cinema room – Ozu’s Floating Weeds (1959)

BLANK CHEQUE PRESS / CINEMA ROOM

(presents)

Ecstatic Essays No. 03:
OZU’S SEASONS
Readings by Casey Wei
Pamphlets available for purchase.
8pm

 

followed by a screening of

 

Yasujiro Ozu’s Floating Weeds (1959)

SHOWTIME: 21:00 Thursday Dec 21, 2017

Duration ~119min

Free admission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SPARE ROOM / CINEMA ROOM

(presents)

 

Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil (1983) will be presented as film programming in conjunction with Layout, an exhibition by Peter Ullstrom.

 

 

SHOWTIME: 19:30 Wednesday May 24, 2017

Duration ~100min

 

 

 

Past screenings

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CINEMA ROOM will be screening Ghost in the Shell (1995) as part of an ongoing programming for The Bureau of True Vision. The screening will be situated within the exhibition utilizing the LED screen set up for Richardson’s video piece.

 

SHOWTIME: 19:30 Wednesday March 16, 2016

 


 

 

 

 

CINEMA ROOM will be screening Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003), a documentary exploring the history of Los Angeles through its portrayal in film. Thom Andersen discusses politics of space, cultural identity, real estate, the role of the automobile, and the impact of the simulacra within the cityscape in relation to film and its reality counterpart.

 

SHOWTIME: Part 1: 19:00 Thursday April 2nd, 2015

Part 2: The City as Character

19:00 Friday April 3rd, 2015