EVENT: TOMMOROW JOIN ME 7/18/2009 EARLY FILMS BY ROBERT FRANK

07.18.09

Event

Early Films by Robert Frank

07.18.09 7:30 PM

Cinefamily at Silent Movie Theatre

611 North Fairfax Ave., L.A. 90036

MOCA and Cinefamily present an evening of early films by Robert Frank. Pull My Daisy (1959, b/w, 28 min.), directed by Frank and Alfred Leslie from a script by Jack Kerouac, is a classic work of avant-garde cinema, revolving around a group of poets (Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Gregory Corso) who question a bishop (Richard Bellamy) and his mother (Alice Neel) about art, poetry, and everyday life. Me and My Brother (1965–68, re-edited 1997, b/w and color, 91 min.), Frank’s first feature-length film, blends documentary footage of Ginsberg and Orlovsky with fictional constructs as it explores the inner and outer worlds of Julius Orlovsky, a catatonic who silently observes the world around him. The film was re-edited in 1997 to mark Ginsberg’s passing. MOCA’s Robert Frank film series is curated by Adam Hyman.