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Rooftop Paper - Four Stories from Rooftop Cinema 2008/09
Apart from a couple of pages dedicated to the film program and the FAQs, Rooftop Paper has no information or images relating to the films or the cinema experience. It's like they want you to spend your time reading fiction instead of buying tickets! It's like they want you to use your imagination instead of your credit card.
Last Exit To Nowhere T-shirts
It's a shame that slogan t-shirts are lamer than a guy who just got stabbed in the kneecap with a wasp knife, because the other day I was inside my closet looking for the doorway to my secret den (from whence I once sent emails to prospective publishers regarding my manuscript "Hello Cleveland: A Band That Never Made It Outside Ohio") when a box toppled from the shelf, bringing with it a flood of memories.
Flatlands launch
What:
Flatlands launch
Where:
Gorker Gallery, Cnr Gore and Kerr Sts, Fitzroy
When:
Launch TONIGHT! Thurs Oct 9, 6-9pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Flatlands: Rumination on Love and Romanticism in the Modern Age. When we can't fit the title of a show under the 'What' heading, we know it's going to be thorough. This is a rad interactive video installation by filmmaker Emma Freeman, whom you might know from such projects as Love My Way, Secret Life of Us and the freaky-but-cute 2002 Tropfest Best Film Lamb.
Man On Wire
In 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit strung up a cable between two corners of the World Trade Centre buildings in New York and went for an awe-inspiring stroll. Suddenly, the up-til-then ambivalent public response to the new constructions was converted into a fever of art-fuelled patriotism.
Chris Doyle's Ecstatic City
What:
Chris Doyle's Ecstatic City
Where:
Public filming event at Fed Square
Installation in the moat at NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
When:
Public filming event: Fri Sept 26, 9am-6pm
Installation: Oct 9-25, 11am-midnight
How much:
Free!
Description:
Do you remember the little moater that could? He dived into the shallows of the NGV moat and managed to pay for his dinner that night. It's wonderful when citizens make good use of our decorative water features. Chris Doyle thinks so, too. The Brooklyn-based artist projects video pieces against city walls to create moving sculptures of light.
Beyond Our Ken
What:
Beyond Our Ken
When:
Very limited season starts today, Thurs Sept 18
Where:
Cinema Nova
Watch the trailer:
Here
Description:
When people are protesting your documentary, you must be doing something right. Beyond Our Ken is a self-funded, low-budget film that turns the microscope onto the controversial KENJA group and their promises of unleashing ‘human potential'. (Feel free to replace ‘group' with ‘cult' and ‘human potential' with ‘charges of sexual abuse'.
MIFF Random Play
With seventeen days of films on offer, some of your choices will come down to guesswork - even if you fine-tooth through the program with IMDB bookmarks and a magnifying glass. We roll the dice with some random, synopsis-selected, will-they-or-won't-they picks.
Why not embrace the proud ThreeThousand tradition of choosing a flick based solely on its title? This year it's debut feature with French New Wave tendencies The Pleasure of Being Robbed.
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