Cinematheque screenings are open to members and their guests.
Membership is available at the door.
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
PLEASE NOTE: Screening times have changed -
Saturdays now commence at 12 noon sharp.
Mondays commence at 6:30 sharp.
Mailing list and Enquiries: brettgarten@iprimus.com.au
Website: http://www.chauvelcinema.net.au/
Sat. 3/11 & Mon. 5/11 DIRECTOR’S CHAIR - TOBY ZOATES
Meet Toby Zoates, misunderstood genius of Australian animated film, at this special screening, followed by a Q&A session.
The Thief of Sydney Australia/1984/12mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Toby Zoates. This science fiction combination of live action and animation tells of an impoverished young man who dreams/ fantasises/hallucinates about a post-holocaust Sydney of the future.
Virgin Beasts Australia/1992/Colour/16mm Dir: Toby Zoates. A science fiction musical burlesque about an ageing arms dealer, described by the filmmaker as, “A grungy ‘agit-prop’ folk-tale of the late 20th Century, Beauty meets the Beast at the Masque of the Red Death, on a Quest to win Landrights for Gay Whales. Winner of Best Trash Film at the 1996 1st. International Trash Film Festival, Freakzone, Lille, France. Cast includes Michelle Grannieri, Mathew Cooke, Simon Reptile, Mark Easton, Goose Presley, Tex Perkins and Toby Zoates. Music by Box the Jesuit, Candy Harlots, Paul Vassalos, Dorian Dowse, Tex Perkins and Toby Zoates.
“Whacked out.” http://www.imdb.com/
Sat. 10/11 & Mon. 12/11 SECRET LIFE OF PUPPETS
A program of animated puppet films by three masters of the form: George Pal, Ladislav Starewicz and the Brothers Quay.
Big Broadcast USA/1938/5mins/B&W/16mm Dir: George Pal. A "radio revue" with puppets performing three musical numbers.
Puppet Love France/1930/20mins/B&W16mm Dir: Ladislaw Starewicz. Tells the story of a puppet's adventures as loyalty drives him to return to his original owner. Combines puppet animation with live action footage. “Endlessly inventive.” http://www.imdb.com/
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies UK/1988/15mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Brothers Quay. A dreamlike trip into the Quays' surreal world of unusual architectural forms, living skulls, psychedelic patterns and robots using tools and other found objects.
The Voice of the Nightingale France/1923/9mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Ladislaw Starewicz. A nightingale captured by a little girl sings to her while she sleeps of his urgent search for his lost mate.
“Pure joy.” http://www.imdb.com/
Punch & Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy UK/1980/ 49mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Keith Griffiths, Timothy Quay, Stephen Quay, Larry Sider. A cultural history of Punch and Judy and a documentary homage to Giovanni Piccini, probably the greatest Punchman to have lived.
Sat. 17/11 Only TRASH COMPACTOR
By popular demand, Australia’s leading film historian, Barrie Pattison, returns with a manic parade of the hyper weird movies that twisted his outlook, including excerpts from German Expressionist horror movies, Randolph Scott Westerns, Flash Gordon, Orson Welles, and Mexican wrestler, Santo, and other rich and strange experiences from down the years and across the planet, in original and often rare film prints – some the only copies in the hemisphere.
Mon. 19/11 Only DIRECTOR’S CHAIR – BARRIE PATTISON
Following up from Saturday, see the results of Barrie’s over-exposure to cinema shonk, with this rare screening of his unreleased feature, Zombie Brigade from Lizard Gully, followed by a Q&A session with Barrie.
Zombie Brigade Australia/1986/92mins/Colour/35mm Dir: Barrie Pattison. A Vietnam War Memorial is dynamited to make way for a Japanese ‘Robot Man’ theme park, unleashing a plague of vampiric zombies in a small West Australian town. A horror spoof satirising Australia’s veneration for its war dead.
“One of the dumbest horror flicks I have ever seen.” http://www.imdb.com/
Sat. 24/11 & Mon. 26/11 SCARE FILMS
Blurring the boundaries between propaganda and education, scare films use shock tactics to affect social, political and behavioural changes. NOTE: This program contains graphic scenes.
My Japan USA/1945/16mins/B&W/16mm. Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda film produced to spur the sale of U.S. war bonds. The film takes the form of a mock travelogue of Japan, presented by an impersonated Japanese narrator speaking in a crude accent. NOTE: Explicit racism and war violence.
