Harvard Film Archive Visiting Directors Audio Collection, 2009

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Repository: Harvard Film Archive, Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Call No.: hfa00011
Title: Harvard Film Archive Visiting Directors Audio Collection, 2008.
Quantity: 27 digital audio files
Abstract: The HFA Visiting Directors Audio Collection at the Harvard Film Archive is a collection of streaming digital audio files recorded of each filmmaker visiting the HFA's cinematheque in 2009. Recordings include pre-screening introductions by curator Haden Guest and programmer David Pendleton and personal introductions by filmmakers as well as post-screening question and answer sessions between curators, programming staff, audience, and filmmakers.

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Arrangement

The collection is arranged by year, with each year consisting of its own online finding aid. Recordings are arranged alphabetically by last name of the speaker, or in some cases the subject of the recorded discussion, within each year.

Scope and Content

The HFA Visiting Directors Audio Collection at the Harvard Film Archive consists of recordings of filmmakers and special guests at the Harvard Film Archive’s Cinematheque since 2008.

Recordings in the collection reflect the diversity of content in the HFA's regular screening series, which offers a public cinematheque program, presenting films Friday through Monday nights. All screenings are held in the Archive's 200-seat theater located in the historic Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.

The HFA frequently invites filmmakers to discuss their work and engage with the vibrant community of students, professors, artists and cinephiles who regularly attend HFA screenings. Visitors in 2009 included mulit-talented American filmmakers William Friedkin and Paul Schrader, Swiss director Hannes Schüpbach, director Abderrahmane Sissako, as well as experimental filmmakers Ken Jacobs, James Benning and Stephen Prina. HFA programs dating back to 1999 are browsable on our Past Film Series page.

Container List

• Series: A
  • Albert Alcalay Memorial. 2009 19 April.
    • Sunday 19 April 2009 - Recorded during the Albert Alcalay Memorial at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.
  • Ashbery, John. 2009 1 May.
    Recorded during the series: John Ashbery at the Movies.
    • Friday 1 May 2009 - Screening of The Heart of the World, Footlight Parade, and Adieu, Léonard, with introduction by Haden Guest and post-screening discussion with John Ashbery, Haden Guest and David Pendleton, plus Q/A with audience.

• Series: B
  • Benning, James. 2009 24-25 April.
    Recorded during the series: Place Over Time. Recent Work by James Benning.
    • Friday 24 April 2009 - Screening of RR, with introduction by Haden Guest and James Benning, and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.
    • Saturday 24 April 2009 - Screening of Spiral Jetty and casting a glance, with introduction by David Pendleton and James Benning, and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.

• Series: D
  • Dardenne, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. 2009 31 May - 1 June.
    Recorded during the series: Realism Reinvented: The Cinema of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
    • Sunday 31 May 2009 - Screening of The Son (Le fils) and Il court…il court le monde, with introduction by David Pendleton and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.
    • Monday 1 June 2009 - Screening of Rosetta, with introduction by David Pendleton and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir. 2009 8 May.
    Recorded during the symposium: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A Sesquicentennial Assessment.
    • Friday 8 May 2009 - Screening of Sherlock Holmes Baffled, Cousins of Sherlocko, The Mystery of the Leaping Fish, A Black Sherlock Holmes, and The Devil's Foot, with introduction by David Pendleton.

• Series: E
  • Eisenhauer, Hans-Robert. 2009 29 May.
    Recorded during the series: America As Seen By... .
    • Friday 29 May 2009 - Screening of The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez (Das kurze leben des José Antonio Gutierrez), with introduction by David Pendleton and Hans-Robert Eisenhauer, and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.

• Series: F
  • Friedkin, William. 2009 20-21 February.
    Recorded during the series: The Uncanny Cinema of William Friedkin .
    • Friday 20 February 2009 - Screening of The French Connection and The People vs. Paul Crump, with introduction by Haden Guest and William Friedkin, and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.
    • Saturday 21 February 2009 - Screening of Sorcerer and The Hunted, with introduction by Haden Guest and William Friedkin, and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.

