Short Cuts
By Marjorie Baumgarten, Fri., Oct. 17, 1997
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the AFS continues its Survey of the American Avant Garde Cinema at 7pm in the Union Theatre. This week's episode is "1950s: The Beat Films." Included are Robert Frank's 1953 classic Pull My Daisy with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky; Desistfilm and Wonder Ring by Stan Brakhage; Bridges-Go-Round by Shirley Clarke; The End and ScotchHop by Christopher MacLaine. Admission is free...
The Cinemaker Co-op is presenting a Camera Swap this Saturday, Oct. 18, 8am-1pm, at 2211-A Hidalgo St. (off East Seventh Street behind the Short Stop). Still cameras, 8mm, 16mm, and AV equipment will be available to buy, sell, and trade. Admission is $2, tables for vendors are $15. Call 236-8877 for more info...
A call for entries has been issued by the Dallas Video Festival for next year's program. There are no thematic or content restrictions; entries in virtually every format will be accepted. To obtain an entry form and more information call 214/651-8600, e-mail [email protected], or check their website at http://www.videofest.org. Deadline is Nov. 7...
A number of special screenings are also set for the coming week. Rose X Media House (producer of Alien Dreamtime) presents its new science fiction feature work in progress, Strange Attractor at two weekend screenings at the Dobie: Saturday, Oct. 18 at midnight and Sunday, Oct. 19 at 4pm. The film stars Lady Miss Kier (of Dee-Lite), Terence McKenna, and features the music of A Guy Called Gerald. Admission is $5 and the filmmakers will be in attendance...
Two other Austin-lensed films also open for regular runs at the Dobie this week: a fascinating documentary about bullriding called Chasing the Dream by Jeff Fraley and Harry Lynch, and the long-awaited Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation. See this week's "Screens" section and film listings for showtimes and more info...
In conjunction with a visit by screenwriter Larry Gross to UT's Texas Center for Writers, there will be a free public screening of This World, Then the Fireworks, which was written and produced by Gross. The film is a noir adaptation of a Jim Thompson short story and stars Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, and Sheryl Lee. It will screen Wednesday, Oct. 22, 7pm, in the Union Theatre...
This week's installment of Bill Daniel's Funhouse Cinema series is titled "Bike Power" (and, really, Bill had no idea that this week's issue of the Chronicle was going to be chock full of bike stories). Featured is Ted White's legendary Return of the Scorcher and lots of other fun bike shorts are promised. Showtimes are 8 & 10:30pm, Monday, Oct. 20 at the Ritz Lounge...
The Alamo Drafthouse has cooked up a special treat for this Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7pm. Spicy Movie and Spicy Food is the theme of this special evening during which a $10 ticket will grant you access to all-you-can-eat Cajun gumbo while watching the restored director's cut of A Streetcar Named Desire. Advance ticket purchases are available and recommended. Check out more info about this event and this unique theatre's other shows at http://www.drafthouse.com...
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish the Austin American-Statesman's resident film critic Ann Hornaday a final, though terribly reluctant, farewell as she completes her work in Austin this week before departing town to begin a new job as the film critic at the Baltimore Sun. Her contributions to this city have been instrumental in raising Austin film culture to a new level of self-awareness and national recognition. Her writing made us all smarter and her commitment provided constant inspiration. Hornaday's daily involvement in this town will be sorely missed.
