Paul D'Addario in "ROADKILL" .......... Sylvi Alli in "LILY IN LIMBO"
Friday
May 15, 8pm
21 Grand in
Oakland
416 25th St.
(at Broadway)
$6-10. sliding scale. Filmmaker in person.
Seven video shorts exploring the themes of love, friendship, lust and solitude
featuring "Lily in Limbo" (text by Hilda Doolittle), "Fears" (text by Rainer Maria Rilke),
"Bombs & Prayers" (text by Rob Brezsny), "Black Sea" (text by Antero Alli) and "Motion"
(text by Arthur Rimbaud) plus two improvised works involving couples, "Roadkill"
and "Inertia", who open the doors to love and other difficulties. These
works
have
either never or rarely screened in the SF area before. - Antero Alli
Paul D'Addario in "ROADKILL" .......... Sylvi Alli in "LILY IN LIMBO"
"ROADKILL" (2001; 26:00) Unscripted and improvised
"...uncomfortable and cathartic, not unlike the feeling of gazing up a car crash:
a difficult sight to behold, but also too intriguing not to look at and there is also
the hidden sensation of knowing the heavy damage belongs to someone else;
an excellent short film." (4 stars out of five) PHIL HALL, filmthreat.com
WATCH AN EXCERPT FROM "ROADKILL"
"LILY IN LIMBO" (1996-2001; 27:00) Text by Hilda Doolittle
"A one-woman tour-de-force by Sylvi Alli as an artist whose self-imposed isolation
corrupts her senses into a state of bitterness and delusion. In her solitude, she loses
herself in a series of bizarre dreams thick with haunting images and disturbing sounds;
a fascinating essay of a lost soul uncertain whether rescue is something she
really wants. One of the Ten Best Unseen Short Films of the Nineties."
Phil Hall, filmthreat.com
Richard Waugh and Kristen Kosmas in "INERTIA"
"INERTIA" (1994; 17:00) Unscripted and improvised
Shooting a live performance of butoh artists JYL BREWER and ED BYRNE inspired an idea of how love dies under the influence of too much inertia and how love might be reborn. I invited actors KRISTEN KOSMAS and RICHARD WAUGH to improvise dialogue for a couple on the verge of breaking up and then, I filmed their interactions. Through the editing process, I discovered an unexpected symbolist drama. By careful crosscutting between these separately filmed activities, a whole world of interpersonal complexity unravelled before my eyes, one where the subconscious reigned supreme and where the conscious egos struggled to find kindness amidst the turmoil. -- ANTERO ALLI, director
-- ALSO SCREENING --
"BOMBS & PRAYERS" (1994; 8:00) Text & voice by Rob Brezsny (left)
"FEARS" (2001; 8:00) Text: Rainer Maria Rilke featuring John M. Doyle (center)
"BLACK SEA" (1992; 4:00) Text & voice by Antero Alli (right)
"MOUVEMENT" (2001; 4:00) Text by Arthur Rimbaud; voice by Antero Alli (below)