• Series: G
  • Gianikian, Yervant and Angela Ricci Lucchi. 2009 17-19 April.
    Recorded during the series: Bodies, Images, Histories: Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi.
    • Friday 17 April 2009 - Screening of Oh! Man (Oh! Uomo) and The Flower of the Race (Il fiore della razza), with introduction by David Pendleton, Yervant Gianikian, and Angela Ricci Lucchi, and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience, with translation by Ara Merjian.
    • Saturday 18 April 2009 - Screening of From the Pole to the Equator (Dal polo all’equatore), with introduction by David Pendleton and Scott MacDonald, Yervant Gianikian, and Angela Ricci Lucchi, and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience, with translation by Ara Merjian.
    • Sunday 19 April 2009 - Screening of People, Years, Life (Uomini, anni, vita) , with introduction by David Pendleton, Yervant Gianikian, and Angela Ricci Lucchi, and post-screening discussion with filmmakers, Ara Merjian, Robert Lumley, and Q/A with audience.

• Series: J
  • Jacobs, Ken. 2009 6-8 February.
    Recorded during the series: The Nervous Art of Ken Jacobs.
    • Friday 6 February 2009 - Screening of shorts program, with introduction by Haden Guest and Ken Jacobs, and post-screening Q/A with audience.
    • Saturday 7 February 2009 - Nervous Magic Lantern Slide Performance by Ken Jacobs and Flo Jacobs, with introduction by Haden Guest, Q/A with audience.
    • Sunday 8 February 2009 - Screening of Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World, with introduction by Ken Jacobs and Steve Livernash (who discusses briefly the history of the Carpenter Center building), Q/A with audience.

• Series: K
  • Karel, William. 2009 28 May.
    Recorded during the series: America As Seen By... .
    • Thursday 28 May 2009 - Screening of Dark Side of the Moon (Opération Lune), with introduction by David Pendleton and William Karel, with post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.

• Series: L
  • Léon, Jean-Luc. 2009 30 May.
    Recorded during the series: America As Seen By... .
    • Saturday 30 May 2009 - Screening of The Lapirovs Go West (Les Lapirovs passent à l’ouest), with introduction by David Pendleton and Jean-Luc Léon, with post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.

• Series: M
  • Marker, Chris. 2009 16 May.
    Recorded during the series: The Second Life of Chris Marker, a Live Event.
    • Saturday 16 May 2009 - Recording of The Second Life of Chris Marker, which included a guided tour of Ouvroir, a creative geography of mysterious islands, sculptures and uncanny architecture located in the free Internet portal, Second Life.

• Series: P
  • Prina, Stephen. 2009 3 May.
    Recorded during the series: Two Films by Stephen Prina.
    • Sunday 3 May 2009 - Screening of The Way He Always Wanted It II and Vinyl II, with introduction by Haden Guest and Stephen Prina, with post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.

• Series: R
  • Russell, Ben. 2009 16 April.
    Recorded during the Film Study Center event: Recent Anthropologies: The Films of Ben Russell.
    • Thursday 16 April 2009 - Screening of a shorts program hosted by The Film Study Center and Balagan Films, with introduction by Jeff Silva and Ben Russell, with post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.

• Series: S
  • Schrader, Paul. 2009 30-31 January.
    Recorded during the series: The Style of Loneliness – A Paul Schrader Retrospective .
    • Friday 30 January 2009 - Screening of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, with introduction by David Pendleton and Paul Schrader and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.
    • Saturday 31 January 2009 - Screening of Light Sleeper and Blue Collar, with introduction by David Pendleton and Paul Schrader and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.
  • Schüpbach, Hannes. 2009 13 April.
    Recorded during the series: An Evening with Hannes Schüpbach.
    • Monday 13 April 2009 - Screening of shorts program, with introduction by Haden Guest and Hannes Schüpbach and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.
  • Serra, Albert and Mark Peranson. 2009 16 February.
    Recorded during the series: Albert Serra, Radical Classicist.
    • Monday 16 February 2009 - Screening of Birdsong (El cant dels ocells), with introduction by Brad Epps and Albert Serra, and post-screening discussion with Brad Epps, Albert Serra, and Mark Peranson, and Q/A with audience.
  • Sissako, Abderrahmane. 2009 20 April.
    Recorded during the series: An Evening with Abderrahmane Sissako.
    • Monday 20 April 2009 - Screening of Bamako, with introduction by David Pendleton and Abderrahmane Sissako and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.
  • Sniadecki, J.P. 2009 4 May.
    Recorded during the series: Demolition by J.P. Sniadecki .
    • Monday 4 May 2009 - Screening of Demolition (Chaiqian) and Songhua, with introduction by David Pendleton and J.P. Sniadecki and post-screening discussion and Q/A with audience.

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