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NOVEMBER 2005 It's a virtual Eggleston film fest at London's ICA:  November 18: Special Event: An Evening with Eggleston November 18 - December 1: William Eggleston in the Real World November 19 - December 1: Stranded in Canton November 19 - December 1: Inspired by Eggleston: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me November 20 - November 29: By the Ways: A Journey with William Eggleston November 20 - November 26: Inspired by Eggleston: Gummo ---------- OCTOBER 2005  William Eggleston will speak at Tokion Magazine's "Creativity Now" Conference, October 16, 2005 in New York City.  "By the Ways: A Journey with William Eggleston" will be showing at the Lisbon International Documentary Film Festival, October 17, 2005. ---------- SEPTEMBER 2005  Stranded in Canton: Wednesday, September 14 This screening will include an introduction from Larry Clark of this extraordinary archival find as well as his thoughts on the photographer himself. William Eggleston in the Real World: Wednesday, September 14 Following the showing, Michael Almereyda and William Eggleston will talk about the film. ----------  - HELD OVER DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND! "(An) after-hours view of the artist feels raw and disturbingly intimate. It¹s a glimpse of a profound unease that may explain, a little, the nagging strangeness of his art: its restlessness, its eerie stillness, the hung-over brightness of its colors...'William Eggleston in the Real World' casts more light than you expect, and deeper shadows." - Terrence Rafferty, The New York Times Tickets available online - Visit FilmForum.org The film will also have a two-week run at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), beginning November 18, 2005. ----------  By the Ways (A Journey with William Eggleston) Lamplighter Films has produced on a documentary film about William Eggleston. Highlights of the film include interviews with Eggleston, footage of the artist at work in locations including Memphis, Mississippi, New Orleans, France, and Italy; interviews with family, friends, and collectors including David Byrne, Dennis Hopper, and Tav Falco; and footage of the dye transfer printing process. The film won the National Georges de Beauregard Prize at the 2005 Marseilles Film Festival, and will also be appearing at the Lisbon International Documentary Film Festival. "Another look at the United States, by the first-time French directors Vincent Gérard and Cédric Laty, was one of the most original French competitors. 'By the Ways (A Journey with William Eggleston)' follows the American photographer without making him or his photos the subject, but rather by looking at him - and his passions - without an ounce of reverence. Oblique and artful without being coy or arty, 'By the Ways' seemed to take the public by surprise. --Joan Dupont, International Herald Tribune ---------- JUNE 2005   William Eggleston: The Nightclub Portraits 1973 June 28-September 3, 2005 Cheim & Read Gallery, 547 W. 25th St., New York, NY ----------   Stranded in Canton "Shot in 1974 with a Sony Porta-pak, the crazily careering "Stranded in Canton" documents a cast of hard-drinking Southerners with the intimacy, ease and instability of a seasoned participant." - Roberta Smith, The New York Times Read the New York Times review of Stranded in Canton. Read about the UK Premiere. ---------- Previous News Postings |
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