The Film Love series provides access to
great but rarely-screened films, and promotes awareness of the rich history of experimental
and avant-garde filmmaking.
Curated by Andy Ditzler
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UPCOMING SCREENINGS
CRAIG BALDWIN IN PERSON!
Thursday, April 12, 2012
ANDY DITZLER performs DESIRIUM PROBE
a performance work by James Nares
first performance since 1978
Friday, April 13, 2012 at Elliott Street Pub
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at The Goat Farm
PRESS FOR FILM LOVE
"[Film Love] is a labor of love that has turned the singer-songwriter into a
terrific curator and historian." -
Atlanta Magazine,
Best of 2009
"an inventive mix...Andy Ditzler has kept avant-garde cinema alive in Atlanta" -
Art Papers
"Atlanta's best film series" -
Creative Loafing, April 2009
"The best - and often the
only - opportunity to see experimental films of all stripe, intelligently
presented" - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"for those who really love the art of film- 'Film Love' may be reason enough
to get off the couch, and experience moving pictures in a different light." -
WABE-FM, Atlanta
"An Atlanta film culture treasure" -- Creative Loafing,
Best of Atlanta 2006
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Read Creative Loafing's cover story on Film Love and Civil Rights on Film |
"In an age increasingly converting to DVDs and digital forms of exhibition,
Ditzler valiantly performs, promotes and celebrates the art of film in its
original form. Striving to make the avant-garde accessible, to cherish cinema
history and to open the eyes of his audiences, Ditzler has his eyes on the
prize." -
Creative Loafing
PAST SCREENINGS
105> GEORGE KUCHAR: A TRIBUTE (Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, February 24,
2012) press release
104> ANDY WARHOL #8: KISS (Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, December 9, 2011)
press release
103> JAMES NARES: FILMS FROM THE NO WAVE (PART 1) (Atlanta Contemporary Art
Center, September 16, 2011) press
release
102> JAMES BROUGHTON: BIG JOY (The Phillip Rush Center, Atlanta, August
26, 2011) program
101> ROBBIE LAND: FLORIDALAND AND OTHER NEW 16MM WORKS (The Museum of
Contemporary Art of Georgia, June 24, 2011)
press release
100> UNSEEN FILMS
099> MONDO CINEMA 2011: Performance, Ritual,
Transformation (My Sister's Room, May 29, 2011)
Mondo Homo's annual
cinema screening
YOKO ONO: REALITY DREAMS March - April 2011
Five nights of films, solo and in collaboration with John Lennon
098> BOTTOMS (Emory University, April 8, 2011)
097> FLUX FLY BODY MUSIC: Fluxus Films, Fly,
and Film Script #3 (Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, April 1, 2011)
096> A FALLING POSITION: Cut Piece and Rape
(Emory University, March 26, 2011)
095> SKY BED PEACE: The Bed-In and Apotheosis
(Plaza Theatre, March 25, 2011)
094> SMILE JOHN: Rare and vintage portraits of John
Lennon (Plaza Theatre, March 25, 2011)
092 - 093> MAURICIO KAGEL: FILM MUSIC, MUSIC PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE FILM
(Georgia State University and Eyedrum, October - November 2010)
Wit, theater, and virtuosity from one of the twentieth century's
most subversive and fascinating composers
program 1
program 2
089 - 091> WARREN SONBERT: FRIENDLY WITNESS AND OTHER FILMS (Eyedrum, October -
November 2010) a three-night series on a master of the avant-garde
program 1
program 2
program 3
088> MONDO CINEMA 2010 (Eyedrum, May 30, 2010) (part of
Mondo Homo)
program
featuring Kenneth Anger, Scott Treleaven, Gunvor Nelson and other artists
084 - 087> ANDY WARHOL #7: LONESOME COWBOYS IN ATLANTA (Eyedrum, Emory
University, and Mixx Atlanta, March 25 - April 3, 2010)
press release
083> MARTIN SCORSESE: PORTRAIT FILMS (Eyedrum, February 26, 2010)
press release
082> TWO EROTIC UNDERGROUND FILMS PART 2: Curt McDowell's Pornografollies
(Eyedrum, February 13, 2010) (part of the first CinErotic Film Fest)
081> TWO EROTIC UNDERGROUND FILMS PART 1: Barbara Rubin's Christmas on Earth
(Eyedrum, February 12, 2010) (part of the first CinErotic Film Fest)
080> VITO ACCONCI: OPEN TO YOU (Eyedrum, January 29, 2010)
press release
curator's note
079> CHANTAL AKERMAN'S JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, BRUXELLES 1080
(Emory University / Atlanta Celebrates Photography, October 23, 2009)
press release
078> ANDY WARHOL #6: Blow Job and My Hustler (Midtown Art Cinema,
October 8, 2009) press release
077> ROGER BEEBE: FILMS FOR ONE TO EIGHT PROJECTORS Artist in person
(Eyedrum, September 5, 2009) press
release
076> PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE: Protest in Film and Video, 1961-2009 (The Museum of
Design Atlanta, June 26, 2009)
press release
QUEER SAN FRANCISCO, 1970-1980
A two-part series, presented at
Mondo Homo
075> THE COCKETTES: Midnight at the Palace (Eyedrum, May 24, 2009)
press release
074> BODIES: the Sexual Revolution on screen (Eyedrum, May 23, 2009)
press release
073> A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY (Eyedrum, May 10, 2009)
Vintage short films by artists and anthropologists on motherhood, from
America to Bali Press release
072> DARRIN MARTIN: Inside Out (Eyedrum, April 25, 2009)
Press release
071>
ANDY WARHOL 5: Poor Little Rich
Girl (featuring Edie Sedgwick)
(Eyedrum, April 24, 2009) Press
release
070> MARK STREET IN PERSON: Experiments in Urban Fascination and Alienation
(Eyedrum, March 26, 2009) Press release
CIVIL RIGHTS ON FILM: Rare films on African-American life, 1941-1967 (February
2009)
Program notes
series brochure
Creative Loafing
review Southern Voice
review of program 4
069> Part 4: "My name is Jason Holliday..." (Emory University, February 28, 2009)
068> Part 3: The fierce urgency of now (Eyedrum, February 27, 2009)
067> Part 2: Inside the movement: cinema vérité
and Civil Rights (Atlanta Cyclorama, February 21, 2009)
066> Part 1: Life, work and segregation in the south (Atlanta Cyclorama, February 20,
2009)
065> MINUTES TO GO: William Burroughs and Brion Gysin in the Beat Hotel
(Eyedrum, January 30, 2009) press
release
SURREALIST CLASSICS, a two-part series co-sponsored by the Cultural Services of
the French Embassy
"a kind of
two-night master class in surrealist cinema" -- Creative Loafing
064>
The Golden Age: the films of Luis
Buñuel and Salvador Dalí (Eyedrum, November 14, 2008)
063> Surrealist Science: the world of Jean
Painlevé (Eyedrum, November 15, 2008)
FILM AND SPIRIT, the Atlanta Celebrates Photography 2008 film series
062> FILM AND SPIRIT Part 3: Robert Gardner's Forest of
Bliss (Eyedrum, October 22, 2008)
061> FILM AND SPIRIT Part 2: Songs of Devotion: films by Nathaniel Dorsky
(Eyedrum, October 15, 2008)
060> FILM AND SPIRIT Part 1: Blow-Up: Photography, Reality, and Time
(Cinefest, September 27, 2008)
059> The Trick of Disaster (Eyedrum, July
25, 2008)
A foray into the comedy of disaster, featuring Buster
Keaton and Fischli and Weiss
press release
058> Tongues Untied: 20th Anniversary screening
(Eyedrum, April 18, 2008)
featuring a tribute to Marlon Riggs and a screening of Nikolai Ursin's Behind
Every Good Man press release
THE WORLDS OF GEORGE KUCHAR
A three-night series devoted to the underground filmmaking legend
057> A Zest for Life: classic 1960s and
1970s films by the Kuchars (Eyedrum, March 21, 2008)
056> Stormy Weather: George Kuchar in the
Elements (Emory University, March 20, 2008)
055> The Video Diaries of George Kuchar: an
overview, presented by Gene Youngblood (Emory University, March 18, 2008)
Southern Voice
review Atlanta Journal-Constitution
review (pdf) Creative Loafing
interview with George Kuchar
054> Tearoom: a document presented by William E. Jones
(Eyedrum, February 22, 2008) Creative Loafing
review
press release
Creative Loafing
interview with William E. Jones Southern Voice
review
053>
Openings: Music and experimental film
(Eyedrum, December 9, 2007)
An evening of short experimental films with live soundtracks by
Atlanta musicians. press release
052>
Dead Flowers (Eyedrum, November 10, 2007)
two films on gardens, loss, seasons, and the passage of time
051> Film Love #51 (Eyedrum,
November 3, 2007)
three films on childhood, memory and growing up, shown as part of the Frequent
Small Meals festival
050> Music and experimental film
(Eyedrum, November 2, 2007)
three films shown as part of the Frequent Small Meals festival
049> STILL/MOVING: still photography in the moving image / Part Two:
pictures worth a thousand words (Eyedrum, October 20, 2007)
press release
program notes
048> STILL/MOVING: still photography in the moving image / Part One: Speed
of Light (Eyedrum, October 17, 2007)
program notes
047> ART/SPACE: Artists in the public space
(outdoor screening, beside the Davis Waldron gallery, Atlanta, September 29,
2007) press release
046> How to Cope:
Performance, Possession, Politics (Eyedrum, August 23, 2007)
press release
045> Summer of Love: Sex, Drugs, Rock, Art and Protest in
the Counterculture circa 1967 (Eyedrum, July 21, 2007)
press release
Atlanta Journal-Constitution review Creative Loafing
review
044> A/V Geeks Greatest Hits (Eyedrum, Friday,
July 6, 2007) press release
Creative Loafing
review
Skip Elsheimer
profile
043> Our Folks: Poetic Documentaries About Family
