In the golden age of the late Sixties, no film commentary of any sort reached most of the households in most of these markets (although faculty members on the local campus knew who Kael was, and huddled over the glow from their 16
mm projectors like monks in the Dark Ages treasuring manuscripts from far lands).
There aren't many bright spots in Lovelace, although one is Amanda Seyfried's intoxicating smile, and another is the retinal insult delivered by a 16
mm projector flaring out at the audience during the movie's opening moments, and which feels
like an accusation.
Pretty quick, a mysterious box turns up in the attic, packed with an 8
mm projector and cans of home movies with benign - sounding titles
like «Pool Party,» «Yard Work,» «Sleepy Time,» «Hanging Out With the Family.»
(Travis Wilkerson, 2017) projected video with live filmmaker narration; Crossroads Festival at SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA Gone, Gone Beyond (People
Like Us, 2017) 10 -
projector video installation; Grey Area, San Francisco, CA I'll Be Around (Jeremy Rourke, 2017) multi-video & 16
mm with live music performance; Artists» Television Access, San Francisco, CA Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 12 (Rick Prelinger, 2017) silent video with live filmmaker and audience narration; Castro Theatre, San Francisco, CA The Maribor Uprisings (Milton Guillén & Maple Razsa, 2017) branching video with guided audience participation; Maine International FilmFestival, Waterville, ME Mosswood (Kerry Laitala & Voicehandler, 2017) dual - 16
mm projector performance with live music; Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA Night Country (John Davis & Joshua Churchill, 2017) triple - 16
mm projector performance with live music; Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA Temporal Cities (Lizzy Brooks & Radka Pulliam, 2017) projected video with 35
mm slides; Other Cinema at Artists» Television Access, SanFrancisco, CA What Is Nothing [After What is Nothing](Kristen Reeves, 2017) nonuple - 16
mm projector performance; San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, CA