This touring program of international digital video runs Friday through Sunday, November 7 through 9, at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Tickets are $10, $12 at the door; an $85 pass admits you to all screenings. For more information call 312-397-4010.
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From Austria, Virgil Widrich’s astounding animation Fast Film offers a dense, encyclopedic survey of American cinema, acknowledging both the primacy of the director and the outsize personalities of the studio-era stars; its dazzling optical effects, suggesting both collapse and regeneration, remind us that Europeans have always responded to the speed, dexterity, and visceral power of American movies. (Patrick Z. McGavin) 11 more shorts complete the program. (8:00)
Cinema Electronica
Videos That Rock
This program of short videos by Jonze (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich) includes his latest, “Torrance Rises”; a documentary on the making of the Fatboy Slim video “Weapon of Choice”; and shelved music videos for Oasis, Mike Watt, and the Flaming Lips. (8:00)
See listing for Friday, November 7. (1:00)
Michel Gondry Retrospective
