Summary: Pad.ma presents:
Rivers Without BanksCAMP Rooftop Cinema, December 27 2013 - January 27 2014
Schedule & Trailer:
https://pad.ma/DMGBefore the start of a new year; and among big and small resolutions for the future we chose to ask ourselves, what is free cinema today, what is its political and perceptual economy, and what could we summon of its powers, before embarking on new journeys of making and thinking.
Rivers without Banks is a screening program of films whose durations extend beyond conventional length. But importantly, this is not a collection put together quantitatively, even as we may argue that the epic scales present in the chosen films carry the weight of histories, and put together chronologically show us a century where individual everyday lives face the annals of terrible power; where the human condition battles with nature and technology, with love and loss, with good and evil.
We chose these films for their primacy, their resilience and their beauty. For the formal expansion of the cinematic into something immersive and extreme. Our agenda is also a selfish one. These are films that we want to see, and as Bombay enjoys cool winter nights, the open-air cinema on CAMP's roof invites us to view together films that don't seem to be well suited for solo sittings, confined in a room, glued to a chair, or worse, a computer screen.
If you come, we will keep you hydrated and fed. Please bring cushions and blankets if you like. Do RSVP so we can plan our resources. At the end of each 'mini-series' is a day for discussion. This an important day, since discussions after each film are not possible. Some of the films finish after the last of the public transport stops, please keep this in mind. You are of course welcome to be at CAMP till morning. Please note times for each film, some start earlier than others.
Fri Dec 27 6 pm -
Death in the Land of Encantos (Lav Diaz, 2007, 9:04)
Sat Dec 28 3:30 pm -
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Wang Bing, 2003, 9:17)
Sun Dec 29 6 pm -
Satantango (Bela Tarr, 1994, 7:01)
Mon Dec 30 6 pm - Discussion
Fri Jan 03 6 pm -
Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs, 2004, 7:11)
Sat Jan 04 6 pm -
The Journey (Peter Watkins, 1987, 14:30)
Sun Jan 05 6 pm -
The Journey (continued)
Sat Jan 18 6 pm -
Out 1: noli me tangere (Jacques Rivette/Suzanne Schiffman, 1971, 12:18)
Sun Jan 19 6 pm -
Out 1: noli me tangere (continued)
Mon Jan 20 6 pm - Discussion
Fri Jan 24 6 pm -
The Hour of the Furnaces (Octavio Getino/Fernando E. Solanas, 1968, 3:50)
Sat Jan 25 3:30 pm -
Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985, 9:02)
Sun Jan 26 3:30 pm -
The Human Condition (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959-1961, 9:35)
Mon Jan 27 5 pm - Discussion +
Histoire(s) du cinéma (Jean-Luc Godard, 1988-1998, 4:24)
There are more films that should have been part of this series, but had to be omitted - including works by James Benning, Bernardo Bertolucci, Pierre-André Boutang, Adam Curtis, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Louis Feuillade, Abel Gance, Mani Kaul, Alexander Kluge, Robert Kramer, Louis Malle, Chris Marker, Jonas Mekas, Anne-Marie Miéville, Marcel Ophüls, Ulrike Ottinger, Roberto Rossellini, Raoul Ruiz, David Simon, Michael Snow, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Andy Warhol, Frederick Wiseman, and others.
Fri Dec 27 6 pm - Death in the Land of Encantos (Lav Diaz, 2007, 9:04)
Screening begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 3:30 am.
Sat Dec 28 3:30 pm - Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Wang Bing, 2003, 9:17)
Screening begins at 4 pm and ends at 2 am.
Sun Dec 29 6 pm - Satantango (Bela Tarr, 1994, 7:01)
Screening begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 1:30 am.
Mon Dec 30 6 pm - Discussion
Open-ended.
Fri Jan 03 6 pm - Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs, 2004, 7:11)
Screening begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 1:30 pm.
Sat Jan 04 6 pm - The Journey (Peter Watkins, 1987, 14:30)
Screening begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 2 am.
Sun Jan 05 6 pm - The Journey (continued)
Screening begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 1:30 am.
Sat Jan 18 6 pm - Out 1: noli me tangere (Jacques Rivette/Suzanne Schiffman, 1971, 12:18)
Screening begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 1 am.
Sun Jan 19 6 pm - Out 1: noli me tangere (continued)
Screening begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 0:30 am.
Mon Jan 20 6 pm - Discussion
Open-ended.
Fri Jan 24 6 pm - The Hour of the Furnaces (Octavio Getino/Fernando E. Solanas, 1968, 3:50)
Screening begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 10:30 pm.
Sat Jan 25 3:30 pm - Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985, 9:02)
Screening begins at 4 pm and ends at 1:30 am.
Sun Jan 26 3:30 pm - The Human Condition (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959-1961, 9:35)
Screening begins at 4 pm and ends at 2 am.
Mon Jan 27 5 pm - Discussion
Preceding the final screening.
Mon Jan 27 6 pm - Histoire(s) du cinéma (Jean-Luc Godard, 1988-1998, 4:24)
Screening begins at 6:30 pm and ends at 11 pm.
CAMP Rooftop Cinema
Top Floor
301 Alif Apartments
34-A Chuim Village
Khar (West)
Mumbai