“Hilarious, ghastly, violent, racist, and historically inaccurate.” www.archives.org
“One of the most unusual documentary films ever made” http://www.archives.org/
Mechanized Death USA/1961/27mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Dick Wayman. This "safety" film was a consequence of a dramatic increase in road fatalities during the late 50's and early 60's. This film was designed only to shock and does this with back to back, real-life footage of roadside carnage. There is no film-making style here, no plot, no drama, no clever editing, just grainy handheld footage of accident scenes and incessant, droning, judgmental narration.
NOTE: Some scenes may disturb. Contains road accident footage.
Know Your Children Australia/1951/20mins/B&W/16mm Dir: John Martin-Jones. A study of the causes of juvenile delinquency.
Duck and Cover USA/1952/10mins/B&W/16mm. A film made to inform children of protective measures to be taken in the event of atomic attack.
Hospitals Don’t Burn Down Australia/1977/24mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Brian Trenchard Smith. From the director of The Man from Hong Kong comes this disturbingly realistic film about a fire in a high-rise hospital.
Hands Off Australia/1974/12mins/Colour/16mm. A film made for children about the dangers of playing with unexploded ammunition.
Sat. 1/12 Only CANADIAN SHORT FILM RETROSPECTIVE
Neighbours Canada/1952/8mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Norman McLaren. A parable about two neighbours who come to blows over the possession of a flower growing on the boundary of their gardens. Made in response to the outbreak of the Korean War.
End of Summer Canada/1964/27mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Michel Brault. Candid observations of a group of French Canadian teenagers in holiday activities, illustrating their natural behaviour and conversations reflecting their views on various subjects.
Freefall Canada/1964/9mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Arthur Lipsett. A collage of 'found' images on the theme of 'mankind's fall from grace into banality'.
Devils Toy Canada/1966/15mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Claude Jutra. Dedicated 'to all victims of intolerance' this is a gently satirical look at the victimisation of skateboard riders.
The Huntsman Canada/1972/16mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Doug Jackson. A 10-year-old boy ferrets out golf balls from the rough, then sells his findings to passing golfers.
If You Love this Planet Canada/1982/26mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Terri Nash. Dr. Helen Caldicott presents a lecture on the medical effects of nuclear war.
Still from Neighbours.
Mon. 3/12 Only CANADIAN ANIMATION RETROSPECTIVE
Chants Populaires: En Passant Canada/1943/3mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Alexandre Alexeieff & Claire Parker. A French Canadian folk song animated using pinboard techniques.
Chants Populaires: C'est L'aviron Canada/1944/3mins/B&W/ 16mm Dir: Norman McLaren. A traditional French Canadian folk song animated using cut-outs and still pictures.
Walking Canada/1968/5mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Ryan Larkin. An Oscar nominated film study of the various ways of walking.
Bambi Meets Godzilla Canada/1969/2mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Marv Newland. A spoof of film credits with an unexpected twist.
Illusion? Canada/1975/12mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Frederic Back. In the midst of a friendly country scene, children are busy playing, surrounded by familiar animals. There is gaiety, harmony, discovery, accompanied by laughter and bird song. But a strange magician enters the scene and their world is turned into a different place.
La Rue (The Street) Canada/1976/10mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Caroline Leaf. An innovative film about a grandmother whose lingering death is suffered impatiently by her Jewish family.
Histoire de Perles (The Bead Game) Canada/1977/5mins/Colour/ 16mm Dir: Ishu Patel. Coloured beads are animated to depict the evolution of combat and weaponry culminating in the threat of nuclear warfare. “Absolutely mesmerizing.” http://www.imdb.com/
Le Chateau de Sable (The Sand Castle) Canada/1977/13mins/ Colour/16mm dir: Co Hoedeman. Sand creatures build an elaborate sandcastle in this Oscar winning animated short.
The Seigneury Canada/1978/3mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Janice Brown
A history of the Hotel Chateau Montebello.
Special Delivery Canada/1978/7mins/Colour/16mm Dir: John Weldon, Eunice Macaulay. A love triangle involving a nagging wife, her forgetful husband and the postman. Oscar winning animation.
Log Drivers Waltz Canada/1979/3mins/Colour/16mm Dir: John Weldon. The Log Driver's Waltz, based on the song by Wade Hensworth, shows birling - the art of driving logs.
Crac Canada/1981/15mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Frederic Back. Oscar winning story of a rocking chair from tree trunk to old age accompanied by French Canadian folk music.
