Conversations at the Edge at the
Gene Siskel Film Center - Thursday, 6pm
When Chick Strand passed away in July
she left behind a body of work that places here firmly in the upper
echelon of Experimental Cinema. One of the founders of the San Francisco
Cinematheque and Canyon Cinema, she also was one of the first artists
to explore the line between documentary and poetic filmmaking. In her
most ambitious work, SOFT FICTION (1979, 54 min, 16mm), Strand allows
five women to share very personal stories about their sexual experiences.
Each of the women speaks directly to the camera, usually in Strand's
home, and the intimacy forged between filmmaker and subject is an achievement
that has rarely been matched. Minimalist in approach, the film continually
adds to the complexity of the idea of female sexuality while also calling
into question the reliability of memory. Conscious of her control over
the meaning of the film, Strand uses the subjects' tales as a stand-in
for her own, creating a sort of allegorical autobiography. The truth
may be plastic, but honesty is concrete. Also screening is the short
KRISTALLNACHT (1979, 7 min, 16mm) JH - Cine-File.info
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