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Most films are meant to be shown from beginning to end, delivering a set narrative that is the same every time. But when the audience sits down at First Person Cinema: Nicolas Rey for his film anders, Molussien, they’ll see just one of the 362,880 possible versions of the film. Its nine chapters of film on nine different reels are designed to be played in a random order, offering a multitude of possible takes on its basic tale of prisoners of a fascist state swapping stories. It’s an unusual approach to filmmaking, but one that fits perfectly within the mission of First Person Cinema at the University of Colorado.
“It’s dedicated to showing artistic, primarily non-narrative, poetic independent film,” explains Don Yannacito, programmer for First Person Cinema. “We all know that film can tell stories…but beyond stories, it’s an art form that has a unique quality. We talk about it as moving visual art. It’s sort of like sculpting images across time.”
Filmmaker Rey will be present to discuss his work. See it tonight at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Visual Arts Complex on the CU-Boulder campus. Tickets are $3; for more information, visit internationalfilmseries.com/first_person_cinema.
Mon., Nov. 18, 7 p.m., 2013
