Saturday, November 21st, 2009 7:30 PM
Journeys from Berlin/1971 (1980) is a groundbreaking exploration, both personal and political, of psychiatry, feminism, terrorism, and power.
The films of Yvonne Rainer confront the personal implications of social and political issues with a keen wit, inventive sensibility and uncompromising voice. Interweaving narrative and non-narrative elements while challenging expectations of fact and fiction, Rainer deconstructs cinematic conventions and creates subversive filmic explorations that further the immediacy, corporeality and emotional complexity of her dance and performance work. Journeys from Berlin/1971, Rainer’s fourth feature, is a groundbreaking exploration of the personal and political realms of psychiatry, feminism, terrorism and power. Annette Michelson’s psychoanalytic sessions provide the framework for theoretical and visual deconstructions -- and a new filmic choreography. (Vanessa O’Neill, SF Cinematheque)
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 7:30 PM
In Privilege, Rainer takes on the rarely explored subject of menopause and constructs a fascinating, witty and complex social critique of empowerment and class while delving into issues of age, sexuality and race. Rainer plays with narrative conventions and simultaneously disrupts notions of continuity and identity, weaving the emotional and fictive realms of melodrama, documentary, text and archival imagery into a richly textured and compelling work. (Vanessa O’Neill, SF Cinematheque)
