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Kidlat Tahimik's Perfumed Nightmare
Sun, May 21
7:30pm
$8 general, $5 Seniors, Disabled, Cinematheque Members, Students (w.ID)
Exuberant, witty, and politically incisive, Tahimik's now classic
1977 feature/essay Perfumed Nightmare takes a wry look at American
cultural influence and globalization from the artist's playful and
idiosyncratic perspective. The nightmare is the "cocoon of American
dreams" which the film evokes and then parodies. From Tahimik's
childhood village, where Voice of America, movies, and space travel
transform his lively imagination, the film moves to Paris and Bavaria
where he tastes the fruits of the capitalism alongside an American
bubble gum entrepreneur. Produced with the help of Werner Herzog,
Perfumed Nightmare "reminds one that invention, insolence,
enchantment -even innocence- are still available on film" according
to Susan Sontag.
Venue:
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street
San Francisco
Additional Info:
415-552-1990
www.sfcinematheque.org
