4 Films by Jean Painlevé

AD HOC 62: 4 FILMS BY JEAN PAINLEVÉ, PRESENTED BY JAMES LEO CAHILL

October 7, 7PM, Innis Town Hall

In celebration Surrealism's centenary and the publication of Jean Painlevé’s zoological surrealist manifesto “Drame néozoologique” (Neozoological Drama), which appeared in Yvan Goll’s Surréalisme (October 10, 1924), please join us for an evening of short films by Painlevé. Focusing on his distinct practice of surrealism as “comparative anatomy by other means,” this program features Les Documents Cinématographique’s recent restorations of four of Painlevé’s short films on uncanny animals of the sea and skies. The films will be framed by a brief introductory talk.

La Pieuvre / The Octopus (1928, B&W, 13 min.)

Le Vampire / The Vampire (1945, B&W, 9 min.)

Les Amours de la pieuvre / Love Life of the Octopus (1967, Colour, 13 min.)

Acéra, ou le bal de sorcière / Acera, or the Witches Dance (1972, Colour, 14 min.)

All films presented on DCP thanks to Les Documents Cinématographique.

AD HOC aims to rethink what an experience of cinema can be. We seek to reposition historical landmarks and buried treasures within the on-going tradition of experimental and other non- commercial modes of filmmaking, drawing on work from Toronto, throughout Canada, and internationally. Within these parameters, we aspire to diversity in programming, as well as to multimedia and interdisciplinary screening events that bring together varied communities.

AD HOC = Stephen Broomer, Madi Piller, Jim Shedden, Bart Testa.

Thanks to Alberto Zambenedetti, James Leo Cahill, Charlie Keil, Karen Reid, Denise Ing, Eyan Logan, Sean Rogers, Robert Trevisan, Thom Chan, and the audio-visual staff of Innis College.