Cinema of the Body
This programme is international, historical and thematic drawing from the unique collection of the LFMC and other distributors of experimental films. The body is a rich source of content in film, from Muybridge's studies to body-art, portraiture, sexuality and the erotic, which tests the limits between intimacy and pornography. Charged with signs through look, gaze, gesture, posture, expression, the body becomes the inscription in a physical yet imaginary engagement with the image.
Programme
Victorian Lady In Her Boudoir’ (Esme Collins, Br, 1896) 4 mins
The Indiarubber Head (George Melies, Fr, 1901) 4 mins
Geography Of The Body (Marie Menken/William Haas, USA, 1943) 7 mins
A Study in Choreography for Camera, (Maya Deren, 1945, USA) 3 mins
Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, USA, 1947) 15 mins
Window Water Baby Moving (1959, USA) 12mins
Asleep (Steve Dwoskin, Br, 1961) 4 mins
16/67: September 20th — Gunther Brus (aka Eating, Drinking, Pissing, Shitting) (Kurt Kren,1967) 6 mins
Boobs A Lot (Aggy Read, Br, 1968) 3 mins
L’homme Nu (George Rey, Fr, 1969) 3 mins
L’homme Qui Tousse (Christian Boltanski, Fr, 1969) 3 mins
Kugelkopf - An Ode to IBM (Mara Mattuschka, Austria, 1985), 6 mins
Swimmer, (Michael Maziere, Br, 1987) 5 mins
Muybridge Revisited (George Snow UK, 1988), 5 minutes
Descent of the Seductress (Jean Matthee, Br, 1987) 11 mins
Headgear, (David Leister, Br, 1989) 6 min
