FILM
These films, along with many
others by James Nares,
will be screened at the Anthology Film Archives,
32, 2nd Avenue, NYC, NY 10003
16-22 May 2008
Details HERE
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Rome '78, 1978. Directed by James Nares, 90 mins. A fine example of No Wave Cinema by one of the initial members of Colab, an alternative space in the East Village. Nares' Rome '78 is an ironic remake of the spectacle film, (I Claudius in particular). No Japs at my Funeral, 1980, A 60 min video interview with an IRA terrorist in which the viewer is made to see how historical chance forces an essentially likeable young man into situations where the option of a quiet life is impossible. Waiting for the Wind, 1981. 10 mins. Nares created a tornado-like catastrophe with a hand-held camera, a shooting ratio of three-to-one and remarkable timing. We see only the objects floating through space and never the hands that propel them. But Waiting for the Wind is more than a technical tour de force, it shapes a powerful paradox. Film-making control is used to evoke the terror of a world completely out of personal control. He also did the camera work on John Lurie's Men in Orbit and Becky Johnston's Sleepless Nights. |