Shirley Clarke Program
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!
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).
A short documentary about the construction of a new skyscraper in the Manhattan of the late 1950s.
Shirley Clarke juxtaposes schoolchildren in scary Halloween costumes with scenes of poverty outside the United States.
A dying man reflects on his life while giving his last rites.
