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Hello everyone,
One of the advantages of living in an artist live/work is that we can watch movies on a big screen with a digital projector. So I'm going to have a little private get-together this Friday in the Encounter Studio space, and we're watching the movie "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes." If you'd like to join us, just drop me a line. Hope to see you then!
--Aaron
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Friday June 15, 2007
Doors open at 8:00, movie starts at 8:30 pm
Bring your own whatever. Kid-friendly environment, but this film isn't really for kids. Please don't bring pets.
"The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
2005, color, 99 minutes
Direction and animation: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Screenplay: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Alan Passes
Executive Producer: Terry Gilliam
Dr. Yo says:
The Brothers Quay are internationally recognized artists who have made astonishing forays into the unconscious with their short surrealist stop-motion films. Like their artistic predecessor, Jan Švankmajer, the Quays have extended their work into the full length feature format. However, unlike Švankmajer, the Quays' features have fully retained the surreal qualities of their shorter works. Their blending of live action and animation is hypnotic and seamless, unquestionably the product of artists who have demonstrated mastery of the media.
"The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" cloaks a convoluted experimental narrative in a shroud of decayed satin and lace, all the more beautiful for its tattered decomposition. The film is an enigma without a solution, a poetic opera open to interpretation rather than a conventional cinematic narrative. To paraphrase one of the characters in the film, it's like being inside someone else's imagination. Because the story does not have a neat and tidy resolution, but allows the viewer to engage in the creation of meaning, American audiences tend to be confused. This resulted in a mixed critical reception when the film was released. Viewers who wish merely to be spoon-fed their daily dose of escapist entertainment will be frustrated by this film. It needs to be taken on its own terms, free from the narrow expectations imposed by a lifetime of conditioning to passive consumption. On the other hand, those who delight in explorations of the mind and the senses will find the film to be a work of genius worthy of repeated viewings.
As with many great works of art, this film is essentially ahead of its time. Perhaps in the future, "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" will be recognized for the masterpiece that it is, just as "Metropolis" and "Citizen Kane" were belatedly celebrated long after their initial releases.
Official website (kinda broken):
www.thepianotunerofearthquakes.com/
Trailer:
www.zeitgeistfilms.com/displa...ler.php
One of the advantages of living in an artist live/work is that we can watch movies on a big screen with a digital projector. So I'm going to have a little private get-together this Friday in the Encounter Studio space, and we're watching the movie "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes." If you'd like to join us, just drop me a line. Hope to see you then!
--Aaron
--------------
Friday June 15, 2007
Doors open at 8:00, movie starts at 8:30 pm
Bring your own whatever. Kid-friendly environment, but this film isn't really for kids. Please don't bring pets.
"The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
2005, color, 99 minutes
Direction and animation: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Screenplay: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Alan Passes
Executive Producer: Terry Gilliam
Dr. Yo says:
The Brothers Quay are internationally recognized artists who have made astonishing forays into the unconscious with their short surrealist stop-motion films. Like their artistic predecessor, Jan Švankmajer, the Quays have extended their work into the full length feature format. However, unlike Švankmajer, the Quays' features have fully retained the surreal qualities of their shorter works. Their blending of live action and animation is hypnotic and seamless, unquestionably the product of artists who have demonstrated mastery of the media.
"The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" cloaks a convoluted experimental narrative in a shroud of decayed satin and lace, all the more beautiful for its tattered decomposition. The film is an enigma without a solution, a poetic opera open to interpretation rather than a conventional cinematic narrative. To paraphrase one of the characters in the film, it's like being inside someone else's imagination. Because the story does not have a neat and tidy resolution, but allows the viewer to engage in the creation of meaning, American audiences tend to be confused. This resulted in a mixed critical reception when the film was released. Viewers who wish merely to be spoon-fed their daily dose of escapist entertainment will be frustrated by this film. It needs to be taken on its own terms, free from the narrow expectations imposed by a lifetime of conditioning to passive consumption. On the other hand, those who delight in explorations of the mind and the senses will find the film to be a work of genius worthy of repeated viewings.
As with many great works of art, this film is essentially ahead of its time. Perhaps in the future, "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" will be recognized for the masterpiece that it is, just as "Metropolis" and "Citizen Kane" were belatedly celebrated long after their initial releases.
Official website (kinda broken):
www.thepianotunerofearthquakes.com/
Trailer:
www.zeitgeistfilms.com/displa...ler.php
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