Trial Membership (1 month/4 screenings/1 guest) $18/$15
3 Month Membership (12 screenings/3 guests) $36/$32
Annual Membership (52 screenings/12 guests) $85/$75
Saturday screenings commence at 1pm.
Monday screenings commence at 7pm.
Mailing list and enquiries: brettgarten@iprimus.com.au
Sat 5/5 & Mon 7/5 STEEL HELMET
Steel Helmet USA/1951/86mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Sam Fuller.
Hard-boiled professional infantryman, Sergeant Zack, survives the massacre of his platoon by North Koreans with the help of a Korean orphan he calls Short Round.
“This is a beautifully done action film, one of the most powerful war stories ever made. Gene Evans, in his debut movie role, is nothing short of sensational. The film is taut and grim, holding one's interest throughout.’ Dennis Schwarz
“One of the most raucous guys in film, Fuller was the first to try for a poetic purity through a merging of unlimited sadism and pastoral nostalgia with flickerings of myth.” Manny Farber
“One of the great war films of the twentieth century.” Lars Lindahl
Goya: The Disasters of War France/1952/20mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Pierre Kast. Goyas's images of war are accompanied by poetic narration and music written and composed by French filmmaker Jean Gremillon.
Sat 12/5 & Mon 14/5 MY BEST FIEND
My Best Fiend Germany/1999/95mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Werner Herzog. Herzog charts his love-hate relationship with actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) in this poignant documentary. Herzog relates his first encounter at age thirteen with Kinski, re-visits the Amazon tributaries of 'Aguirre' and 'Fitzcarraldo', explains how they independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another, and reveals why 'every grey hair on my head I call Kinski.' Music by Popul Vuh.
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe USA/1980/20mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Les Blank. A Record of Werner Herzog honouring a vow he made to Berkeley student Errol Morris that he would eat his shoe if Morris ever made a film.
Sat 19/5 & Mon 21/5 DEEP END
Deep End Poland-UK-Germany/1970/89mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski. Mike, a sexually naive 15 year old, becomes infatuated with Susan, a fellow worker, who proves to be dangerously casual in her manipulation of Mike's emotions. This comic study of innocence fumbling with sex is also in turn touching, disturbingly surreal and suddenly tragic. With Jane Asher and Diana Dors. Music by Can and Cat Stevens.
Great UK/1975/28mins/B&W&Colour/16mm Dir: Bob Godfrey. An anarchic musical sprint through the life, works, achievements and failures of Isembard Kingdom Brunel - Britain's genius industrial engineer from the Victorian era. Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, 1975.
Sat 26/5 & Mon 28/5 BURROUGHS
Burroughs. USA/1983/89mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Howard Brookner
A film portrait of the American author, William Burroughs. Burroughs explains why he
became a writer and gives readings from some of his works: 'Nova Express', 'The Place of Dead Roads', 'Cities of the Red Night', 'The Wild Boys' and 'Naked Lunch'. Features interviews with Hubert Huncke, Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Patti Smith, Terry Southern and more.
Ghosts Before Breakfast Germany/1927/7mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Hans Richter. Surrealist experiment by Hans Richter with musical accompaniment.
Sat 2/6 & Mon 4/6 THE SCARECROW
The Scarecrow New Zealand/1982/Colour/16mm Dir: Sam Pillsbury
A Kiwi gothic coming of age story set in a small, eccentric, rural New Zealand town. Part mystery, thriller, part black comedy, this off-beat New Zealand film was based on the seminal novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson and stars John Carradine and Tracy Mann.
“A wonderfully well observed film version of a complex literary work.” Peter Harcourt
“Put together with the verve and slapdash construction of a New Zealand outdoor dunny.” Geoff Chapple, NZ Listener, 1982.
Straight and Narrow USA/1970/10mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Tony Conrad. An optical hallucinatory effect is created with alterations of vertical and horizontal lines.
Sat 9/6 & Mon 11/6 HIGH SCHOOL
High School USA/1968/75mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Frederick Wiseman. This examination of a Philadelphia High School with an upper middle class and predominantly white student body, is structured as a series of interactions between students and their parents, teachers and administrators. The main concern is not educational method but social issues like the development of sexual roles, competitiveness and relationships with authority figures.
“Characters of teachers and students are caught sharply in telling vignettes.” Variety
Room 222: A Minor Altercation USA/1973/25mins/16mm Dir: Charles Rondeau. An episode of a TV high school classroom drama with a touch of comedy that is deeply rooted in ideals that emerged in the late 60s.
Saturday 16/6 & 18/6 PERFUMED NIGHTMARE
Perfumed Nightmare Philippines/1977/95mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Kidlat Tahimik. A semi-autobiographical fable by a young Philippino about his awakening to, and reaction against, American cultural colonialism. A totally original blend of the real and the surreal, poetry and politics, naivety and insight.
"This bloody, blundering business...": or the Price of Empire USA/1977/31mins/ B&W/16mm Dir: Peter Davis. Documents the role which racism can play in influencing U.S. foreign policy. Shows how competing interests seek to influence public opinion and foreign policy by presenting widely divergent accounts of the same situation.
Sat 23/6 & Mon 25/6 HIGH LONESOME
High Lonesome USA/1991/95mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Rachel Liebling. Traces the evolution of bluegrass, one of America's most vital musical fusions, from its folk roots in the Kentucky Hills through the innovations which have shaped its modern forms. The story unfolds through the words and songs of the musicians themselves, notably its founder Bill Monroe, along with other seminal bluegrass legends like Ralph Stanley, Mac Wiseman, Jimmy Martin, Flatt & Scruggs as well as many younger musicians who carry on their legacy.
