NYC movie theater trip #4
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Archives inside NYU’s Bobst Library to watch 1941 film* (technically digital file of video tape transferred from film) about Transport Workers Union produced by Leo Seltzer + Elaine Basil. No recording allowed 😭 but took copious notes.
Congrats to @tanyagoldman.bsky.social and Masha Shpolberg for organizing such a wonderful celebration of DAISIES on its 60th anniversary! Please check out the special JCMS @jcmsjournal.bsky.social dossier they're co-editing when it comes out. It will include a short piece by yours truly! 🌼
Leana Hirschfeld-Kroen, and a virtual @hennefem.bsky.social! Plus a brand new film, GUSTATORY GRATITUDES, by the very talented animator Kelly Gallagher made for the occasion. Night concluded w/ rooftop party
(@aurspiers.bsky.social couldn't make it but is another brilliant author in our dossier!)
Still beaming after Tuesday night’s celebration of Chytilová's DAISIES (1966) @ Czech Center of New York. Can’t wait for the @jcmsjournal.bsky.social dossier to drop (open access) this fall! Talks by my co-editor Masha Shpolberg and contributors Barbora Bartunova, Meta Mazaj, Dijana Jelača...
A highlight from a night of many highlights fêteing DAISIES (1966) at the Czech Center NY yesterday evening! Behold the comedic genius of @hennefem.bsky.social who recorded this video in collaboration with amazing animator Kelly Gallagher for the occasion! We missed you IRL, Maggie! 🎂🌼
Vintage-y shift dress ✅
Flower crown ✅
Thick 1960s makeup ✅
Ready to cosplay a Marie at our Daisies event at Czech Center NY tonight! #Daisies #VěraChytilová
new-york.czechcentres.cz/en/program/s...
Tonight, a visit to @filmforumnyc.bsky.social.
In FILMS IN REVIEW XI, no. 6 (June-July 1960), pp. 360-364.
“That a film so amateur should receive so much critical acclaim is a sad commentary on the state of Western culture.” — Henry Hart on HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR in 1960 🤣
Speaking of flowers, here's one of the beautiful stencil-colored rotating flower films from the collection of the EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.
Veldbloemen (Gaumont, 1912) Watch to the end for a magical transformation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc2I...