Re: Jacques on the big screen

Scottie,

Yes.

--John

PS: How strange this movie is now being mentioned. For those in the area,
here's the announcement that went out yesterday. For those not in the area and
remotely interested, a copy of the short, introductory remarks can be had via
private e-mail.

DERRIDA
A ZEITGEIST FILMS production presented by the USF Contemporary Art Museum
Monday, September 22 2003 • 7:30pm • USF Theatre I
$8.00 ($5.00 with USF ID)
 Available through the USF Theatre Box Office window, or call 813/974-2323
• NO LATE SEATING •
Proceeds to benefit the programming of the Institute for Research in Art
With an Introduction by Dr. John V. Omlor

What if you could watch Socrates, on film, rehearsing his Socratic dialogues?
What if there was footage of Descartes, Thoreau, or Shakespeare as themselves
at work and in their daily life? Might we now look at these figures
differently, with perhaps a deeper understanding of their work and lives?
Filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman asked themselves these
questions, and decided to team up and document one of the most visionary and
influential thinkers of the 20th century, a man who single-handedly altered the way many
of us look at history, language, art, and, ultimately, ourselves: the
brilliant and iconoclastic French philosopher Jacques Derrida.
Yet DERRIDA is in no way a talking heads movie or conventional biographical
portrait. Its bold, visual style, mesmerizing score by Oscar-winning composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto, and novel editorial approach create a rich, lively cinematic
experience, at once provokes, amuses and entertains. In resisting any
predictable, formulaic approach, they make Derrida a living, informal demonstration of
"deconstruction" -- a system of thought which up to now has otherwise eluded
cinematic capture. The result is not only thought provoking, but
ground-breaking.

USF CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
Institute for Research in Art - College of Visual & Performing Arts
4202 E. Fowler Avenue CAM101
Tampa, FL 33620
Tel: 813/974-2849
www.usfcam.usf.edu
www.derridathemovie.com

The New York Times
A Pleasure to Watch...blissful! Derrida shows himself to be self-deprecating,
quick-witted and self-aware.
- Elvis Mitchell
The Los Angeles Times
The great pleasure of DERRIDA, an absolutely first-rate documentary about his
life and thought that is the cinematic equivalent of a mind-expanding drug,
is how invigorating and refreshing it is to be in the presence of such a
powerful, agile intellect.
- Kenneth Turan
LA Weekly
The film takes you in Derrida's life...the result is fascinating. - Holly
Willis
Film Comment
The film cunningly incorporates the through-the-looking-glass elements of
Derrida's thought, turning the seams of the filmmaking process inside
out...inspirational and unexpectedly moving. - Rachel Rosen

Stephen Marcinowski
Assistant to the Director
Institute for Research in Art
Contemporary Art Museum

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