In this program of film shorts, experimental filmmaker (and SFMOMA's own head projectionist) Clipson screens high-art takes on low subjects.
Luis Buñuel's Las Hurdes (aka The Land Without Bread, 1933, 30 min., 16mm, b/w)
Alain Resnais' Le chant du Styrène (1958, 19 min., 35mm, color)
Georges Franju's Hotel des Invalides (1952, 22 min., 35mm, b/w)
Museum and program admission are free.
Location: SFMOMA, Phyllis Wattis Theater, 151 Third street, San Francisco
Supported by the French Consulate in San Francisco
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