...committed to translating the subjective and emotive realities of life by creating an intimate and imaginary world through film. In my latest film The Red Sea I have created a dream text, a layering of images, memories and traces, an emotional journey through the body, water and fire....My aim is to put these tormented images up on the screen, to place fear and pleasure side by side. Michael Maziere: The Red Sea (1992, 22 mins). Cezanne's Eye 11 (1991, 20 mins). (Both: UK/France, Soundtrack by Stuart Jones, Color, 16mm). Pier Wilkie: How Wilkie Discovered England (1991, 15 mins). Alnoor Dewshi: Latifah and Hili's Nomadic Uncle (1992, 15 mins). John Smith: Slow Glass (1991, 40 mins).
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