Hamilton College announces a new film and lecture series, F.I.L.M
(Forum for Images and Languages in Motion), scheduled on Sunday
afternoons and Tuesday evenings. All events are free and open to the
public.
"When you walk out of one of our events, you should know something--specifically something about media history--that you were not aware of when you walked in," says organizer and Hamilton Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald. "My hope is that our programs will bridge this gap, offering regular, entertaining education in film history and current practice to the campus and to central New York." MacDonald programmed film series for 20 years in the '80s and '90s in Utica. He taught at Utica College for many years and has been a visiting professor of film at Bard College and the University of Arizona. MacDonald has edited and written many books and essays related to film.
All Sunday Series programs will be held in Kirner-Johnson Auditorium at 2 p.m.
All Tuesday evening programs will be held in Kirner-Johnson auditorium at 7 p.m. and will be contextualized by MacDonald. Listed below are events scheduled for Sept.:
Sunday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. - "Etienne-Jules Marey: Science and Cinema Explored"
Marta Braun, professor of art history, photography, and film theory at Ryerson University in Toronto and author of Picturing Time: The Work of Etienne-Jules Marey, will present an illustrated lecture titled "Etienne-Jules Marey: Science and Cinema Explored." Marey's revolutionary "chronophotographs" forever changed the way motion and time are visualized and understood. One of the most original scientists of the 19th century, Marey is considered one of the two inventors of the photographic motion picture.
Sunday, Sept. 18, at 2 p.m. -- "Cinema 16"
Scott MacDonald will present an afternoon of short films arranged "Cinema 16-style." Amos Vogel's New York film society, Cinema 16 presented film programs from 1947 until 1963 arranged to create the maximum thought about cinema and modern experience. MacDonald's presentation includes several rare films not currently in distribution in the United States, including Robert Nelson's "Hot Leatherette" (1967), "Weegee's New York" (c. 1952) by photographer Weegee and Amos Vogel and Arne Sucksdorff's remarkable nature film, "A Divided World" (1948).
Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. - "Film and the American Landscape Painting"
This presentation will focus on the relationship between American landscape painting of the 19th century, early cinema and contemporary landscape filmmaking. Screenings include several rare films made soon after the invention of cinema as well as "Fog Line" (1970) by Larry Gottheim and "Landscape (for Manon)" (1958) by Peter Hutton.
Sunday, Sept. 25, at 2 p.m. - "Witchcraft through the Ages"
The silent Danish film about the history of witchcraft, "Haxan" (1922) by Benjamin Christensen will be screened. After considerable critical success in Europe, this film disappeared for decades, in part because of widespread censorship restrictions. "Haxan" should not be missed by anyone with an interest in early cinema, the history of witchcraft, or the depiction of women in cinema.
"When you walk out of one of our events, you should know something--specifically something about media history--that you were not aware of when you walked in," says organizer and Hamilton Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald. "My hope is that our programs will bridge this gap, offering regular, entertaining education in film history and current practice to the campus and to central New York." MacDonald programmed film series for 20 years in the '80s and '90s in Utica. He taught at Utica College for many years and has been a visiting professor of film at Bard College and the University of Arizona. MacDonald has edited and written many books and essays related to film.
All Sunday Series programs will be held in Kirner-Johnson Auditorium at 2 p.m.
All Tuesday evening programs will be held in Kirner-Johnson auditorium at 7 p.m. and will be contextualized by MacDonald. Listed below are events scheduled for Sept.:
Sunday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. - "Etienne-Jules Marey: Science and Cinema Explored"
Marta Braun, professor of art history, photography, and film theory at Ryerson University in Toronto and author of Picturing Time: The Work of Etienne-Jules Marey, will present an illustrated lecture titled "Etienne-Jules Marey: Science and Cinema Explored." Marey's revolutionary "chronophotographs" forever changed the way motion and time are visualized and understood. One of the most original scientists of the 19th century, Marey is considered one of the two inventors of the photographic motion picture.
Sunday, Sept. 18, at 2 p.m. -- "Cinema 16"
Scott MacDonald will present an afternoon of short films arranged "Cinema 16-style." Amos Vogel's New York film society, Cinema 16 presented film programs from 1947 until 1963 arranged to create the maximum thought about cinema and modern experience. MacDonald's presentation includes several rare films not currently in distribution in the United States, including Robert Nelson's "Hot Leatherette" (1967), "Weegee's New York" (c. 1952) by photographer Weegee and Amos Vogel and Arne Sucksdorff's remarkable nature film, "A Divided World" (1948).
Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. - "Film and the American Landscape Painting"
This presentation will focus on the relationship between American landscape painting of the 19th century, early cinema and contemporary landscape filmmaking. Screenings include several rare films made soon after the invention of cinema as well as "Fog Line" (1970) by Larry Gottheim and "Landscape (for Manon)" (1958) by Peter Hutton.
Sunday, Sept. 25, at 2 p.m. - "Witchcraft through the Ages"
The silent Danish film about the history of witchcraft, "Haxan" (1922) by Benjamin Christensen will be screened. After considerable critical success in Europe, this film disappeared for decades, in part because of widespread censorship restrictions. "Haxan" should not be missed by anyone with an interest in early cinema, the history of witchcraft, or the depiction of women in cinema.
