Kinetic Cinema - Electric Salomes and the Technology of Female Spectacle at Uniondocs, 322 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
May 7, 2012 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Filmmaker Amy Ruhl curates a provocative program of Kinetic Cinema that examines how the female body, under the unique technology of cinema, has been the primary source of spectacle since the beginnings of film. Ruhl’s work engages with sources ranging from George Meliès’ “trick films,” to Nazimova’s “Salome” (Dance of the Seven Veils) to Vera Chytilova’s phantasmagoria scene in “Daisies,” one of the most lauded Czech new wave films. She will present examples of these influences and discuss how…See More