(Eyedrum, June 9, 2007) press
release
041, 042> Andy Warhol 3 and 4: Screen Tests and Portraits of Edie Sedgwick
(Eyedrum, May 4 and 5, 2007)
press release
040>
Films by Robert Nelson and Gunvor Nelson: Collaborations and Friendships in the
1960s San Francisco Underground (Eyedrum, April 8, 2007)
039> Lynn Marie Kirby: Views from the center before
and after Edison (Eyedrum, February 2007)
press release
038>
Andy Warhol 2: Space (Eyedrum, January 27, 2007)
037>
Andy Warhol 1: Early Minimalist Films (Eyedrum, January 26, 2007)
program notes Creative Loafing
review Indiewire
review
036> A Lesson in Camp - guest curator Robert Coddington (FSM Lounge, January
2007)
a program of televised oddities from camp icons, accompanied by a showing of
Nikolai Ursin's film "Behind Every Good Man" (1966) - one of the first films to
feature an out gay African-American man
035>
INFO DEMO: The Skin I'm In (Eyedrum, January 11, 2007)
Hollis Frampton's film Lemon shown as part of the long-running series at
Eyedrum program note
THEREFORE I LIVE: Home Movies, Personal Cinema, and the Avant-Garde (Eyedrum,
October 2006)
This five-part series was the official film series for
Atlanta Celebrates Photography
2006
034>
Part 5: The Universal Truths
033>
Part 4: Testament
032>
Part 3: Here Now
031>
Part 2: In the Garden of Film
030>
Part 1: See the World
029>
Robbie Land: Cine-Performance (Eyedrum, September 3,
2006)
028>
Charlemagne Palestine: Filmworks
(Eyedrum, September 2, 2006)
027>
Carnivals of Ecstasy:
Tony Conrad and the New York Underground (Eyedrum, September 1, 2006)
"a night of hallucinatory, shamanistic, erotic, and hilariously decadent
ecstasy" --Art Papers review, November/December 2006
Pitchfork
review Creative Loafing
review
026>
Warren Sonbert: Friendly Witness and Other Films (Eyedrum, July 13, 2006)
program notes Deeper into
Movies
review
025>
Nguyen Tan Hoang (Eyedrum, May 11, 2006)
program
review
024>
Experimental Documentary (Eyedrum, April 14, 2006)
program
023>
Tony Conrad (Eyedrum, March 19, 2006)
program
022>
The Films of Jim Trainor (Eyedrum, January 6, 2006)
program
AVAILABLE LIGHT: THE USE OF LIGHT IN ARTISTS' FILMS
A five-part series presented as part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography 2005
021>
Available Light 5: Refracted Light - Films by Stan Brakhage and Jim Davis
(Eyedrum, November 2, 2005)
program
020>
Available Light 4: Local Lightworks (Eyedrum, October 28, 2005)
an evening of light-themed video works by Atlanta artists, curated by Shana Wood
019>
Available Light 3: The Light Series (Eyedrum, October 19, 2005)
program notes
018>
Available Light 2: On-Off (Eyedrum, October 12, 2005)
program
017>
Available Light 1: Lighting the Space - Films by Gordon Matta-Clark and Anthony
McCall (Eyedrum, October 7, 2005)
program notes
016>
Kenneth Anger: Mouse Heaven and other works (Eyedrum, August 19, 2005)
program notes
review (1.1 Mb)
015>
Chantal Akerman: From the Other Side (Eyedrum, May 26, 2005)
014>
Act Up Fight Back: Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS, part 2 (Emory
University, April 1,
2005) program
013> Act Up Fight Back: Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS, part 1 (Eyedrum,
March 30, 2005)
program notes
012>
Gregg Bordowitz at Eyedrum (March 23, 2005)
The activist and videomaker introduced his video work Habit (2001).
011>
NOW! Short Films on African-American Experience in the 1960s (Eyedrum, February 25, 2005)
program notes
review
010>
Joseph Cornell (Eyedrum, January 20, 2005)
program notes
review
009>
Protesting the Vietnam War, 1966 - 1971 (Eyedrum, October 2, 2004)
program notes
review
008>
Word and Praxis: Gertrude Stein (Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA, June 2004)
Stan Brakhage's Visions in Meditation #1 shown during an evening
dedicated to the study of Gertrude Stein and her influence.
007>
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Music and Film (75th birthday concert at
Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA, November 14, 2003)
Peter Moore's film Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes shown during a
concert by Ensemble Sirius program
notes
006>
An evening of Cameraless Film (Eyedrum, October 29, 2003)
program notes
005>
Actionist Cinema (Eyedrum, August 14, 2003)
program notes
004>
Beat Cinema 4: Portrait of Jason (Eyedrum, April 25, 2003)
003>
Beat Cinema 3: Stan Brakhage (Eyedrum, March 28, 2003)
program notes
002>
Beat Cinema 2: Christopher Maclaine (Eyedrum, February 28, 2003)
program notes
001>
Beat Cinema 1: Pull My Daisy/This Song For Jack (Eyedrum, January 24, 2003)
program notes
review
Andy Ditzler 03/30/2012
