{"id":46392,"date":"2014-08-27T08:06:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T12:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=46392"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:08:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T06:08:18","slug":"film-series-chris-marker-bestiary-les-hommes-de-la-baleine-three-cheers-for-the-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=46392","title":{"rendered":"Film Series – Chris Marker – Bestiary + Les hommes de la baleine + Three Cheers for the Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 7:30 PM
\nBrooklyn Academy of Music Rose Cinemas
\n30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
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Marker\u2019s affection for animals extends beyond his well-documented love for cats, as shown in these alternately whimsical and reflective essays on creatures great and small. In French with English subtitles.<\/p>\n

Bestiary<\/strong>
\nDirected by Chris Marker
\nRun time: 17min<\/p>\n

This collection of five short-shorts features a trip to an owl aviary, an elephant dancing to Stravinsky\u2019s \u201cTango,\u201d and, of course, Marker\u2019s beloved feline alter-ego, Guillaume-en-Egypte.<\/p>\n

Les hommes de la baleine<\/strong> (1956)
\nDirected by Mario Ruspoli
\nRun time: 28min<\/p>\n

Marker wrote the commentary for this thrilling documentary on whale hunting in the Azores, about which \u00c9ric Rohmer said, \u201dmakes us admire man, nature, and, upon leaving, cinema, which sings the greatest of both so well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three Cheers for the Whale <\/strong>(1972)
\nDirected by Chris Marker & Mario Ruspoli
\nRun time: 17min<\/p>\n

Marker and Italian co-director Mario Ruspoli explore man\u2019s relationship to the much-mythologized mammal\u2014including their slaughter\u2014in this essay film, which carries an impassioned ecological message.<\/p>\n

For more information about the event, please visit:
\nhttp:\/\/www.bam.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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