Film/Video CINEMA OF THE SPIRIT: ALEXANDER SOKUROV OCTOBER 18-31, 2002 Unless otherwise noted, screenings are $7 ($5 Walker members) and take place in the Auditorium.

Documentarian, impressionist, historian, and renowned Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov has been creating works since the 1970s that are at times elusive but always mesmerizing. For Sokurov, time is a strong presence -- he draws from the past with archival footage and uses duration as a form of elegiac mourning -- rooting his work both in old customs and modern forms. His films consider the impact of individuals and the experience of daily life in a way that has transcended political upheavals, economic marginality, international language barriers, and shifting social customs. His heralded "elegies," the focus of this program, are perhaps best described as poetic and visual essays containing cinematic splendor, hermetic intensity, and a sense of suspended time.