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Maryland Film Festival is pleased to announce our next batch of titles, including our annual John Waters pick, Alloy Orchestra screening, guest host selections from Matmos and DJ Spooky, and a special 35mm screening of LIQUID SKY hosted by director Slava Tsukerman! We will be posting the full schedule for MFF 2014 on our website and enabling online ticket sales later this week; stay tuned for more updates, coming soon!

ABUSE OF WEAKNESS

ABUSE OF WEAKNESS hosted by John Waters
Beginning with its inaugural year in 1999, each Maryland Film Festival has included a favorite film selected and hosted by legendary filmmaker (and MFF board member) John Waters. This year’s selection is Abuse of Weakness, the latest feature from Catherine Breillat (Fat Girl, Romance). The film stars Isabelle Huppert as a filmmaker who suffers a stroke and, on the path to recovery, welcomes notorious hustler Vilko Piran (French rapper/producer Kool Shen) into her life. This brave and extraordinary work tells a painful and very personal story that parallels Breillat’s own recent real-life experiences.

BARBARELLA

BARBARELLA 35mm print hosted by Matmos

Roger Vadim’s wild and irreverent 1968 sci-fi film Barbarella has been a source of direct inspiration for Baltimore-based electronic-music duo Matmos (Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt): as part of Barbarella (Jane Fonda)’s mission, she must survive the decadent city Sogo’s evil slime, Matmos. Whether it’s your first time seeing this cult classic or your hundredth, join us in submitting to the irrepressible adventures of Barbarella and dashing rebel leader Dildano!

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED with live original score by Alloy Orchestra

Each Maryland Film Festival since 2003 has included a silent feature or short-film program presented with live music by Alloy Orchestra (Terry Donahue, Ken Winokur, and Mission of Burma’s Roger Miller). Victor Sjöström’s 1924 drama stars Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, and John Gilbert in telling the story of a scientist who, betrayed by his superior and abandoned by his wife, starts a new life as a circus clown outside Paris.

LIQUID SKY

LIQUID SKY 35mm print hosted by director Slava Tsukerman

1982 underground hit Liquid Sky is a high-concept science-fiction film set in Manhattan against a new-wave backdrop, telling the story of heroin-hungry aliens who discover that the human orgasm provides a kick stronger than any drug. Known for its eerie electronic soundtrack, brash neon post-punk aesthetic, and as a time capsule of a crucial moment in the downtown New York arts scene, the film was also ahead of its time in its unfettered exploration of sexuality and gender. Liquid Sky will be presented by director Slava Tsukerman from his own 35mm print, with filmmaker and Tsukerman colleague Clay Liford (Earthling, Wuss) moderating the Q+A.

PUTNEY SWOPE

PUTNEY SWOPE hosted by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky

Robert Downey, Sr.’s countercultural landmark Putney Swope (1969) stars Arnold Johnson as the new head of a formerly conservative advertising agency, who transforms the company into the bold and revolutionary Black Power operation Truth and Soul, Inc. This special screening has been curated by musician, composer, multimedia artist, and author Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, who will introduce the film.

downloaded-movie MFF 2013’s documentary selection, DOWNLOADED, returns to Baltimore TONIGHT for a one-night-only screening at the MICA Brown Center as part of the Art + Music Film Series curated and hosted by DJ Spooky a.k.a. That Subliminal Kid (who also did the score for the film and will do a Q & A about open source culture after the screening). This event will take place in Falvey Hall and is FREE for all!

DOWNLOADED POSTER DOWNLOADED is a documentary by Alex Winterabout open source and free culture based on the story of Napster and features interviews withHenry Rollins, Billy Corgan, Beastie Boys’ Mike D,Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, and others.

“In tracing the rapid rise and gradual emasculation of Napster, the peer-to-peer file-sharing service that flourished in the 1990s, “Downloaded” tells a fascinating story about how college students harnessed the Internet to enable people to trade favorite songs, and how a blindsided music industry, ignorant of the Web’s potential, effectively shut them down.”
–Andy Webster, New York Times

SCREENING INFORMATION:
DOWNLOADED
Tuesday, January 28th
7:30pm
MICA Brown Center’s Falvey Hall
1301 West Mt. Royal Avenue
FREE for all!

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