Saturday, January 5, 2008

"Why I Go to the Movies Alone": Jan 5-6














"Why I Go to the Movies Alone"
A two-day film program curated by Richard Prince
Saturday and Sunday, January 5 and 6, starting at 2pm

Ranging from classic dramas and cult shorts, to obscure, retro erotica, these films shed light on the artist's vision and creative practice. Plus "Lies My Father Told Me: Collier Schorr Speaks On Richard Prince"

Saturday, January 5
The Savage Eye, 1960 (dir: Ben Maddow, Joseph Strick, Sidney Meyers)
C'etait un Rendez-vous, 1976 (dir: Claude LeLouche)
A Place in the Sun, 1951 (dir: George Stevens)
Stealing Altitude, 1990 (dir: John Starr, Roger Teich)
Two-Lane Blacktop, 1971 (dir: Monte Hellman)
The Touch of her Flesh, 1968 (dir: Michael Findlay)

Sunday, January 6
Honeymoon Killers, 1970 (dir: Leonard Kastle)
The Zapruder Film, 1963 (dir: Abraham Zapruder)
Sin in the Suburbs, 1964 (dir: Joseph Sarno)
Lenny Bruce, 1967 (dir: John Magnuson)
Young Playthings, 1972 (dir: Joseph Sarno)

Film screenings are FREE with museum admission and open to the public. Tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Some of the films contain sexually explicit and violent scenes not suitable for persons under the age of 18. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Richard Prince: Spiritual America, on view through Jan 9.

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