Wexner Arts November/December 2010 : Page 6

Visiting Filmmakers ERIN COSGROVE Selected Works above from left What Manner of PerSon art thou? 2004–08 Image courtesy of Erin Cosgrove SAM GREEN Photo: Theo Rigby bottom au revoir leS enfantS Image courtesy Nouvelles Editions de Films S.L. insets left to right night & fog Image courtesy of Janus Films a Secret Image courtesy of Strand Releasing facing WindoWS Image courtesy of New Yorker Films fri, nov 12 | 7 pm Los Angeles–based artist Erin Cosgrove uses video, animation, performance, and literature in her unique collisions of historical events and popular entertainment. This evening’s program highlights her animated work, including her most ambitious project to date, What Manner of Person Art Thou? (2004–08); A Heart Lies Beneath (2004), a satire based on the Baader-Meinhof Affair that stars Fabio; and her most recent work, Happy Am I (2009), an animated condensation of human evolution. Cosgrove’s work has been exhibited internationally including at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Armory Show in New York City. (program app. 75 mins., video) WExnEr CEnTEr rESiDEnCY AWArD ArTiST SAM GREEN Utopia in Four Movements(2010) fri, nov 19 | 7 pm $6 members, students, seniors, $8 general public Oscar-nominated documentarian Sam Green returns to the Wexner Center to perform Utopia in Four Movements, an epic multimedia “live documentary” that was one of the hits of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Green offers his own narration and cues a live soundtrack and score by Brooklyn-based band The Quavers. Utopia, codirected by sound artist Dave Cerf, is the culmination of Green’s longstanding interest in the optimism of the early 20th century and our failure to realize so many of our collective hopes and ambitions. (65 mins., video) New DirectioNs iNFreNch & italiaN holocaust ciNema This series of events—five films, two lec-tures—examines representations of mem-ory and trauma in a selection of French and Italian films that engage the Holo-caust. Both France and Italy witnessed the extermination of thousands of native and non-native Jews (75,000 in France and over 9,000 in Italy) and experienced complicated and controversial reactions surrounding the legacies of collaboration, resistance, and survival. Some 65 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the two countries are still grappling with what remains from the years of occupation. Organized by Distinguished Humanities Professor of French Judith Mayne and Assistant Professor Dana Renga, both in Ohio State’s Department of French and Italian. Presented with support from an OSU Research and Creative Activity Grant and cosponsored by Ohio State’s Departments of French and italian, Comparative Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Germanic Languages and Literatures, and history of Art, and the university’s Film Studies Program, Melton Center for Jewish Studies, and Wexner Center for the Arts. Night and Fog (Alain Resnais, 1955) Au revoir les enfants (Louis Malle, 1987) The Truce (Francesco Rosi, 1997) Sun, Oct 31 | 1 pm The Truce begins at 3:20 pm The program begins with Night and Fog, one of the first and still among the most haunting cinematic commentaries on the Holocaust (32 mins., 35mm). Au revoir les enfants, set in a provincial Catholic boarding school, is a piercingly observed depiction of life under the Ger-man occupation. (103 mins., 35mm) The Truce, based on Primo Levi’s autobiography, depicts his journey home to Turin from Auschwitz in the af-termath of World War II. With John Turturro as Levi. (125 mins., 35mm) Lecture Leah Hewitt Defining Moments: The Trace of the Shoah in Recent French Film Wed, nOv 3 | 4:30 pm FRee Author of Remembering the Occupation in French Film (2008), professor Leah Hewitt of Amherst College discusses rep-resentations of the Holocaust in French cinema including Claude Miller’s A Secret, screen-ing later that evening at 7 pm. A public reception in the lower lobby follows the lecture. A Secret (Claude Miller, 2007) Wed, nOv 3 | 7 pm A fascinating exploration of collective memory, A Secret depicts a young man who dis-covers the troubling choices his parents had to make as a Jewish couple living in Nazi-occupied France. With Mathieu Amalric and Ludivine Sagnier. (105 mins., 35mm) A brief Q&A moderated by professors Judith Mayne and Leah Hewitt follows the screening. Lecture Millicent Marcus Italian Cinema and Holocaust Memory thu, nOv 4 | 4:30 pm FRee Professor Millicent Marcus of Yale University discusses the portrayal of the Holocaust in recent Italian cinema. Marcus is the author of numerous books and articles including Italian Film in the Shadow of Auschwitz (2007). Facing Windows (Ferzan Ozpetek, 2003) thu, nOv 4 | 7 pm Set in Rome, Facing Windows follows the intersecting lives of a frustrated young wife and mother and an amnesiac, el-derly Jewish man who can only recall his love for a man taken from him decades earlier by the Holocaust. (102 mins., 35mm) A brief Q&A moderated by professors Dana Renga and Millicent Marcus follows the screening. T i C k ET inf O $5 members, students, senior citizens $7 general public $3 children under 12 All events are in the Film/Video Theater, unless otherwise indicated. Film/Video tickets are on sale at the Patron Services Desk on the entrance level of the building. Tickets remain on sale until a half-hour after show times or until the start of the second film of double features. Non–English language films have English subtitles, unless otherwise indicated. All programs are subject to change. onScreen