Cat Came Back Canada/1988/7mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Richard Condie, Cordell Baker. Oscar nominated story of a man who is plagued by the persistent return of a cat. “Full of dark humour.” http://www.imdb.com/
Paradise Canada/1984/16mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Ishu Patel.
A blackbird, through the window of a golden palace, covets the magnificent plumage of the bird performing for the emperor.
Still from Paradise
Sat. 8/12 & Mon 10/12 PSYCHO CELLULOID
A program of films exploring the world of psychology.
Brain and Behaviour USA/1962/29mins/B&W/16mm. Demonstrates the way in which electrical activity in the brain gives us information about man's behaviour.
Over-Dependency Canada/1949/32mins/B&White/16mm Dir: Robert Anderson. A case study of a young man whose life is crippled by behaviour patterns carried from his too-dependent childhood. The third film in the National Film Board of Canada’s Mental Mechanisms series notable for their psychological realism.
Emotional Development USA/1973/18mins/Color/16mm Dir: Barbara Jampel. Examines the theory that aggression, in both children and adults, is a behaviour that is learned in a social context. Narrated by Leslie Nielsen.
Sigmund Freud's Dora: A Case of Mistaken Identity USA/1979/ 34mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Anthony McCall, Claire Pajaczkowska, Andrew Tyndall, & Jane Weinstock. A critique of the representation of women in psychoanalytic discourse is linked, in the form of an 'essay', with modes of representation of women's sexuality in the visual media. NOTE: Contains sexually explicit material.
Sat. 15/12 & Mon. 17/12 EARLY COMPUTER ANIMATION
From early experiments in abstract art to the success of Pixar, this program charts the development of the art of computer animation.
Poem Field (No. 1): A Study in Computer Graphics USA/1967/ 4mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Stan VanDerBeek & Ken Knowlton. Pioneering computer animation explores variations of abstract geometric forms and words generated on an IBM 7094 computer.
Around Perception Canada/1968/17mins/Colour/ Dir: Pierre Hebert. An experiment in the use of computers to animate images on film. The result is a dazzling vibration of geometric forms in vivid colour.
Experiments in Motion Graphics USA/1968/13mins/Colour/16mm Dir: John Whitney. Whitney explains some of the processes involved in programming and animating his computer-made abstract films.
Binary Bit Patterns USA/1969/3mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Michael Whitney.
Kaleidescopic computer-made film. Optically printed from images generated on a digital computer, the film is a delightful burst of vibrant colour, movement and sound.
White Hole Japan/1969/7mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Toshio Matsumoto. Described by the filmmaker as "a cosmic hallucination spun by the computer-controlled image synthesizer, in which you will pass through the brilliant tunnels and the mystic prospects." Music by Joji Yuasa.
Matrix III USA/1970/11mins/Colour/16mm Dir: John Whitney. Computer generated forms evolve, merge and subdivide on a black background. Music by Terry Riley.
La Faim (Hunger) Canada/1974/12mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Peter Foldes. Oscar nominated satire of self-indulgence in a hungry world. Music by Pierre Brault. “Not easily forgotten.” http://www.imdb.com/
Arabesque USA/1976/7mins/Colour/16mm Dir: John Whitney. The geometry of Islamic art is translated into computer graphics.
Two Space USA/1979/8mins/B&W/16mm Dir: Larry Cuba. Twelve two dimensional patterns set upon a basic figure produce illusions of figure ground reversal and after-images of colour accompanied by gamelan music.
Vol de Reve (Dream Flight) Canada/1982/13mins/Colour/16mm Dir: Philippe Bergeron, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann. An extraterrestrial creature dreams of new horizons, flies to Earth and discovers Paris and New York.
Luxo Jr USA/1986/2mins/Colour/16mm Dir: John Lasseter. Pixar’s first film, featuring father and son Luxo lamps. Oscar nominated.
Red's Dream USA/1987/4mins/Colour/16mm Dir: John Lasseter. A Pixar film that speculates on what unicycles might dream about on rainy nights.
Tin Toy USA/1988/5mins/Colour/16mm Dir: John Lasseter. Pixar’s Oscar winning tale of a prickly relationship between a rambunctious diapered baby and musical clockwork toy.
Knickknack USA/1989/4mins/Colour/16mm Dir: John Lasseter. A snowman in a glass bubble is tempted by a toy beach woman across the shelf. He attempts a desperate escape from his confinement.
The Chauvel Cinematheque gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the National Film and Video Lending Service, the National Film & Sound Archive, the Australian Film Commission, Barrie Pattison and Toby Zoates in the creation of this program.
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