ONGOING SERIES AVAILABLE SPACE
Spacy in 16mm Sat, Mar 30 | 7:30pm | TMT
Available Space is a recurring monthly series showcasing experimental and independent film and media, including artist retrospectives, historical and contemporary films, expanded cinema performance, special guest events, and restorations from international archives, as well as our own Academy Film Archive.
Takashi Ito: Animating Spirits Sat, Mar 30 | 7:30pm | TMT
Thunder 1982. 5 min. Japan. Color. Sound. 16mm. Devil’s Circuit ( 悪魔の回路図 ) 1988. 8 min. Japan. Color. Sound. 16mm.
Japanese film wizard Takashi Ito is rightfully considered one of the most unique and thrilling practitioners of experimental cinema over the last few decades, and his 16mm films routinely leave audiences awestruck. Utilizing a combination of extraordinary in-camera animation techniques and inspired photographic alchemy, Ito harnesses the fundamental processes of cinema with his visionary and technically astonishing analog methods to create films that re-fashion reality and conjure the impossible. This extremely rare program of films by Ito features a wide range of his astonishing shorts, including ecstatic photo animations, ghostly apparitions, and ruminations on family and individuality, all screening in 16mm prints flown in from Japan just for this program. Programmed and note by Academy Film Archive Senior Film Preservationist Mark Toscano. This film may trigger seizures for visitors with photosensitive epilepsy. Please use your discretion when viewing. All films directed by Takashi Ito unless otherwise noted. All films courtesy of Image Forum, Tokyo. Special thanks to Takashi Ito and Koyo Yamashita. Total program runtime: 83 min. Spacy 1981. 10 min. Japan. Color. Sound. 16mm. Box 1982. 8 min. Japan. Color. Sound. 16mm.
The Mummy’s Dream ( ミイラの夢 ) 1989. 6 min. Japan. B&W. Silent. 16mm. Wall 1987. 7 min. Japan. Color. Sound. 16mm. Apparatus M ( ギ·装置Ｍ / Gi-Souchi M) DIRECTED BY: Takashi Ito; produced & performed by Yasumasa Morimura. 1996. 6 min. Japan. Color. Silent. 16mm. Venus ( ビーナス ) 1990. 6 min. Japan. Color. Silent. 16mm. Grim 1985. 8 min. Japan. Color. Sound. 16mm. The Moon 1994. 7 min. Japan. Color. Sound. 16mm. Zone 1995. 12 min. Japan. Color. Sound. 16mm.
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