Short Fuse
Thursday, July 18 at 7pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE: Queer Identity / From Mise-en-Scene to Montage
Warren Sonbert( 1947-1995) was one of the seminal fi gures working in American underground cinema. His passionate interest in film, classi cal music, experimental poetry, and travel is reflected in his films. Although Sonbert lived in San Francisco since the early 1970s, he spent much time in New York and traveled frequently, making perso nal appearances at showings of his works at film festivals, museums, cinematheques and other leading cultural institutions worldwide.
Introduced by Jon Gartenberg Supported by a grant from The Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation
Amphetamine dir. Warren Sonbert and Wendy Appel, 1966, 16mm, b / w, sound, 10 min.
Noblesse Oblige 1981, 16mm, color, silent, 25 min.
Whiplash 1995, 16mm, color, sound, 20 min. [ Restoration editor: Jeff Scher. Completed posthumously in 1997.]
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The Bad and the Beautiful 1967, 16mm, color, sound, 34 min.
The Tuxedo Theater 1968, 16mm, color, silent, 21 min.
Friday, July 19 at 7pm WARREN SONBERT RETROSPECTIVE: Overarching Themes: Art & Industry, Militarism & Feminism( The Female Gaze) / The Travel Diary
Introduced by Jon Gartenberg
Divided Loyalties 1978, 15mm, color, silent, 22 min.
Honor and Obey 1988, 16mm, color, silent, 21 min.
A Woman’ s Touch 1983, 16mm, color, silent, 22 min.
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Carriage Trade 1972, 16mm, color, silent, 61 min. ihousephilly. org