Sun November 15, 2015
David Finkelstein and Dolissa Medina: New experimental shorts
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Filmmaker will be present at the screening.
Privy (2014)
A young woman is forced to live with an unsympathetic stepmother, and spends much of her time in an outhouse, escaping into books and her own vivid fantasy life. “Privy” uses oblique, poetic language, fanciful images and musical interludes to depict her daydreams and her evolving plans for escape. Based on an improvisation by actors David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill.
The Crow Furnace (Dolissa Medina, 2015)
“The Crow Furnace” is a narrative poem-essay about San Francisco, urban displacement, and the spectacle of loss. Two protagonists journey through a purgatorial time and place, encountering sights and objects from the city's history of catastrophic fires – a metaphor for the disappearance of communities.
The Linen Closet (David Finkelstein, 2015)
An older woman (Alice Teirstein) opens a closet door and finds a key to her confused, fading memories. Hearing and vision loss isolate her, and her mental confusion keeps her suspended in the tactile sensations of the immediate present. The touch of old linen brings back old family history, both pleasant and traumatic. Based on an improvised dialog by David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill, “The Linen Closet” blends animation, music, dance, and performance to create a poetic portrait of the inner world of a woman struggling to make sense of the present and find peace with the past.
A poet's journey though corridors of liquid geometry where words float and echoes are visual; where portals open onto morphing gardens with unlimited horizons.
-Mike Kuchar on David Finkelstein’s “Suggestive Gestures”
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Privy (2014)
A young woman is forced to live with an unsympathetic stepmother, and spends much of her time in an outhouse, escaping into books and her own vivid fantasy life. “Privy” uses oblique, poetic language, fanciful images and musical interludes to depict her daydreams and her evolving plans for escape. Based on an improvisation by actors David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill.
The Crow Furnace (Dolissa Medina, 2015)
“The Crow Furnace” is a narrative poem-essay about San Francisco, urban displacement, and the spectacle of loss. Two protagonists journey through a purgatorial time and place, encountering sights and objects from the city's history of catastrophic fires – a metaphor for the disappearance of communities.
The Linen Closet (David Finkelstein, 2015)
An older woman (Alice Teirstein) opens a closet door and finds a key to her confused, fading memories. Hearing and vision loss isolate her, and her mental confusion keeps her suspended in the tactile sensations of the immediate present. The touch of old linen brings back old family history, both pleasant and traumatic. Based on an improvised dialog by David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill, “The Linen Closet” blends animation, music, dance, and performance to create a poetic portrait of the inner world of a woman struggling to make sense of the present and find peace with the past.
A poet's journey though corridors of liquid geometry where words float and echoes are visual; where portals open onto morphing gardens with unlimited horizons.
-Mike Kuchar on David Finkelstein’s “Suggestive Gestures”
Filmmaker will be present at the screening.
Privy (2014)
A young woman is forced to live with an unsympathetic stepmother, and spends much of her time in an outhouse, escaping into books and her own vivid fantasy life. “Privy” uses oblique, poetic language, fanciful images and musical interludes to depict her daydreams and her evolving plans for escape. Based on an improvisation by actors David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill.
The Crow Furnace (Dolissa Medina, 2015)
“The Crow Furnace” is a narrative poem-essay about San Francisco, urban displacement, and the spectacle of loss. Two protagonists journey through a purgatorial time and place, encountering sights and objects from the city's history of catastrophic fires – a metaphor for the disappearance of communities.
The Linen Closet (David Finkelstein, 2015)
An older woman (Alice Teirstein) opens a closet door and finds a key to her confused, fading memories. Hearing and vision loss isolate her, and her mental confusion keeps her suspended in the tactile sensations of the immediate present. The touch of old linen brings back old family history, both pleasant and traumatic. Based on an improvised dialog by David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill, “The Linen Closet” blends animation, music, dance, and performance to create a poetic portrait of the inner world of a woman struggling to make sense of the present and find peace with the past.
A poet's journey though corridors of liquid geometry where words float and echoes are visual; where portals open onto morphing gardens with unlimited horizons.
-Mike Kuchar on David Finkelstein’s “Suggestive Gestures”
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Privy (2014)
A young woman is forced to live with an unsympathetic stepmother, and spends much of her time in an outhouse, escaping into books and her own vivid fantasy life. “Privy” uses oblique, poetic language, fanciful images and musical interludes to depict her daydreams and her evolving plans for escape. Based on an improvisation by actors David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill.
The Crow Furnace (Dolissa Medina, 2015)
“The Crow Furnace” is a narrative poem-essay about San Francisco, urban displacement, and the spectacle of loss. Two protagonists journey through a purgatorial time and place, encountering sights and objects from the city's history of catastrophic fires – a metaphor for the disappearance of communities.
The Linen Closet (David Finkelstein, 2015)
An older woman (Alice Teirstein) opens a closet door and finds a key to her confused, fading memories. Hearing and vision loss isolate her, and her mental confusion keeps her suspended in the tactile sensations of the immediate present. The touch of old linen brings back old family history, both pleasant and traumatic. Based on an improvised dialog by David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill, “The Linen Closet” blends animation, music, dance, and performance to create a poetic portrait of the inner world of a woman struggling to make sense of the present and find peace with the past.
A poet's journey though corridors of liquid geometry where words float and echoes are visual; where portals open onto morphing gardens with unlimited horizons.
-Mike Kuchar on David Finkelstein’s “Suggestive Gestures”
show less
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