2010 Big Sky Film Series
Presented by The Big Sky Film Institute ~ Art House Films and HBO Documentaries
| PICASSO AND BRAQUE GO TO THE MOVIES
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
June 11, 2010 - Screening at 7:30pm
(Arne Glimcher, 2008, USA, 87 min.)
Produced by Martin Scorsese and Robert Greenhut and directed by Arne Glimcher, PICASSO AND BRAQUE GO TO THE MOVIES is a cinematic tour through the effects of the technological revolution, specifically the invention of aviation, the creation of cinema and their interdependent influence on artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. With narration by Scorsese, and interviews with art scholars and artists including Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel and Eric Fischl, the film looks at the collision between film and art at the turn of the 20th Century and helps us to realize cinema's continuing influence on the art of our time.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
July 2, 2009 - Screening at 7:30pm
(Tamara Davis, 2010, USA, 93 min.)
In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker Samo in the late 1970s on the Lower East Side scene, sold his first painting to Deborah Harry for $200, and became best friends with Andy Warhol. Appreciated by both the art cognoscenti and the public, Basquiat was launched into international stardom. However, soon his cult status began to override the art that had made him famous in the first place. Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat's own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man.
Featuring interviews with Julian Schnabel, Larry Gagosian, Bruno Bischofberger, Tony Shafrazi, Fab 5 Freddy, Jeffrey Deitch, Glenn O'Brien, Maripol, Kai Eric, Nicholas Taylor, Fred Hoffmann, Michael Holman, Diego Cortez, Annina Nosei, Suzanne Mallouk, Rene Ricard, among many others.
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MONICA & DAVID
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
August 6, 2010 Screening at 7:30 pm
(Alexandra Codina, 2010, USA. 68 min.)
MONICA & DAVID explores the marriage of two adults with Down syndrome and the family who strives to support their needs. Monica and David are blissfully in love and want what other adults have—an independent life. Full of humor, romance and everyday family drama, the film uses intimate fly-on-the wall footage to reveal the complexity of their story. While Monica and David are capable beyond expectations, their parents, aware of mainstream rejection of adults with intellectual disabilities, have trouble letting go.
Directed by Monica’s cousin, the film has a storybook beginning with a young couple full of hope and laughter. Just before the wedding, a self-assured Monica declares: “It’s all about him, and all about me. This is my day. It’s my life, to be with my husband forever”. By their side are two fearless mothers who realize a lifelong dream—a “normal” life for their adult children. Marriage for adults with Down syndrome is very unusual, in part because until recently people with Down lived short isolated lives. In 1983 life expectancy was 25, but today it is 60, with some people living into their 70s.
WINNER Best Documentary Film, Tribeca Film Festival 2010
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VISUAL ACOUSTICS: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
September 3, 2010 - Screening at 7:30.
(Eric Brinker, 2008, USA, 84 min.)
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world's greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this year, captured the work of nearly every major modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner, and Frank Gehry. His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern California's modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images.
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WASTE LAND
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
October 1, 2010 - Screening at 7:30 pm.
(Lucy Walker, 2010, USA/Brazil, 98 min.)
Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" -- or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Walker (DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, BLINDSIGHT) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.
WINNER Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary, Sundance Film Festival 2010
WINNER Audience Award for Best Film, Panorama, Berlin Film Festival 2010
WINNER Audience Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2010
WINNER Target Documentary Filmmaker Award, Dallas Film Festival 2010
WINNER Golden Space Needle Award, Seattle International Film Festival 2010
WINNER Audience Award, Provincetown Film Festival 2010 |
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MILTON GLASER: To Inform & Delight
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
November 5, 2010 - Screening at 7:30 pm.
For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and the enduring I ♥ NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos, and brand identities, to his celebrated prints, drawings, posters and paintings, the documentary offers audiences a much richer appreciation for one of the great modern renaissance men. Artfully directed by first time filmmaker Wendy Keys, the film glances into everyday moments of Glaser's personal life and capture his immense warmth, humanity and the boundless depth of his intelligence and creativity.
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The Big Sky Film Series is a periodic monthly screening series highlighting traditional and innovative non-fiction film and video. Screenings take place the first Friday of the month as part of downtown Missoula, Montana's "Art Walk." All screenings are held at the Historic Wilma Theater and are free and open to the public.
Selections for the Big Sky Film Series are by invitation only. If you would like us to consider a film or video for the series, email a brief synopsis, release date, and primary contact information.
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