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Beg, Borrow & Steal

Collecting bits from a century of film and media history, this program—ranging from the picturesque to the decaying, from the kinetic to the hilarious—showcases unique collages and montages of found images and sound.

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  • Afraid So
    Afraid So

    USA, 2005, 3 min.

    Things aren’t all that bad, are they? Jay Rosenblatt, along with narrator Garrison Keillor, take on the Jeanne Marie Beaumont poem.

  • Here
    Here

    USA, 2005, 10 min.

    A Technicolor charge on horseback is mashed up with a series of early silent films from the Meliés brothers.

  • The Highwater Trilogy
    The Highwater Trilogy

    USA, 2006, 31 min.

    An epic meditation on erosion and natural disasters composed of subtly deteriorating found footage, in some cases more than a century old, from filmmaker Bill Morrison (DECASIA).

  • Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine
    Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine

    Austria, 2005, 17 min.

    An iconic Western is transformed into a Greek tragedy in an impossibly kinetic re-photographing of THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

  • Last Supper
    Last Supper

    Austria, 2005, 9 min.

    Nostalgic visions of family meals become more and more disturbed as the film stock grows increasingly discolored and decayed.

  • Mouse Heaven
    Mouse Heaven

    USA, 2005, 10 min.

    The legendary Kenneth Anger takes on a certain celebrity cartoon mouse, in a satire that has strange echoes of his homoerotic underground classic SCORPIO RISING.

  • Ringo
    Ringo

    USA, 2005, 6 min.

    A backwards celebration (in song!) of two icons of the American Western, John Wayne and Roy Rogers.

  • Tidal Wave
    Tidal Wave

    USA, 2005, 2 min.

    One man’s nightmares take physical shape in a rising tide that seems to be taking the form of each and every figure in the crowd.

  • Wall of Sound Flowers
    Wall of Sound Flowers

    Netherlands, 2006, 6 min.

    Set to an irresistible soundtrack of strumming, everyday objects and moments flash on screen while a pleasant flower wallpaper scrolls through the background.

Screenings

Northwest Film Forum
May 26, 2006 7:00 PM
7:00 PM (Date has passed.)