Super-8mm conjures images of family vacations and backyard barbecues, yet artists with small pocketbooks and large imaginations have used the amateur film gauge to create works charged with expressivity, immediacy and impact. On June 18 and 19, we will show you three such films by three different filmmakers which you cannot see anywhere else.

"She Had Her Gun All Ready" by Vivienne Dick (1978, 26-1/2 min., Color, Super-8 Sound) Set in New York's Lower East Side, the film revolves around the power relations between two friends. One dominates and paralyzes the other. Starring Pat Place and Lydia Lunch. Active in the NYC punk scene of the late 1970s, Dick would screen her films anywhere she could set up a projector and get an audience. She now lives as a visual artist in Galway, Ireland. "Invasion of the Aluminum People" by David Boone (1980, 28-1/2 min., B&W, Super-8 Sound) A DEVOesque time machine, collapsing 50's lobotomization on 70's ecological blight to breed a future race of broiler foil mummies. Toured the US in Jonathan Demme's "Made in Texas" show and screened at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival. Boone was (literally) a large figure in Austin's film scene and, sadly, he died of a heart attack in 2001. "Acceleration" by Scott Stark (1993, 10 min., Color, Super-8 Sound)
A 10-minute film which captures the reflections of passengers in the train windows as the trains enter and leave the station; the movement creates a stroboscopic flickering effect that magically exploits the pure sensuality of the moving image. First Prize winner at the 1994 Black Maria Film Festival. Stark currently lives and makes movies in San Francisco. Free fresh-popped popcorn!     showtimes Friday, June 18 at 8 pm and Sat., June 19 at 2 pm location Record Street Cafe 945 Record Street (across from UNR) admission suggested $2 donation

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