Visiting Filmmakers

Erin Cosgrove Selected Works Los Angeles–based artist Erin Cosgrove uses video, animation, performance, and literature in her unique collisions of historical events and popular entertainment. This evening’s program highlights her animated work, including her most ambitious project to date, What Manner of Person Art Thou? (2004–08); A Heart Lies Beneath (2004), a satire based on the Baader-Meinhof Affair that stars Fabio; and her most recent work, Happy Am I (2009), an animated condensation of human evolution. Cosgrove’s work has been exhibited internationally including at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Armory Show in New York City. (program app. 75 mins., video) Wexner Center Residency Awa rd Artist Sam Green $6 members, students, seniors, $8 general public Oscar-nominated documentarian Sam Green returns to the Wexner Center to perform Utopia in Four Movements, an epic multimedia “live documentary” that was one of the hits of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Green offers his own narration and cues a live soundtrack and score by Brooklyn-based band The Quavers. Utopia, codirected by sound artist Dave Cerf, is the culmination of Green’s longstanding interest in the optimism of the early 20th century and our failure to realize so many of our collective hopes and ambitions. (65 mins., video) New Directions in French & Italian Holocaust Cinema This series of events—five films, two lectures— examines representations of memory and trauma in a selection of French and Italian films that engage the Holocaust. Both France and Italy witnessed the extermination of thousands of native and non-native Jews (75,000 in France and over 9,000 in Italy) and experienced complicated and controversial reactions surrounding the legacies of collaboration, resistance, and survival. Some 65 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the two countries are still grappling with what remains from the years of occupation. Organized by Distinguished Humanities Professor of French Judith Mayne and Assistant Professor Dana Renga, both in Ohio State’s Department of French and Italian. Presented with support from an OSU Research and Creative Activity Grant and cosponsored by Ohio State’s Departments of French and Italian, Comparative Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Germanic Languages and Literatures, and History of Art, and the university’s Film Studies Program, Melton Center for Jewish Studies, and Wexner Center for the Arts. Night and Fog (Alain Resnais, 1955) Au revoir les enfants (Louis Malle, 1987) The Truce (Francesco Rosi, 1997) The program begins with Night and Fog, one of the first and still among the most haunting cinematic commentaries on the Holocaust (32 mins., 35mm). Au revoir les enfants, set in a provincial Catholic boarding school, is a piercingly observed depiction of life under the German occupation. (103 mins., 35mm) The Truce, based on Primo Levi’s autobiography, depicts his journey home to Turin from Auschwitz in the aftermath of World War II. With John Turturro as Levi. (125 mins., 35mm) Leah Hewitt Defining Moments: The Trace of the Shoah in Recent French Film Author of Remembering the Occupation in French Film (2008), professor Leah Hewitt of Amherst College discusses representations of the Holocaust in French cinema including Claude Miller’s A Secret, screening later that evening at 7 pm. A public reception in the lower lobby follows the lecture. A Secret (Claude Miller, 2007) A fascinating exploration of collective memory, A Secret depicts a young man who discovers the troubling choices his parents had to make as a Jewish couple living in Nazioccupied France. With Mathieu Amalric and Ludivine Sagnier. (105 mins., 35mm) A brief Q&A moderated by professors Judith Mayne and Leah Hewitt follows the screening. Millicent Marcus Italian Cinema and Holocaust Memory Professor Millicent Marcus of Yale University discusses the portrayal of the Holocaust in recent Italian cinema. Marcus is the author of numerous books and articles including Italian Film in the Shadow of Auschwitz (2007). Facing Windows Set in Rome, Facing Windows follows the intersecting lives of a frustrated young wife and mother and an amnesiac, elderly Jewish man who can only recall his love for a man taken from him decades earlier by the Holocaust. (102 mins., 35mm) A brief Q&A moderated by professors Dana Renga and Millicent Marcus follows the screening.

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