GAP-TOOTHED WOMEN   Director: Les Blank Year: 1987 Runtime: 31 min. Country: USA Language: English Color: Color Format: 16mm
A charming valentine to women born with a space between their teeth, ranging from lighthearted whimsy to a deeper look at issues like self-esteem and societal attitudes toward standards of beauty. Interviews were conducted with over one hundred women, including model Lauren Hutton and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. "As we witness the parade of women, and gaps, a peculiar process takes place. At first, we see only the gaps. Toward the end, we see only the women." — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
THE WAY THINGS GO (Der Lauf der Dinge)   Director: Peter Fischli, David Weiss Year: 1987 Runtime: 30 min. Country: USA/Switzerland Language: None Color: Color Format: 16mm
Inside a warehouse, artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss build an enormous, precarious structure 100 feet long made out of common household items. Then with fire, water, gravity and chemistry, they create a spectacular chain reaction, a self-destructing performance of physical interactions, chemical reactions and precisely crafted chaos. "The project is as much fun to watch as it must have been to think up." — V.A. Musetto, New York Post "You'll hold your breath more than once watching this slow dazzler, just waiting for the expected to happen, and then you'll realize that's just one more reaction created by the filmmakers." — Richard Harrington, Washington Post     showtime Monday, May 22 at 7 pm location THE GREEN ROOM 144 West Street (across from the Comstock Hotel) admission $6 general / $4 GBFS members

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