Yahoo Tuning Groups Ultimate Backup makemicromusic Harry Partch "Delusion" screening in San Francisco, March 7th

Just FYI... Please see below announcement. I don't have any more details.

Rick

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Harry Partch on Film: Delusion of the Fury

Sunday, March 7th, 2004

7:30pm

$7 general / $4 students, seniors

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The Harry Partch Foundation has given us a very rare opportunity
to see the original 16mm film of maverick composer Harry Partch's
masterpiece and most elaborate work.

Partch is well known in new music circles as an iconclastic composer
and instrument builder. Born in Oakland, he spent much of his life
working in California, systematically developing a rich body of work
that reaches back to antiquity and archaic musical principles of
music theater.

Unfortunately his hand-made instruments are difficult to
transport and so more difficult to hear in person, let alone to
be present at a staging of his naturally theatrical works. As he once
said "Hell, i'm not like John Cage. All Cage needs is a gong, a
carrot juicer and a toothbrush."

"Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual Dream and Delusion" enacts two
interlocking fables, one Japanese and one African. It was written
for six actors, four singers and a large ensemble of Partch's own
handmade instruments, and premiered in January 1969 at UCLA.
The piece is the culmination of Partch's work with concept of
"corporeality," a kind of total theater, integrating music,
dance, stagecraft and ritual.

The film version incorporates this idea, integrating camerawork
and montage, to bring vividly forth on screen this challenging
and rarely staged work. It was released in 1971, directed by
longtime Partch associate Madeline Tourtelot and edited
by Les Blank.

Presented in cooperation with Other Minds.
Programmed by Konrad Steiner.

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SF Cinematheque @ California College of Art
Tinken Hall, 1111 Eighth Street at Irwin (at 16th St)
San Francisco

By Muni
take the 19 Polk to De Haro & 16th walk east 2 blocks then 1 block
north on Wisconsin
-OR-
take the 22 Fillmore to Wisconsin and walk 2 blocks north (away from
Jackson Playground)

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sfc@...
415-552-1990
http://www.sfcinematheque.org/

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🔗Jonathan M. Szanto <JSZANTO@...>

Rick,

{you wrote...}
>Just FYI... Please see below announcement. I don't have any more details.

Thanks for posting that - I am in a terrible bind, time-wise, with a major audition on March 7/8, and am behind on sending notice to a few places about the film.

I actually was the person that arranged for the film to be shown, having pre-screened our copy in the Partch Archives to ascertain that it was in good shape. It wasn't just in good shape, but is a pristeen Kodacolor original print, so it should do very nicely up there! I UPS'd it to the SF Cinematique last week.

I should say that there will also be another screening, in a few weeks further down the road, at the Pacific Film Archives at UC Berkeley. I'll post details on that when I know them for sure...

Cheers,
Jon

🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

🔗Jonathan M. Szanto <JSZANTO@...>

Hi Carl,

{you wrote...}
> >I should say that there will also be another screening, in a few weeks
> >further down the road, at the Pacific Film Archives at UC Berkeley. I'll
> >post details on that when I know them for sure...
>
>Heya Jon,
>
>Any details on this?

Wow - did you see when that was originally posted? I didn't really know the Berkeley schedule, as they never told me the exact date of the showing, but that was shown sometime this past spring!

In any event, the film that was shown there (the actually print) was digitized first at a film production place in LA, in preparation for a DVD release, to be coupled with a new transfer of "The Dreamer That Remains". This one I'll definitely post information on, not sure of the production schedule, maybe after first of the year sometime. From Innova.

On related matters, the reissues of the 4 CD Partch series that had been on CRI and is being brought out by New World Records is getting a lot of notice, much of it in Europe. Good to know that there is still interest out there...

Cheers,
Jon

🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

>>Any details on this?
>
>Wow - did you see when that was originally posted? I didn't really know
>the Berkeley schedule, as they never told me the exact date of the
>showing, but that was shown sometime this past spring!

Damn!

>In any event, the film that was shown there

Damnit to hell! I was planning on taking a whole crew of people.

You let me down, Jon. :)

Honestly, I know I'm getting old, it seems like that post was
made just days ago.

If I were rich, I'd build a theater that would screen stuff at
my command. I've been waiting for 2001 to come back to the Castro
for like, 3 years or something. Bastards.

-Carl

🔗Jonathan M. Szanto <JSZANTO@...>

{you wrote...}
>Damn!
>
> >In any event, the film that was shown there
>
>Damnit to hell! I was planning on taking a whole crew of people.
>
>You let me down, Jon. :)

I notice that you are replying to a post made on March 4. It's been a while! I also note, now that I've seen the date, that I wrote:

>Thanks for posting that - I am in a terrible bind, time-wise, with a major >audition on March 7/8, and am behind on sending notice to a few places >about the film.

Yes, indeed, that was the weekend that culminated about 8 months of the hardest work I've had to do in about 20 years, and easily the most stressful. I hope you can understand. :)

>Honestly, I know I'm getting old, it seems like that post was made just >days ago.

Honestly, I turned 51 a couple months ago, and I remembered - don't be using the age card!! ;-)

Cheers,
Jon

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