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The Films of Emile de Antonio / "Painters Painting" and "Mr. Hoover and I"

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Date:
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Time:
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
commassistant@sfmoma.org
Email:
Phone:
415-947-1292
Address:
SFMOMA 151 3rd St. (btwn Mission & Howard)
Location Details:
SFMOMA 151 Third Street (btwn Mission & Howard)

In Painters Painting, de Antonio and cinematographer Ed Emshwiller chronicle the work of 13 painters in New York through interviews and substantial studio observation. As one contemporary reviewer noted, “It’s a great big, cheerfully uncritical hug of a movie about a subject [de Antonio] adores: the contemporary New York art scene and the people who make it hustle.” De Antonio’s final film, Mr. Hoover and I, is a combination personal essay and documentary exposé of J. Edgar Hoover. Without collage or biting juxtaposition, the filmmaker takes us through his own 10,000-page FBI file, rounding out the picture with a variety of supplemental footage: a conversation with John Cage about art, a college speaking engagement on Joseph McCarthy and the Iran-Contra hearings, and a haircut by his wife Nancy. “Mr. Hoover and I is made of poor means,” de Antonio wrote, “but it is ambitious—more ambitious than Batman.”

$5 general, students, and seniors. Double features: films offered on the same date are included in one ticket. Program tickets are available at the Museum (no surcharge) or through http://www.sfmoma.org/tickets (surcharge applies).
Added to the calendar on Thu, Jan 24, 2008 5:00PM
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