Guided Tour: Museums in Cinema
Guided Tour: Museums in Cinema
July 6–August 31, 2016
Fiction, nonfiction, and experimental films encourage us to contemplate and debate the role of museums in contemporary society.
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The New Rijksmuseum
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At the Museum: A Pilgrimage of Vanquished Objects
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That Which Is Possible
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Russian Ark
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Circuit
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Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
Amie Siegel Artist Talk: Provenance
Sunday, July 10 7 PMView DetailsAmie Siegel in person
Provenance travels in reverse from houses populated by midcentury-modern furniture to the collectibles’ origins in the modernist city of Chandigarh, India. With short, Lot 248.
The Mill and the Cross
Lech Majewski
Poland, Sweden, 2010BAMPFA Collection Print
Wednesday, July 20 7 PMView DetailsBruegel’s painting The Way to Calvary is brought to life in this technologically stunning interpretation “starring” Rutger Hauer, Michael York, and Charlotte Rampling. With short Black Mirror at The National Gallery.
Animals and More Animals
Nicolas Philibert
France, 1995Imported Print
Sunday, July 24 5:30 PMView DetailsA droll and engrossing look at the restoration of Paris's Natural History Museum and the reinstatement of its inhabitants—elephants, badgers, butterflies, and more. With shorts Circuit (Amie Siegel) and The Wake (Dana Levy).
The New Rijksmuseum
Oeke Hoogendijk
Netherlands, 2014Thursday, July 28 7 PMView DetailsA fascinating trip through the battles, discussions, and minutiae behind the remodeling of Amsterdam’s famed Rijksumusem. “An elegant portrait of dysfunction.” (LA Weekly).
Russian Ark
Aleksandr Sokurov
Russia, Germany, Japan, 2002Saturday, July 30 6 PMView DetailsSokoruv’s technically astounding feature—shot entirely in one continuous, unbroken take—moves through St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum, and entire eras of Russian history and culture. “A magnificent conjuring act, an eerie historical mirage” (NY Times).
Russian Ark
Aleksandr Sokurov
Russia, Germany, Japan, 2002Sunday, July 31 5:30 PMView DetailsSokoruv’s technically astounding feature—shot entirely in one continuous, unbroken take—moves through St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum, and entire eras of Russian history and culture. “A magnificent conjuring act, an eerie historical mirage” (NY Times).
At the Museum: Short Films
Wednesday, August 3 7 PMView DetailsJeanne Finley and Judy Fiskin in person
Artists look at museums with wit, insight, and in some cases, pointed critique, in this group of shorts. Includes films by Andrea Fraser, Jeanne Finley, Ximena Cuevas, Amie Siegel, and Judy Fiskin.
National Gallery
Frederick Wiseman
United States, France, 2014Sunday, August 7 3 PMView DetailsMaster documentary filmmaker Wiseman turns his attention to the inner workings of London’s National Gallery. "A tribute to the wonders of creative expression" (Village Voice).
That Which Is Possible
Michael Gitlin
United States , 2015Wednesday, August 10 7 PMView DetailsAn intimate portrait of a community of artists, musicians, and writers who create work at the Living Museum, located on the grounds of a psychiatric center. With the Quay Brothers short, The Phantom Museum.
Francofonia
Alexander Sokurov
France/Germany/Netherlands, 2015Thursday, August 18 7 PMView DetailsRussian master Alexander Sokurov's portrait of the Louvre extends into a transcendent investigation of art, life, and cultural and political power. With Alain Resnais and Chris Marker’s short, Statues Also Die.
Museum Hours
Jem Cohen
Austria/United States, 2012Wednesday, August 24 7 PMView DetailsAmid artwork and strangers in Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, a guard and a visitor are drawn into each other’s lives. "A powerfully contemplative look at the transformative ability of all art" (Indiewire).
Innocence of Memories: Orhan Pamuk’s Museum and Istanbul
Grant Gee
United Kingdom, 2015Wednesday, August 31 7 PMView DetailsTurkish writer Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence captures “the magic of ordinary objects”; this film does the same, and showcases Pamuk’s relationship to his beloved Istanbul. With Dana Levy’s short, Dead World Order.