Today marks the start of the second week of the Gregory J. Markopolous retrospective at the American Center in Paris (51 rue de Bercy, 75013 Paris). Some information about the retrospective follows, cross-posted from FrameWorks, the experimental film discussion list. -Pip Chodorov <[log in to unmask]> _______________ NOVEMBER 4, 1995 Yann Beauvais, the curator for film and video, opened the Markopoulos retrospective yesterday evening by explaining that some of Markopoulos' films which will be screened have not been shown in France or even in America since 1960. Jonas Mekas remarked three days ago in New York that he would have liked to have been in Paris to see some of these films that he has never seen, particularly "Flowers of Asphalt" (1949-1951), and "Through a Lens Brightly" (1966) which were projected this afternoon. As some of the prints are unique copies from the sixties with no existing internegative, or are pristine prints that have just been struck, no splices will be made even in the leaders, and therefore during the feature films there may be thirty seconds or a minute of black between reels. A catalogue has also been published for the occasion by the American Center including some of Markopoulos' writings in French which have never before been published, as well as an essay by Yann Beauvais and the first complete filmography through 1971. This catalogue costs 30 french francs (about US$6). The program runs in Paris through November 30, and will then be rescreened in New York at the Whitney Museum in March, 1996. The program is a coproduction between the American Center and the Whitney Museum, with thanks to Robert Beavers and the Temenos Foundation. From the American Center Fall Program Catalogue: "Gregory J. Markopoulos is one of the founding figures of independent film in America, whose solitary course spanned over the past forty-five years. This first French retrospective permits the audience to discover the importance of Markopoulos and the influence of his work on filmmakers to follow. The series gives particular importance to the first thirty years of his work: films dealing with homosexual love, a theme inspired by literary and mythological references. As a master of color and montage, Gregory J. Markopoulos created a new narrative form based upon the intensity of the smallest film unit, the single frame. He also found new ways to treat portraiture and landscape on film through the rhythmic layering of multiple images. On the occasion of this retrospective, the Temenos Foundation is making new prints of finished films while also preparing to print the twenty-two cycles of his final oeuvre, ENIAIOS. The retrospective is accompanied by the publication of a selection of Gregory J. Markopoulos' writings on 'film as film' in which he uncompromisingly defines the ties that bring cinema, art and life together. This event has been made possible with the help of the Temenos Foundation." GREGORY J. MARKOPOULOS (1928-1992) Retrospective from 1940 to 1971 3-30 November 1995 Friday 3 November, 7 pm & Saturday 18 November, 7pm: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, 1940, 5' DU SANG DE LA VOLUPTE ET DE LA MORT (PSYCHE - LYSIS - CHARMIDES), 1947-48, 70' Saturday 4 November, 4pm: Lecture on the film "GALAXIE" by Harry Tomicek, Austrian critic and Markopoulos expert. Saturday 4 November, 5pm & Friday 24 November, 7pm: GALAXIE, 1966, 92' Saturday 4 November, 7pm & Saturday 25 November, 7pm: THE DEAD ONES, 1949, 28' SWAIN, 1950, 20' FLOWERS OF ASPHALT, 1949-51, 10' THROUGH A LENS BRIGHTLY: MARK TURBYFILL, 1966, 15' Sunday 5 November, 5pm: HIMSELF AS HERSELF, 1967, 60' (A)LTER (A)KTION, 1968, 59' Thursday 9 November, 7pm & Saturday 18 November, 5pm: BLISS, 1967, 6' SORROWS, 1969, 6' MOMENT, 1970, 8' SAINT ACTEON, 1971, 12' HAGIOGRAPHIA, 1970, 60' Friday 10 November, 7pm & Sunday 19 November, 3pm: GAMMELION, 1968, 54' INDEX-HANS RICHTER, 1969, 30' Saturday 11 November, 5pm & Wednesday 29 November, 7pm: POLITICAL PORTRAITS, 1969, 80' Saturday 11 November, 7pm & Sunday 26 November, 5pm: TWICE A MAN, 1963, 47' THE FILMING OF "TWICE A MAN", Charles Levine, 1963, 3' EROS, O BASILEUS, 1967, 49' Sunday 12 November, 3pm & Thursday 23 November, 7pm: THE DIVINE DAMNATION, 1967, 57' THE OLYMPIAN, 1969, 30' Sunday 12 November, 5pm: HIMSELF AS HERSELF, 1967, 60' Thursday 16 November, 7pm & Sunday 19 November, 5pm: THE MYSTERIES, 1968, 80' Friday 17 November, 7pm & Thursday 30 November, 7pm: THE ILLIAC PASSION, 1964-67, 92' TEST WITH MASKS OF THE ILLIAC PASSION, 1966, 3' Saturday 25 November, 5pm: (A)LTER (A)KTION, 1968, 59' For more information call the American Center, Paris: (33-1) 44 73 77 19 New York: (212) 966 0909 World-wide-web: http://www.quelm.fr/AC/AC2.html ___________________________________________ To subscribe to FrameWorks, send "SUBSCRIBE FRAMEWORKS Your-Name" (without the quotes) in the body of a message to <[log in to unmask]> ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. 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