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The Body Beautiful - The Human Form on Film
Oddball Films presents The Body Beautiful, an eclectic mix of 16mm shorts that explore the human body from sensuality to athleticism, movement and dance and the transformative power of film to alter these all too familiar images into something transcendent and sublime. The evening will begin with a fun exploration of those who dare to bare it all with Nudism: a Way of Life (c. 1950). Experimental genius Ed Emshwiller meditates on the human condition in his monumental work Relativity (1966); from which we will be watching a mesmerizing sequence about corporeality and sexuality. Canadian innovator Norman McLaren's Pas De Deux (1968), superimposes the minute movements of two glowing ballet dancers to create one of the most beautiful and ethereal films of the collection. Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia Diving Sequence (1936) endures as one of the most breathtaking documents of the beauty of the human form throughout cinema history. Dozens of chorus girls create a human waterfall in the jaw-dropping Busby Berkeley number "By a Waterfall" from Footlight Parade (1933). Get a glimpse under the skin with the ghostly images of Moving X-Rays (1950). Plus, an excerpt of the mother of modern dance, Martha Graham's Cortege of Eagles (1969) starring Graham herself as the tragic Greek figure Queen Hecuba, double projection of Vintage Beefcake and Cheesecake shorts, and more surprises. Date: Thursday, May 7th, 2015 at 8:00pm Venue: Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street San Francisco Admission: $10.00 Limited Seating RSVP to RSVP@oddballfilm.com or (415) 558-8117 Web: http://oddballfilms.blogspot.com