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

  • At the Museum: A Pilgrimage of Vanquished Objects

  • That Which Is Possible

  • Russian Ark

  • Circuit

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  • Louvre City

    Nicolas Philibert
    France, 1990
    Wednesday, July 6 7 PM
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  • Amie Siegel Artist Talk: Provenance

    Sunday, July 10 7 PM

    Amie 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.

     

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  • The Mill and the Cross

    Lech Majewski
    Poland, Sweden, 2010

    BAMPFA Collection Print

    Wednesday, July 20 7 PM

    Bruegel’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.

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  • Animals and More Animals

    Nicolas Philibert
    France, 1995

    Imported Print

    Sunday, July 24 5:30 PM

    A 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).

     

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  • The New Rijksmuseum

    Oeke Hoogendijk
    Netherlands, 2014
    Thursday, July 28 7 PM

    A fascinating trip through the battles, discussions, and minutiae behind the remodeling of Amsterdam’s famed Rijksumusem. “An elegant portrait of dysfunction.” (LA Weekly).

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  • Russian Ark

    Aleksandr Sokurov
    Russia, Germany, Japan, 2002
    Saturday, July 30 6 PM

    Sokoruv’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).

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  • Russian Ark

    Aleksandr Sokurov
    Russia, Germany, Japan, 2002
    Sunday, July 31 5:30 PM

    Sokoruv’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).

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  • At the Museum: Short Films

    Wednesday, August 3 7 PM

    Jeanne 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.

     

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  • National Gallery

    Frederick Wiseman
    United States, France, 2014
    Sunday, August 7 3 PM

    Master 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).

     

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  • That Which Is Possible

    Michael Gitlin
    United States , 2015
    Wednesday, August 10 7 PM

    An 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.

     

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  • Francofonia

    Alexander Sokurov
    France/Germany/Netherlands, 2015
    Thursday, August 18 7 PM

    Russian 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.

     

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  • Museum Hours

    Jem Cohen
    Austria/United States, 2012
    Wednesday, August 24 7 PM

    Amid 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).

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  • Innocence of Memories: Orhan Pamuk’s Museum and Istanbul

    Grant Gee
    United Kingdom, 2015
    Wednesday, August 31 7 PM

    Turkish 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.

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