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Xcèntric: Antoni Padrós

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 16/10/2012 - 16:43
Xcèntric: Antoni Padrós
Thursday, October 25th 2012, 20h
Sunday, October 28th 2012, 18:30h
Xcèntric CCCB, Montalegre, 5, 08001 Barcelona

The 13th season of Xcèntric opens with Antoni Padrós, a Catalan underground filmmaker with a genuinely subversive, ironic, iconoclastic body of work. He is currently receiving deserved recognition from our institutions: Xcèntric included his short film Ice Cream in the programme “Del éxtasis al arrebato”, the Reina Sofia Museum has acquired his entire body of work, and his filmography has been restored by the Filmoteca de Catalunya, which has also prepared a special DVD edition with Cameo. Xcèntric is honoured to have the presence of Padrós, who selected the films in this screening, establishing a dialogue between one of his works and a key film that influenced him.

Thursday, October 25th 2012, 20h
- Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1945, 16 mm, 17 min)
- Dafnis y Cloe (Antoni Padrós, 1969, 18 min) [video screening, copy courtesy of the Filmoteca de Catalunya].

Sunday, October 28th 2012, 18:30h
- Shirley Temple Story (Antoni Padrós, 1976, 208 min) [video screening, copy courtesy of the Filmoteca de Catalunya].
Taking a wild pretext (Shirley Temple’s journey to Emerald Country to meet the Wizard of Oz and demand the role of Dorothy that was snatched by Judy Garland), in this fabulous camp film Padrós humorously and unceremoniously smashes the myths of Hollywood film to smithereens.
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Antoni Padrós
Antoni Padrós is a singular figure of Catalan Cinema. Coming from painting, his creative freedom practiced during Franco's regime placed him on the margins of cinema. His films tie in with the American underground and European militant cinemas. The author, however, did not abandon his sniper and transgressive position once democracy was established, maintaining his independent creative proposal. From the margins of the film industry, his work has taken on a progressive role and today is recognized by museums, due to its creative ability through dialogue with the Arts. This edition aims to contribute to the discovery and recovery of the unclassifiable, experimental and vital work of Antoni Padrós.

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Del éxtasis al arrebato
Tan sólo el empeño de unos pocos y su pasión por el mundo explica que el cine experimental tenga en España manifestaciones extraordinarias, a pesar de las adversidades que ha conocido, en su producción, distribución y hasta hace bien poco, para ser considerado en el ámbito artístico.

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