Flicker #27
Flicker #27, December 13, 1999
here's what we screened:
Leslie McClintock "The Work
of Hands"
16mm 10 min
Angie Grass "Ain't No One at
Home...Ain't No One at Work Either"
super 8 3 min
Deena DeNaro "Twister"
16mm 4 min
Chuck Perry "Meat the Johnsons"
& "The Making of 'Meat the Johnsons'"
pixelvision 7 min
Tim and Tony Cargioli "A Brief
History of Cinema"
16mm 5 min
Lynn Cornfoot "Love"
16mm 7 min
Chris Jolly "Trying Flying"
super 8 3 min
Michael Connor "Secondhand"
16mm 9 min
Flicker #27
Welcome to another evening of
celluloid-originated amusements. As most of you already know, in early November
I spent 10 days on the road sharing the Flicker gospel with curious onlookers
around the Southeast. From Athens to Wilmington (alphabetically) and from
Asheville to Savannah (geographically, North to South), the natives came
out & got a helping of our local fare. Some of those natives had films of
their own, a handful of which we're seeing tonight. Some of those filmmakers
are even making the trek to the Cradle to introduce the films to you--you
might consider clapping extra-loud to give 'em a little something to keep
'em warm on the long drive home. While I'm excited about the whole show,
I'm especially excited to have finally made contact with the parallel universe
Flicker in Athens, GA which inspired Norwood to start this thing up so many
moons ago. They've recently revived the "Flicker Film Society" there to
make it better'n ever with a show of filmic oddities every Monday night.
We're going to be screening a film by each of the honchos down there (founder,
Angie Grass & sidekick, Chris Jolly) as part of tonight's show. They've
promised to try to make the 5 hour trip up here the next time our show isn't
on a Monday night. (It's the first time I think I've had conflicting counter-programming
with a show in another state.)
Anyway, all this emphasis on the goodies gathered on the Flicker tour shouldn't
obscure the fact that we've got plenty of stuff from locals tonight too
(including two newcomers to the area & the long-awaited Flicker premiere
of Mike Connor's "Secondhand").
Enjoy, (then go home and make something while you're still full of ideas
& excitement)
Flicker film grants
Congrats to Brett Ingram for
walking away with a pocketful of cash ($100) at the last show. I've now
seen Brett's film "The Garden Parasol 10 times & I'm not bored with it yet.
Tonight we'll hit the $2000 mark when we give away yet another $100 grant.
Congrats also to the Freewater kids (Kitchel, Epss, et al.) who nabbed our
third super 8 film grant (a free roll & processing). Another lucky pair
of filmmakers will be welcomed into the circle of Flicker grant laureates
tonight. Could it be you? It could if you send a (formal or informal) proposal
to:
Flicker
4000 Forestdale Dr.
Durham, NC 27712
or