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Film/Video FILM RETROSPECTIVE AND REGIS DIALOGUE FREDERICK WISEMAN: A SENSE OF PLACE NOVEMBER 2-21, 2003 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, SCREENINGS ARE $7 ($5 WALKER MEMBERS) AND TAKE PLACE IN THE AUDITORIUM.  |
"No contemporary maker of films, whether for theatrical release or for television, engages my emotions so fully or consistently as Frederick Wiseman." --Life Magazine
Frederick Wiseman's aim is "to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life." As he reaches this goal, it is clear that no other filmmaker will come close to his breadth of vision. Best known as a documentary filmmaker with a patient eye and a careful ear, Wiseman has brought his camera into the institutions that shape our lives: the classroom, the courtroom, the hospital, the monastery, welfare offices, military facilities, the store, the zoo, housing projects, the theater, and the fashion runway. His films are about the people--workers, soldiers, everyday citizens--who are caught up in abstract ideals and day-to-day bureaucracy. While each stands on its own, these films come together remarkably well as a series. This grouping of 12 works, selected from his oeuvre of 38, focuses on Wiseman's sense of place, which is defined not only by geography, but by stories that chronicle the idiosyncrasies, flaws, strengths, and humor of our Americanness. This retrospective includes the premiere of his newest work, the theatrical drama The Last Letter. Wiseman will be joined onstage for a Regis Dialogue with film director/producer Jim McKay (Girls Town, Our Song, The Sleepy Time Gal, and Cheryl Dunye's Stranger Inside). .
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FREDERICK WISEMAN: A SENSE OF PLACE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY
GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE REGIS FOUNDATION.