Polish Film Festival | Rochester Premiere | Stop Motion as an Artform In the small world of contemporary stop motion animation, The Quay Brothers are the most legendary and revered figures. Their third feature film, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass is an adaptation of a dreamlike novel-in-stories by Bruno Schulz, often called the “Kafka of Poland”.
Roundtable Discussion Last year, the Dryden staff presented little-known facts about the theater and presented some information about basic film projection.
Polish Film Festival Completed in 1982, Interrogation was deemed so upsetting to the Polish government of the time that it did not receive a theatrical release until 1989 and the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc.
Polish Film Festival Who is this young daring pianist? Who is this Polish composer transcending the power of music? Who is this star that makes all Parisian eyes turn? They call him Chopin. He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights.
Stop Motion as an Artform Experience a miniature history of stop motion animation in this shorts program. Though stop motion animation could be created to depict just about anything, filmmakers often revisit similar subjects. In these shorts which range from the 1920s to the 1980s, we see how stop motion caters to imaginative scenarios, such as fairy tales and fantasy, as well as its potential usage for experimental film.
Stop Motion as an Artform | Member Movie Widely considered the masterpiece of Hollywood’s most prominent stop-motion animator, Ray Harryhausen, Jason and the Argonauts is a beloved landmark in the adventure and fantasy genres. A creative and fun take on Greek mythology, Jason is best remembered for its remarkable sequences featuring some of Harryhausen’s most colorful creatures.
Author and Syracuse University professor Kendall Phillips joins us to celebrate the release of the second edition of Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture. One of the films Phillips focuses on in the book is Scream, the post-modern take on the slasher film directed by master Wes Craven in a world inundated with media on the form.
Silent Tuesdays | From Rochester, With Love The hilarious W. C. Fields, in his first starring vehicle, plays put-upon pharmacist Elmer Prettywillie. Endlessly suffering the abuse of overbearing relatives and petty drugstore customers, Elmer finds a number of comically inventive ways to cope.
Stop Motion as an Artform Invention for Destruction, also known as The Fabulous World of Jules Verne, is the most prominent film by Czechoslovakian special effects maestro Karel Zeman and was the most financially successful film the country ever produced.
Stop Motion as an Artform Perhaps the most innovative usage of stop motion animation in the 2010s, The Wolf House creatively explores the disturbing true story of the Colonia Dignidad, a German cult in Chile that did the dirty work of brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet.
