Cameo Cinema
A movie screening series in Kingston, Ontario where people introduce and present films they're passionate about.
All Cameo Cinema screenings are FREE.
A Little Tone Deaf Festival: TimKnightUs: A Space Odyssey (July 26, 2008)
Experimental Live Score for 2001: A Space Odyssey
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Start time 9:00pm, doors at 8:30pm
Modern Fuel (21A Queen St, Kingston ON)
On Saturday July 26, Kingston's own TimKnightUs will perform an original live score to a screening of the classic film "2001: A Space Odyssey." You won't want to miss this!
About the Music:
The popular atmospheric noise audio band TimKnightUs features Kingston musicians Trimmer, Lamppost and o1sound. Taking its name from the hearing loss condition known as tinnitus, this band presents fascinating sounds (featuring guitar, keys, various sounds and theremin) with a sense of humour.
About the Film:
A mind-bending sci-fi symphony, Stanley Kubrick's landmark 1968 epic 2001: A Space Odyssey pushes the limits of narrative and special effects toward a meditation on evolution, technology, and humanity. (139 minutes)
FREE Admission. FREE Popcorn. Beverages for sale.
The venue has some chairs, but feel free to bring your own comfortable seating.
This event is sponsored by Modern Fuel, and is part of A Little Tone Deaf Festival (official site).
Killer of Sheep (August 10, 2008)
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Start time 8:30pm
The Artel (205 Sydenham St, Kingston ON)
FREE ADMISSION. FREE POPCORN.
Killer of Sheep follows Stan, a slaughterhouse worker, as he moves with increasing disillusionment through a world that he feels powerless to affect. Charles Burnett shot the film over 5 years for $10, 000 and submitted it as his MFA thesis at UCLA in 1977. With no financing available to Burnett, and no studio interest forthcoming, Killer of Sheep sat in the UCLA archives without receiving much attention until 2007, when it was finally given a proper theatrical and DVD release.
Critical praise since then has been virtually unanimous, with critics lauding the film for its unique portrayal of working class life and urban African American communities, and noting its surprising debt to 40s Italian neo-realism as opposed to 70s American independent film. Or, in Slate critic Dana Stevens's words, it's like The Wire meets The Bicycle Thief. And it's really moving.
Film introduced by Mark Streeter. About the Film.
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About Cameo Cinema
"Feed the Kitty, Please" - Essay about Cameo Cinema (Modern Fuel Newsletter, Fall 2007)
"Looking at cinema through a personal lens" - Article about Cameo Cinema (Queen's Journal, January 15 2008)
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