Cinema Mon Amour: Robert Beavers
Cinema Mon Amour: Robert Beavers
November 9–14, 2016
Avant-garde filmmaker Robert Beavers comes to BAMPFA for a weeklong residency to show his own work alongside films that have inspired him.
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Hedge Theater
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From the Notebook of . . .
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The Ground
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Ruskin
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Pitcher of Colored Light
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Films
From the Notebook of . . . Plus a Few Favorite Films
Wednesday, November 9 7 PMView DetailsRobert Beavers in person.
From the Notebook of . . . is "one of the best films in this year's [New York Film Festival]. . . . Elegant, beautiful, complex and austere (Manohla Dargis, New York Times). Paired with shorts by Harry Smith, Gregory J. Markopoulos, and Ute Aurand.
In Focus: The Poetics of Cinema
In Focus lecture/screening, special admission applies
Thursday, November 10 2:10 PMView DetailsLecture/Screening with filmmaker Robert Beavers. Judith Rosenberg on piano.
Robert Beavers leads a discussion on the poetics of cinema and presents several of his films, including Work Done and Ruskin, alongside an excerpt from Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed.
Aparajito
Satyajit Ray
India, 1956Digital Restoration
Friday, November 11 4 PMView DetailsThe second film in the Apu Trilogy follows Apu’s family as they travel to the holy city of Benares along the banks of the Ganges. “Graceful, insightful, and moving” (S.F. Chronicle). November 13 screening introduced by filmmaker Robert Beavers.
Robert Beavers Selects: Vampyr
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Germany, France, 1931Friday, November 11 7 PMView DetailsIntroduced by Robert Beavers.
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s film is paired with Gregory J. Markopoulos’s Swain, an early psychodrama trance film; both were influential on Beavers’s aesthetic.
Robert Beavers on Cinematic Space, Composition, and Structure
Saturday, November 12 8 PMView DetailsRobert Beavers in person.
The concluding trio of films, Hedge Theater, The Stoas, and The Ground, in Beavers’s magnificent film cycle offers images of ineffable beauty and unspoken eloquence.Aparajito
Satyajit Ray
India, 1956Digital Restoration
Sunday, November 13 1:30 PMView DetailsThe second film in the Apu Trilogy follows Apu’s family as they travel to the holy city of Benares along the banks of the Ganges. “Graceful, insightful, and moving” (S.F. Chronicle). November 13 screening introduced by filmmaker Robert Beavers.
Robert Beavers: Recent Films
Monday, November 14 7 PMView DetailsRobert Beavers in person.
Four films made by Beavers since 2007, including his exquisite Pitcher of Colored Light and graceful The Suppliant, paired with the Bay Area premieres of First Weeks and Ute Aurand’s Four Diamonds.Aparajito
Satyajit Ray
India, 1956Digital Restoration
Thursday, December 29 7 PMView DetailsThe second film in the Apu Trilogy follows Apu’s family as they travel to the holy city of Benares along the banks of the Ganges. “Graceful, insightful, and moving” (S.F. Chronicle). November 13 screening introduced by filmmaker Robert Beavers.