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Phil Solomon

Phil Solomon is an experimental filmmaker noted for his work with both film and video. Recently, Solomon has earned acclaim for a series of films that incorporate machinima made using games from the Grand Theft Auto series. His films are often described as haunting and lyrical.

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United States

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"Lost And Found, You Still Remain There": A Phil Solomon Retrospective

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 06/11/2023 - 06:09

Internationally acclaimed American filmmaker Phil Solomon (1952-2019) created a body of cinematic virtuosity and poetic resonance that profoundly expanded the found footage genre, as he explored and exploited material idiosyncrasies of his sources – whether chemically altering the emulsion of Hollywood films and personal home movies or détourning the digital gaming universe of Grand Theft Auto.
Dates:
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 19:30
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 - 19:30
Thursday, November 9, 2023 - 19:30
Venue:
Anthology Film Archives - New York, Estados Unidos
A Song Dissolved in the Dawn: Films by Phil Solomon, program 1

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 17/10/2019 - 06:43

Phil Solomon (1954-2019) was an immensely passionate, inspiring, and kind-hearted figure to so many who encountered him and his work. He inhabited this world as a generous friend, dedicated teacher and mentor, and as an artist of profound talent and feeling, whose films have inspired countless over the decades. Los Angeles Filmforum has hosted Phil Solomon on a few occasions over the years, and he was always one of our favorite guests, presenting programs of great personality and memorable, lingering emotionality. So although it is with great sadness that we now present
Dates:
Sunday, October 20, 2019 - 19:30
Venue:
Echo Park Film Center - Los Angeles, United States
Still Dreaming: Remembering Phil Solomon

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 06/08/2019 - 03:49

Phil Solomon (January 3, 1954—April 20, 2019) was among the great avant-garde filmmakers of this era. Solomon’s more than twenty films and digital pieces create an interior universe that has rarely, if ever, been surpassed in any medium for its intimacy, evocation of personal sensibility, expressive dream-like sounds and images, and for its sublime—and terrifying—sense of ambiguity between the recognizable world and its dissolution.
Dates:
Thursday, August 8, 2019 - 19:30
Venue:
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - San Francisco, Estados Unidos
Weekly links for April 26, 2019

By Marcos Ortega on Fri, 26/04/2019 - 09:19
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What Remains To Be Seen: An Interview with Phil Solomon

By Federico Rossin on Tue, 23/04/2019 - 15:07
As a small homage to the recently departed Phil Solomon, we post this interview conducted by Federico Rossin in 2007 in the context of FilmMaker Festival (Milan).
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Profiles
Canyon Cinema 50: O'er the Land with Deborah Stratman

By Anonymous on Wed, 21/06/2017 - 04:01

Deborah Stratman presents O’er the Land (2009) along with selections from Canyon Cinema’s collection.

This evening and special presentation is curated by Light Field, and is co-presented by Headlands Center for the Arts, Pro Arts Gallery and Canyon Cinema, with San Francisco Cinematheque. Deborah will also present The Illinois Parables (2016) at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Thursday, June 29th at 7:30pm. For more information, click here.

Deborah Stratman in person.

Dates:
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 20:30
Venue:
Pro Arts Gallery - Oakland, United States
OFFoff Cinema: Computer Games

By Günter Hilderson on Tue, 08/11/2016 - 03:20

There was a moment, now passed, when the capabilities of the internet and the dreams and ambitions of its users perfectly aligned, before the virtual had been unmasked as another instrument of capitalism and control. At this moment - June 23, 2003, to be precise -Second Life began. The sci-fi promise of a virtual world where people could live out some alternate existence had been fulfilled, rising from the aftermath of the dot-com crash.

Dates:
Monday, November 14, 2016 - 20:00 to Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 19:55
Venue:
OFFoff Cinema - Ghent, Belgium
Binghamton Babylon: Voices from the Cinema Department, 1967-1977
In Binghamton Babylon, Scott M. MacDonald documents one of the crucial moments in the history of cinema studies: the emergence of a cinema department at what was then the State University of New York at Binghamton (now Binghamton University) between 1967 and 1977. The department brought together a group of faculty and students who not only produced a remarkable body of films and videos but went on to invigorate the American media scene for the next half-century.
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Average: 1 (1 vote)
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Books
Publisher:
SUNY press
Masterworks of American Avant-Garde Experimental Film 1920-1970
Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films® Collection, in collaboration with Filmmakers Showcase, are proud to present Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film 1920-1970 in a 4-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Edition. This breathtaking collection includes 30 films, restored to pristine high-definition, from some of the foremost experimental filmmakers of the 20th century.

Commencing in 1920 with Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand’s creative collaboration on Manhatta, successive generations of experimental filmmakers and artists have worked in collaboration or alone to create a cinema capable of expressing dynamic unspoken concepts in totally abstract visual terms.

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Average: 3.8 (8 votes)
Category:
Blu-Ray
Publisher:
Flicker Alley
What is Cinema?
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman's documentary What Is Cinema? tackles the question of its title through over 100 clips and new interviews with Mike Leigh, Jonas Mekas, Yvonne Rainer, David Lynch, video artist Bill Viola, Robert Altman, Kelly Reichardt, Costa-Gavras, Ken Jacobs, Michael Moore, critic J. Hoberman, and others, and with archival interviews from Robert Bresson, Alfred Hitchcock, Chantal Akerman, Akira Kurosawa, Abbas Kiarostami, and more. The film also includes commissioned sequences from experimental artists Lewis Klahr and Phil Solomon. What Is Cinema?
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Average: 1 (1 vote)
Category:
Blu-Ray
Publisher:
Cohen Media Group