RARE ANIMATIONS AND 3-D FILMS TO BE FEATURED
IN NOVEMBER IN TO SAVE AND PROJECT,
MoMA’S FESTIVAL OF RECENTLY PRESERVED DISCOVERIES, REDISCOVERIES AND MASTERPIECES MADE NEW
The 12th edition of The Museum of Modern Art’s annual international festival of film preservation, To Save and Project (October 24 – November 22, 2014), is bringing to light some of the wonders that film history had lost or forgotten, and returning celebrated works to the screen with a revelatory freshness. Highlights of the program in November include acclaimed animation historian John Canemaker’s re-creation of Winsor McCay’s original live presentation of the pioneering 1914 animated film Gertie the Dinosaur; screenings of Arch Oboler’s 1966 science fiction fable The Bubble in all its 3-D glory; a program with some of the earliest examples of 3-D animation, including works by master animator Norman McLaren; and dazzling color stereoscopic views of Moscow’s Gorky Park in 1952.
Gertie the Dinosaur. USA. 1914. Directed by Winsor McCay. Courtesy John Canemaker
Friday, November 7, 2014, 6:15 p.m.
Gertie the Dinosaur Is 100 Years Young
John Canemaker Presents Animated Masterworks by Winsor McCay
Animation historian and Academy Award-winning filmmaker John Canemaker presents four groundbreaking animated films by Winsor McCay (1867-1934), including a re-creation—with audience participation—of the legendary routine that introduced Gertie the Dinosaur in McCay’s vaudeville act. Piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin. Preserved prints courtesy the Cinémathèque Quebecoise; The Library of Congress; Library and Archives Canada; and The Museum of Modern Art; digital material courtesy Milestone Films.
The Bubble. 1966. USA. Directed by Arch Oboler. Courtesy 3-D Film Archive
Friday, November 7, 2014, 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 9, 2014, 1:00 p.m.
The Bubble. 1966. USA. Written and directed by Arch Oboler. With Michael Cole, Deborah Walley, Johnny Desmond.
Fourteen years after Arch Oboler touched off the 3-D boom of the 1950s with Bwana Devil, the first feature-length film in the modern, polarized process, he returned with The Bubble, a science-fiction film intended as a showcase for a refined system called 4-D Space-Vision. Out of circulation for many years, The Bubble has now been restored from the original camera negative by the 3-D Film Archive. The November 7 screening will be introduced by Robert Furmanek, founder of the 3-D Film Archive. Courtesy Kino Lorber Films.
Crystals. 1948. USSR. Directed by Jakov Kaplunov. Courtesy Gosfilmofund, Moscow
Thursday, November 20, 2014, 7:00 p.m. and Friday, November 21, 2014, 4:30 p.m.
3-D Funhouse!
This program of rare short films suggests the international reach of the 3-D phenomenon of the late 1940s and early 1950s as well as the range of material created for the new medium. The program begins with some of the earliest 3-D animations ever made, by Norman McLaren (National Film Board of Canada) and Jakov Kaplunov (Gosfilmofond); continues with Andrei G. Boltianski’s color stereoscopic views of Moscow’s Gorky Park in 1952 (Gosfilmofond); and and concludes with three rarities from the 3-D Film Archive, including the widescreen Technicolor cartoon Boo Moon, directed by Izzy Sparber and Seymour Kneitel and starring Casper the Friendly Ghost. The November 20 program will be introduced by Eloi Champagne, Technical Director, NFB Animation Studio, and Robert Furmanek, founder of the 3-D Film Archive.
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