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Performa’s film programs this year include the first-ever Performa Commission by a filmmaker (Guy Maddin’s Tales From the Gimli Hospital: Reframed), a Bergman-inspired performance by a visual artist (Ming Wong’s Persona Performa), a new film by Jonas Mekas that compiles rare personal materials celebrating Fluxus (Fluxus Cabaret), a film series that explores the connections between stand-up comedy and visual art from the 1970s to the present (Not Funny), and a special screening of the 1980-81 reconstruction of Meyerhold’s The Magnanimous Cuckhold.
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Performa Film Program: Not Funny Lenny Bruce |
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Rare documentation from 1973 of one of Lenny Bruce's last performances. | $9 / $7 students/seniors / $6 AFA Members |
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Performa Film Program: Not Funny Richard Pryor |
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The first-ever comedy concert film, and still arguably the best, Richard Pryor: Live in Concert. | $9 / $7 students/seniors / $6 AFA Members |
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Performa Film Program: Not Funny Comics on the Edge in the 1970s |
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Featuring the work of two groundbreaking 1970s comedians: Albert Brooks, and Andy Kaufman. | $9 / $7 students/seniors / $6 AFA Members |
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Performa Film Program: Not Funny: Piece to Camera |
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Several 1970s California-based artists making humorous minimalist videos. | $9 / $7 students/seniors / $6 AFA Members |
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Ming Wong Persona Performa |
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After Bergman’s Persona, a human filmstrip of American cinema archetypes winds its way through the museum. | $30 Buy Tickets |
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Jonas Mekas Fluxus Cabaret |
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A brand new film from the archives of Mekas, featuring Paik, Ono, Lennon, Maciunas, Beuys and more! | Tickets $9 / $7 students/seniors / $6 AFA Members |
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Mel Gordon The Magnanimous Cuckold |
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Screening of the 1980-81 Guggenheim reconstruction of Meyerhold’s The Magnanimous Cuckold. | Free |
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Performa Film Program: Not Funny Crossing Over |
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A program of rare work by artists who made serious attempts to crossover to comedy or vice versa. | $9 / $7 students/seniors / $6 AFA Members |
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Performa Film Program: Not Funny Stand-Up, Sit Down, and Visual Art Comedy Today |
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Short works by some of the artists and stand-up comedians working between these two disciplines today. | $9 / $7 students/seniors / $6 AFA Members |
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Guy Maddin Tales from the Gimli Hospital: Reframed |
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A live, dreamlike re-imagining of Maddin’s first feature film, produced in 1988, with a new score by acclaimed Icelandic musicians. | $25 in advance / $30 at the door. Discount for Performa and Film Society members/students/seniors ($20/$25).Buy Tickets |