Opening Night

Film

Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

Introduced by Stuart Comer, Chief Curator, Department of Media and Performance Art

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

Bruce Conner. A MOVIE. 1959. 16mm film (black and white, sound). The Museum of Modern Art, New York and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Accessions Committee Fund purchase), with the generous support of the New Art Trust. © Bruce Conner 2016. Courtesy Conner Family Trust

From Conner’s first film to his most iconic, these three works—A MOVIE (1958), MARILYN TIMES FIVE (1973), and CROSSROADS (1976)—display Conner’s mastery of found-footage cinema focused on the explosive warfare and sexuality of cinematic imagery, and highlighting the intrinsic destructiveness of Cold War America.

Program approx. 60 min.

A MOVIE. 1958. USA. Directed by Bruce Conner. 12 min.

16mm.

MARILYN TIMES FIVE. 1968–73. USA. Directed by Bruce Conner. 13:30 min.

16mm.

CROSSROADS. 1976. USA. Directed by Bruce Conner. 37 min.

35mm.

This film accompanies BRUCE CONNER: IT’S ALL TRUE and Movie in My Head: Bruce Conner and Beyond.

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