Events are presented by the Chazen Museum of Art and are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
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Among the last lions of the heroic age of the
European art film, the Geneva-born Tanner
burst onto the international cinema scene
at age 40 with his debut feature, 1969’s
Charles, Dead or Alive, completed after stints
with the merchant navy and the British Film
Institute, where he became charged with the
unquiet spirit of the Free Cinema movement.
Back home, the fired-up Tanner would forge
a radical body of work that bristles at the
numbing neutrality and status-quo monotony
of his native country, a cinema full of rebels,
outcasts, and dropouts, where the presiding
mood is one of driftlessness and anxious
ambivalence, and a filmography ripe for the
rediscovery. This touring series has been
organized by UW Cinematheque and New
York City’s Metrograph. Special thanks to Jake
Perlin and Marcel Müller.
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ON THE COVER: George Wilson (American), Dogs, n.d., crayon, 26 x 34 in.
The Chazen presents chamber music performances in Brittingham Gallery III at 12:30 p.m. on
the first Sunday of the month. All concerts are free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Chazen members may call 608-263-2246 before 4 p.m. on the Friday preceding the concert to
reserve seating. Unclaimed seats are released at 12:20 p.m. Concerts are streamed live on the
Internet. To listen, go to www.Chazen.wisc.edu on the day of the concert and click on the link.
The 160-seat auditorium is equipped for 16 and 35mm film as well as digital and high-definition projection.
The Sunday Cinematheque film series runs September through mid-May and features films and shorts
curated by Cinematheque director Jim Healy. The free screenings are at 2 p.m. In consideration of the
audience, no one is admitted after 2:15 p.m.
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Sunday Afternoon Live at the Chazen
Middle of the World screens Sunday, April 15, at 2 p.m.
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Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen • Alain Tanner