Prix Jean Vigo Premieres Special: Hotel Atithi
April 8, 2006

To highlight the continuing experimentation and innovation of the filmmakers awarded the Prix Jean Vigo, the Department of Film & Media presents the premiere of a new work by past winner Olivier Assayas. This screening is held in conjunction with MoMA's Prix Jean Vigo exhibition.

Organized by Véronique Godard, Prix Jean Vigo Committee; and Jytte Jensen, Curator, and Leigh Goldstein, Executive Assistant, Department of Film and Media. Grateful thanks for the advice of the current Prix Jean Vigo Committee and its President, Luce Vigo, and for the generous collaboration of the Consulate General of France, New York; the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, New York; and Unifrance/French Film Office, New York and Paris.

Hotel Atithi. 2005. France. Directed by Olivier Assayas and Luc Barnier. Music by Mirror/Dash. A distillation of the visual fluidity and eroticism that run throughout Assayas’s oeuvre, this experimental work unfolds against the recorded soundtrack of a live performance by Mirror/Dash members Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. 35 min. New York premiere
Sonic Youth: 1991—The Year Punk Broke. 1992. USA. Directed by David Markey. With Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Toys in Babeland, Courtney Love. The riotous performances and summer shenanigans of Sonic Youth during their landmark European tour are captured, along with some good-humored buffoonery from their then-little-known opening act, Nirvana. 95 min. Saturday, April 8, 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. T1