Strange Beauty returns Feb 16-18, 2012 at Manbites Dog Theater in Durham, NC
Tickets on sale now at Manbites Dog Theater’s web site
Weekend pass $40 (hurry, limited supply)
Browse the list of films
Strange Beauty screens striking short fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, underground, and otherwise wholly unclassifiable works that lie somewhere between terrifying normality and sublime fever dreams.
And, for some reason, many of this year's selections come from Winnipeg.
Special pre-festival event
Saturday Feb 11 8:00 pm
(but come at 7 for opening band the Wigg Report!)
108 Morris Street, Durham
A 1 hour Strange Beauty compendium
before Greensboro's legendary Invisible:
The New Obsolete
Featuring the Selectric Piano, multi-channel video, a new drip-driven drum machine, and four human elements. This installation is equal parts music performance, video and visual art with closed captioning provided by a live typist. Part of Invisible's month-long residency in downtown Durham! Check the schedule for other performances and openers. $7 at the door.
Lying, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Ghost of Yesterday
Some festival highlights:
Some festival highlights:
Durham Cinematheque presents FILMISTORY.2
Filmmaker and collector Tom Whiteside serves up a rambunctious three screen 16mm film program featuring a runaway horse, a review of American presidents (up to a certain point), the funeral of Queen Victoria, a famous rebellious act onboard a Russian battleship in 1905 as depicted by more than one filmmaker, and a dozen films more than 100 years old.
“FILMISTORY.2 is about history, it is about mystery, and it is about how time works. With a touch of spectacle and a big dose of distraction, it is, ultimately, about how we watch motion pictures.” -Tom Whiteside
Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Pet
with live original score by Felix Obelix
Oh, a little melted cheese before bed never hurt anyone, right? This 1921 animated cautionary tale by legendary cartoonist Winsor McCay shows the fun that ensues when a cute widdle beastie clambers out of a dream.
Felix Obelix's Wendy Spitzer composed an original score for organ, xylophone, auxiliary percussion and glockenspiel in collaboration with Triangle music legend Billy Sugarfix. The score will be performed live, with aplomb, by both of them.
Saturday, Feb 18 (evening show)
The Strange Beauty Aural Fixation
Jennifer Deer is back to curate a second helping of audio documentary and art that is best experienced in a dark room with strangers.
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