Later that Same Night USA/1971/15mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Will Hindle. A personal film 'poem' about the rural Appalachian Mountains of North Alabama.
“Hindle has an uncanny talent for transforming spontaneous unstylized reality into unearthly poetic visions.” Gene Youngblood.
Sat 30/6 & Mon 2/7 MORGAN: A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment. UK/1968/97mins/B&W/ 16mm Dir: Karel Reisz. An anarchic comedy/drama about a schizophrenic sculptor, fantasist and socialist who identifies with various forms of jungle life, particularly gorillas. Stars David Warner and Vanessa Redgrave.
A France/1964/10mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Jan Lenica. A man is haunted by a large, aggressive letter A.
Sat 7/7 & Mon 9/7 THE ANGRY BREED
The Angry Breed USA/1968/94mins/Colour/16mm Dir: David Commons. Combining elements from the beach party and action film genres, this exploitation film is a story about a Vietnam vet hero and aspiring actor, Johnny Taylor, who has a red hot script, but can't get noticed in Hollywood. Music by Dave Allan and the Arrows.
Film USA/1965/22mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Alan Schneider. Buster Keaton appears in this nihilistic one-character play without words written for the film medium by Samuel Beckett.
Sat 14/7 & Mon 16/7 SHORT FILMS ABOUT DRUGS
World of the Weed USA/1968/22mins/B&W/16mm. A history of the use of the hemp plant from its origins in China.
Ups and Downs USA/1972/20mins/Colour/16mm Young people tell of the dangers of “speed”, “barbs” and diet pills.
The Choice USA/1971/34mins/Colour/16mm. The staff of a high school newspaper decide to do an issue on the drug problem, by dividing into two groups to research the pros and cons of drug taking. Wizard of No USA/1984/10mins/Colour/16mm. Sticking up for yourself isn't always easy, but it's worth it.
Hollywood and Vine USA/1977/25mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Richard A. Miner. Hollywood celebrities such as Dana Andrews and Dick Van Dyke discuss their experiences as alcoholics on the way to recovery and the effects of this disease on the entertainment industry.
Drugs: Some Get Busted Australia/1982/12mins/Colour/16mm. A series of interviews with young Australians convicted of drug smuggling - meant to deter potential offenders.
Looking for Mushrooms USA/1962/3mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Bruce Connor. A record of the filmmaker’s mushroom hunts in the Mexican countryside. Set to the Beatles song
Tomorrow never Knows.
Sat 21/7 & Mon 23/7 PRETTY POISON
Pretty Poison USA/1968/89mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Noel Black.
This off-beat, black-comedy/drama stars Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins in his best performance since ‘Psycho’. Perkins is a convicted arsonist/murderer who has an active fantasy life. While working in a small town he is attracted to a teenager who willingly participates in his fantasies but has something more terrifyingly realistic on her mind. Based on the novel She Let Him Continue by Stephen Geller.
Skater Dater USA/1965/18mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Noel Black.
A sensitive young boy is divided by the love for his girl and the mateship of his gang in this poetic adolescent romance, told without words. Music by Mike Curb
Sat 28/7 & Mon 30/7 CROATIAN ANIMATION
Twelve innovative, allegorical, animated films from Zagreb Films in Yugoslavia that combine elements of Bauhaus, surrealism, modern art and design, with a wicked and warm sense of humour.
Alone 1958/13mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Vatroslav Mimica. A sensitive man is frightened by the impersonality of his work environment.
Ersatz 1961/10mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Dusan Vukotic. Depicts a make-believe world of inflatable substitutes for everything, including man. Won an Oscar for Best Animated Short, 1961.
Don Quixote 1961/11mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Vlado Kristl. Animated story of Don Quixote and his servant Sancho Panza and their fight against police, an army and his old enemy, the windmill.
Everday Chronicle 1962/11mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Vatroslav Mimica. A blind man with a music box loses his dog..
Play 1962/13mins/Coour/16mm Dir: Dusan Vukotic. Two young children, a boy and a girl, devise a game with crayons. It starts with a flower being run over by a car and ends in a war game with tanks, airplanes and rockets.
Without Titles 1964/3mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Borivoj Dovnikovic. A cartoon about a man who tries to play his drum and is constantly interrupted by the intrusion of credit titles.
The Wall 1965/4mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Ante Zaninovic. Two men are confronted by a large and impenetrable wall.
The Fly 1966/8mins/Colour/16mm. Dir: Aleksandar Marks & Vladimir Jutrisa. A horror story about a man and a pesky fly.
Art for Arts Sake 1969/9mins/16mm Dir: Dusan Vukotic. An entertainer who swallows unlikely articles such as glass and razor blades, eventually turns to cannibalism.
Passing Days 1970/10mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Nedeljko Dragic. A man is prevented from leading a simple life by the strange people and forces that enter his world.
Tup Tup 1972/10mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Nedeljko Dragic. What may happen to a calm person constantly irritated by a certain sound while reading the newspaper.
Satiemania 1978/15mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Zdenko Gasparovic. An attempt to provide an animated visual accompaniment to the satirical, mocking, but sometimes lyrical music of Erik Satie
The Chauvel Cinematheque acknowledges the assistance of the National film and Video Lending Service, the National Film & Sound Archive, the Australian Film Commission and the Hobart Film Society in the creation of this program.
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