LAPDOGS OF THE BOURGEOISIE: Cinema Subotnik: Artist Curated Film Series at Townhouse Gallery, Cairo.
The Annika Eriksson Selection:
John Badham, Saturday Night Fever, 1977, 114 min.
Tracy Emin, Why I Never Became a Dancer, ,1995, 7 min.
The Hassan Khan Selection:
Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man, 2005, 100 min.
Luchino Visconti, The Leopard, 1963, 187 min.
The Marion von Osten Selection:
Marion von Osten, Her Last Performance, 2008, 3 min.
Daniel Schmid, Tosca’s Kiss, 1984, 87 min.
For Lapdogs, von Osten has engaged with the work of Swiss filmmaker Daniel Schmid in the form of screenings and lectures. The film Tosca’s Kiss addresses the “Casa Verdi”, the first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. In a film that developed a cult following over the years, Schmid captured a world in which the singers - many of whom had significant onstage careers - re-live and re-enact their triumphant roles of the glorious past. For Cairo, von Osten conducted a study of Verdi’s Aida and its historical Cairo references in the light of the Casa Verdi, and offers a short film by way of an introduction.
The Curatorial Selection:
Hito Steyerl, November, 2004, 25 min.
Michele di Menna, Giving it Back, 2006, 8 min.
San Keller’s program cannot be screened – he had asked for a list of films at which the curators had recently wept. Haq and Zolghadr don’t cry at the movies.
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY: The Hassan Khan Selection
SATURDAY MORNING 10 AM Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man, 2005, 100 min.
SATURDAY MORNING 12 AM Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man, 2005, 100 min.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON 6 PM Luchino Visconti, The Leopard, 1963, 187 min.
SUNDAY: The Hassan Khan Selection
SUNDAY MORNING 10 AM Luchino Visconti, The Leopard, 1963, 187 min.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON 6 PM Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man, 2005, 100 min.
MONDAY: The Annika Eriksson Selection
MONDAY MORNING 10 AM
John Badham, Saturday Night Fever, 1977, 114 min.
Tracy Emin, Why I Never Became a Dancer, 1995, 7 min.
MONDAY MORNING 12 AM
John Badham, Saturday Night Fever, 1977, 114 min.
Tracy Emin, Why I Never Became a Dancer, 1995, 7 min.
MONDAY AFTERNOON 6 PM
John Badham, Saturday Night Fever, 1977, 114 min.
Tracy Emin, Why I Never Became a Dancer, 1995, 7 min.
TUESDAY: The Marion von Osten Selection
MORNING 10 AM
Marion von Osten, Her Last Performance, 2008, 3 min.
Daniel Schmid, Tosca’s Kiss, 1984, 87 min.
TUESDAY MORNING 12 AM
Marion von Osten, Her Last Performance, 2008, 3 min.
Daniel Schmid, Tosca’s Kiss, 1984, 87 min.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON 6 PM
Marion von Osten, Her Last Performance, 2008, 3 min.
Daniel Schmid, Tosca’s Kiss, 1984, 87 min.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON 730 PM
Marion von Osten, Her Last Performance, 2008, 3 min.
Daniel Schmid, Tosca’s Kiss, 1984, 87 min.
WEDNESDAY: The Curatorial Selection
WEDNESDAY MORNING 10 AM
Hito Steyerl, November, 2004, 25 min., Michele di Menna, Giving it Back, 2006, 8 min.
WEDNESDAY MORNING 12 AM
Hito Steyerl, November, 2004, 25 min., Michele di Menna, Giving it Back, 2006, 8 min.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 6 PM
Hito Steyerl, November, 2004, 25 min., Michele di Menna, Giving it Back, 2006, 8 min.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 7 PM
Hito Steyerl, November, 2004, 25 min., Michele di Menna, Giving it Back, 2006, 8 min.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON Staff Choice
