The cinetrix greeted the dawn this morning and is on pace to beat all previous records for sleep deprivation. Here's what we've been watching, and when:
Monday morning: The Backyard Border (2008), Lee Wang; Grossraum (2004-5), Lonnie van Brummelen; Sahara Chronicle (2006-7), Ursula Biemann
Monday afternoon: Lottery of the Sea (2006), Allan Sekula
Monday evening: From Alex to Alex (2006), Alison Kobayashi; Memories (2004), Sylvia Schedelbauer; The Betrayal (Nerakhoon, 2007), Ellen Kuras & Thavisouk Phrasavath
Tuesday morning: special sneak preview of The Exiles (1961) by Kent MacKenzie in a beautifully restored print thanks to Milestone. Out July 11th.
Tuesday afternoon: Shorts. Lessons of the Blood (work in progress), James T. Hong; Tarrafal (2007); Pedro Costa; Remote Intimacy (2007/8), Sylvia Schedelbauer; Life in Fog (1995), Bahman Ghobadi; 731: Two Versions of Hell (2006-7), James T. Hong
It's cookout-and-outdoor-screening night tonight. Pray the weather holds....
