England / France,
2005
Shown in 2006
CREDITS
- dir
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Graham Daniels, Alejandro de Valera, Francoise Lamy, Peter Toll
- source
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Addictive TV, The Old House, 39A North Road, 9DP London, UK. EMAIL: mail@addictive.com.
- premiere
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U.S. Premiere
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COMMENTS
Graham Daniels, Alejandro de Valera, Francoise Lamy, Peter Toll in attendance.
OTHER
This two-part program presents internationally renowned VJ group Addictive TV’s most current projects. First up is Optronica, a “best of” compilation of short works from the 2005 event of the same name. The Optronica Festival focused on the convergence of film and music and featured a powerhouse lineup of the very best contemporary and international visual music works. Addictive TV, established as trailblazers in the burgeoning video-mixing arena, was the primary organizer and curator of the event. Following Optronica, Addictive TV will give a live performance of The Eye of the Pilot, a mashup of vibrant 8mm color film from the early 1950s with art deco-inspired graphics and a combination of live and recorded music. The film footage was shot by French commercial airline pilot Raymond Lamy and includes portraits of Vietnam, Ivory Coast, Pakistan and the U.S. at a transitional moment in France’s relation to these countries. The Eye of the Pilot premiered at the Pompidou Centre in Paris and skillfully uses Lamy’s tourist-like footage to create a travelogue while documenting an era of dwindling colonial power. This is a rare opportunity to see a live cinema performance by this leading VJ outfit outside of the club arena.
—Sean Uyehara
FACTOID #202
At the 1978 SFIFF, Paul Mazursky received a tribute at the Palace of Fine Arts. Apparently, the facility’s janitorial staff had not been notified, and the padlocked doors of the Palace had to be cut so the filmmaker and his audience could be let in.
