FILM SCREENING | MICHAEL PILZ RETROSPECTIVE | A PRIMA VISTA
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York and Anthology Film Archives present a selection of films and videos by experimental filmmaker Michael Pilz. A crucial figure in Austrian avant-garde cinema for more than four decades, Pilz (born 1943) is perhaps best known on these shores for his collaboration with John Cook, which produced the film Slow Summer (recently preserved, and screened at Anthology last year), and for the monumental experimental documentary Heaven and Earth. An astoundingly prolific artist, he has maintained a remarkable rate of production throughout his career, and this program offers New York audiences one of the first chances to experience the full breadth of his work, from Heaven and Earth to the video diaries he has created during his extensive travels across the world over the past two decades.
Michael Pilz will be at Anthology to present and discuss his work in person.
A PRIMA VISTA
Minimal dialogue; intentionally unsubtitled, 2008, 91 minutes, DVD
“For many years now, I have wanted to go back to some early materials I keep in my archive. I started out with a 1969 b&w self-portrait shot on Single-8mm film (12/02/43) and then turned to P.R.A.T.E.R. from 1964, my first ‘real’ work on film. … Looking back at the weeks I worked on my montage of these images and sounds, it seems this film materialized without any special efforts. It could not have taken on another form: images and sounds appeared to fit together in a natural way. Somehow, the film solidified of its own accord while my sense of time and self dissolved.” – M.P.
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