Saturday, June 12, 2004

Frozen Frame Film Series: A Zed and Two Noughts (1983)

from your friendly folks at the Icehouse ...a small reminder for this
weekend:

Frozen Frame Film Series - Screening #2

Sunday, June 13th
9:00 pm
@ The ICEHOUSE
412 Cross Street (just off West Maxwell)
Free to the public, with donations of $3 accepted if possible.

This weekend's film:
A Zed and Two Noughts (1983)
Directed by Peter Greenaway

From the director of the controversial "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover", comes the darkly comic story of twin zoologists (and former siamese twins) who lose their wives in a bizarre accident. As a result, they become obsessed with documenting and measuring death and decay amidst a cast of idiosyncratic characters. Powerful, funny, bizarre, evocative, and rich in visuals. Should be a treat for fans of the off-beat, slightly absurd, but deeply moving "art film" genre.

Coming soon (we had to alter our schedule a bit, sorry!):
Sunday, June 27th - "Downtown 81"
Sunday, July 11th - "Black Orpheus"

A little bit of info about the FROZEN FRAME series:
The Frozen Frame Film Series strives to bring a variety of interesting,
controversial, esoteric, and groundbreaking films, shorts and documentaries
that may not be readily available at your nearest video store or theater.
Whenever possible, featured screenings will open with a small short feature
or two, lasting no longer than 1/2 hour or so total (not unlike average
movie previews, but more entertaining, and without all the product
placements!). The showings are free to the public, but donations of $3 will
be accepted to help fund future events and showings at The ICEHOUSE. As Ross
Compton has mentioned before, the ICEHOUSE is a warehouse art-space that
serves as a residence-workshop-studio for a few local artists. Very cool
space (no pun intended). Keep in mind, those of you who may not have visited
the Icehouse before, it is a very open, studio-like environment with actual
provided seating at a minimum... those who attend the showings are
encouraged to bring a pillow, blanket, or something to get comfortable with
as we all gather 'round on the floor to watch the films (no chairs, please).

For more information, contact: FrozenFrameFilmSeries@hotmail.com

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