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Shirley Clarke Program (VOA)
Location
Main projection room
Date
August 9th, 2022
Duration
69 min
Cycle
The essentials

Making lists is an activity moviegoers are fond of. Every year, the same ritual: compilation of the ten best films, with comparative analyses, debates, heated discussions. But what about the ultimate list of the most outstanding films in the history of cinema? That is to say, those films that must be seen, those that have forever transformed the art of cinema, but also our way of seeing a culture, of understanding the world as well as our own lives? This program aims to tackle this challenge with nearly eighty films, produced between 1916 and 1960, while waiting for your lists!

Bridges-Go-Round 1 and 2
Directed by
Shirley Clarke
Language
English version
Origins
USA
Year
1958
Duration
8 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
Digital
Synopsis

This essential, full-length experimental work from the late 1950s is an incredible demonstration of montage and superimposition featuring the various bridges of New York City, transforming them into an urban jungle (jazz version, Bridges-Go-Round 1) or an extraterrestrial landscape (electro-acoustic version, Bridges-Go-Round 2).

Bridges-Go-Round 1 and 2
Skyscraper
Directed by
Shirley Clarke, Wheaton Galentine, Irving Jacoby
Language
English version
Origins
USA
Year
1960
Duration
20 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis

A short documentary about the construction of a new skyscraper in the Manhattan of the late 1950s.

Skyscraper
Scary Time
Directed by
Shirley Clarke
Language
English version
Origins
USA
Year
1960
Duration
16 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Shirley Clarke juxtaposes schoolchildren in scary Halloween costumes with scenes of poverty outside the United States.

Scary Time
Tongues
Directed by
Shirley Clarke, Sam Sheppard
Language
English version
Actors
Joe Chaikin
Origins
USA
Year
1982
Duration
20 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
Digital
Synopsis

A dying man reflects on his life while giving his last rites.

Tongues