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Recently awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in the New Year's honours list, outrageous and controversial, Peter Greenaway is one of cinema's great antagonists. Here, produced by Dutch Visual Music label NoTV, Greenaway will challenge the 'tyrannies' of cinema as we know it with the UK premiere of his Tulse Luper VJ performance (OPTRONICA FESTIVAL).
Disquieted by the inability of traditional cinema to give us the rich potential excitements worthy of the 21st Century, Greenaway questions established modes of production and consumption and provokes us to consider the tyrannical power of the frame, the actor, the script, of celebrity and even the camera itself. Looking for new models of expanded cinema, and totally unafraid of decrying our cinematic heroes and pointing the finger at us, the audience, Greenaway could be misconstrued as arrogant, if it wasn't for the effortless charm and wicked grin with which he makes his case. With an intense musical backdrop provided by Anglo-Dutch DJ Radar, Greenaway mixes and juxtaposes elements from the 92 Tulse Luper 'stories' via a purpose built touch screen interface, orchestrating a multi-stream spectacular on the biggest screen in Europe. Reimagined as a 'real-time image conductor', with this show Greenaway liberates himself from traditional cinematic linearity and adds another intriguing chapter to the vast 'Tulse Luper Suitcases' phenomenon, his most enigmatic and ambitious project to date, one that he himself calls "...a social and political manifesto about the future of cinema". BFI IMAX London UK; Friday 16 March 2007; 20:30 hrs ** PETER GREENAWAY - KEYNOTE LECTURE: HAVE WE SEEN ANY CINEMA YET? Outrageous and controversial, Greenaway is one of cinema's great antagonists. Here he'll challenge the 'tyrannies' of cinema as we know it. Disquieted by the inability of the cinema that exists to provide the potential excitements of a 21st Century, Greenaway questions established modes of production and consumption in cinema and provokes us to consider the tyrannical power of the frame, the actor, the script, of celebrity and even the camera itself. Unafraid of decrying our cinematic heroes and pointing the finger at us, the audience, Greenaway makes his case with effortless charm and a wicked grin. BFI Southbank NFT 1, Friday 16th March, 6.20 ** TULSE LUPER FILM SCREENINGS Aside from the NoTV Peter Greenaway Tulse Luper VJ Performance at the IMAX on Friday 16th , all three Tulse Luper films will be screening in NFT3 on Sunday 18th March. Click HERE for screening times. |
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