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SCREENINGS AROUND OL’
SYDNEY TOWN:
PENELOPE
(Directed by Ben
Ferris - screened at SUFF in 2008).
Mark June 15th
and 25th in your diaries for the anticipated release of award winning
writer-director Ben Ferris’ art film Penelope, screening at the Art
Gallery of
NSW and the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney. Adapted from
Homer’s tale
of Penelope, depicting her psychological struggle as she waits twenty
years for
her husband to return from the Trojan War. Penelope draws on the
long-take
filmmaking style of art film directors such as Andrei Tarkovsky (The
Mirror), Akira
Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) and Bela Tarr (The Man from London) to present
this
mythical tale experimenting with time and space.
Screening details: Nicholson Museum 15th June at 6:30pm; Art Gallery of
NSW
25th June, 2011 at 2pm.
For more info, visit: http://www.penelopa.com.au
THE SENTIMENTAL
BLOKE – with live accompaniment (1919, Raymond Longford)
Presented by
Australia’s Theatre Organ
Society
and Silent Film Festival
On Sat 4th
June at 7:45pm Australian organist - David Bailey -
will be accompanying an early Australian silent movie, “The Sentimental
Bloke”,
playing an early Sydney Wurlitzer Unit Orchestra that has been
completely
restored, using his own Australian score.
Address:
Marrickville Town Hall (303 Marrickville Road, Marrickville).
Tickets $25/$10 (to
book call (02)
9629 22257)
For more info, visit: http://www.tosa.net.au/events/details/29-Wurlitzer%20Weekends%20Part%202
MU-MESON ARCHIVES
The good folks at
Mu-Meson Archives serve up some fantastic
cult, conspiracy and often hard-to-find films at their micro cinema.
The cost
is $10 measly dollars, which supports their continued (and pretty
wild!) programming.
For what’s on, please visit www.MuMeson.org
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