Look Back on Anger

As the MUBI Notebook film news site reminds us, Kenneth Anger turns 85 today. The filmmaker whose work first ensnared me into experimental film, his films remain unshakeably amongst my very favourites. Therefore it's very nice to discover, through this MUBI post, that he's used a text I wrote about him back in 2003 as the bio on his official website:

www.kennethanger.org

Happy Birthday, Mr. Anger!

CONTACT @ Berlin International Director's Lounge 8

Contact, the film in which Vicky Langan and I delve into Super-8 textures, will play in the 8th edition of The Berlin International Directors Lounge. We're in DL Selection VII, which is on Thursday, February 16th at 9pm. We share the programme with, amongst others, the notorious J.X. Williams...

For more details, visit this page and scroll down a bit:
http://berlinlounge.tumblr.com/tagged/16th%20Feb%202012

EXPERIMENTAL CONVERSATIONS Update: Abel Ferrara in Conversation with Donal Foreman

An exciting late addition to Experimental Conversations Issue 8: Donal Foreman's superb interview with Abel Ferrara:

http://www.experimentalconversations.com/articles/969/filming-your-life-no-matter-what-an-interview-wit/

Upcoming Rashidi / Le Cain Screening Series in Cork

As part of his upcoming residency at The Guesthouse, Cork, Rouzbeh Rashidi will be presenting three screenings each consisting of one of his features and one of my shorter works:

Thursday 2nd February 2012, 8pm

Ten Minutes Isn't Worth a Dream (2010) 25min by Maximilian Le Cain
Bipedality (2010) 67min by Rouzbeh Rashidi

Wednesday 8th February 2012, 8pm

Private Report (2009) 36min by Maximilian Le Cain
Cremation of an Ideology (2011) 62min by Rouzbeh Rashidi

Wednesday 15th February 2012, 8pm

... And The Poor Bird Died (2009) 10min by Maximilian Le Cain
tenebrous city and ill-lighted mortals (2011) 66min by Rouzbeh Rashidi

For more details:

http://www.theguesthouse.ie/index.php?/projects/current/

THE LAST OF DEDUCTIVE FRAMES Scene 4 Online

The above still is of my regular leading man John McCarthy in Scene 4 of The Last of Deductive Frames, which can be seen here:

http://mubi.com/garage/posts/the-last-of-deductive-frames-scene-4

Vicky Langan on Vimeo

My frequent accomplice Vicky Langan has set up a Vimeo channel to showcase documentation of her extraordinary peformances:

http://vimeo.com/vickylangan

Videos will be added to this channel on a regular basis.

THE END OF THE UNIVERSE AS RED

I've just completed The End of the Universe as Red, a follow-up to Dark, Plastic, Reversal. Like that earlier film, it's a minimalist ten-minute Super-8 piece made exclusively for performance on 8mm, with a soundtrack on tape. An immersive experience designed for a small audience in a small, very dark space.

EXPERIMENTAL CONVERSATIONS Issue 8 on MUBI Daily Briefing

The invaluable MUBI Daily Briefing round-up of film news has favourably featured the latest issue of Experimental Conversations, especially Fergus Daly's article 'Sidney Lumet: Experimental Filmmaker?'

http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/daily-briefing-experimental-conversations-8

Experimental Conversations is Cork Film Centre's online journal of experimental film, art cinema and video art, which I edit.

THE LAST OF DEDUCTIVE FRAMES Project

Our ever-dynamic chief Rouzbeh Rashidi has launched an exciting new Experimental Film Society project. It's a feature film called The Last of Deductive Frames, to be made up, exquisite coprse style, of ten-minute segments each made by one of the members of the group. This is the official description:

The Last of Deductive Frames is a collaborative omnibus feature film being made gradually over time by the members of Experimental Film Society. It is a film that starts but never finishes. Each filmmaker will contribute a ten minute section to it. These sections will be assembled in the order in which they are completed. This constantly growing work will initially be for the internet, but will eventually be presented on the big screen. The only strict rule at the outset is that each segment must last exactly ten minutes, although further rules might be added as the film develops. The Last of Deductive Frames is a living cinematic organism designed to forget its creators as it evolves.

The first installment can be seen here.