A Placid Island of Ignorance

Summer 2008
The Anthem / Windows / Malee and the Boy / Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves / ThirdworldApichatpong Weerasethakul
Young YakuzaJean-Pierre Limosin
High SchoolFrederick Wiseman
Spring 2008
Fine Dead GirlsDalibor Matanic
Noriko’s Dinner TableSion Sono
DestinyZeki Demirkubuz
ConfessionZeki Demirkubuz
The King of Kong: A Fistful of QuartersSeth Gordon
Love and HonorYôji Yamada
FateZeki Demirkubuz
Der Große VerhauAlexander Kluge
One¹¹ and 103John Cage
The RebellionMichael Haneke
Election 2Johnnie To
ElectionJohnnie To
AlucardaJuan López Moctezuma
Lady in CementGordon Douglas
LemmingsMichael Haneke
The Mansion of MadnessJuan López Moctezuma
WattstaxMel Stuart
FräuleinMichael Haneke
The FallTarsem Singh
Soul KickingYannis Ikonomidis
False AlarmKaterina Evangelakou
DehiscenceZoe Manda
Block CZeki Demirkubuz
The Waiting RoomZeki Demirkubuz
Trick BabyLarry Yust
La Fiancée de DraculaJean Rollin
Short Fuse/A Woman’s TouchWarren Sonbert
Running on KarmaJohnnie To
Fulltime KillerJohnnie To
The MissionJohnnie To
Southland TalesRichard Kelly
The Guernica TreeFernando Arrabal
Sweet MovieDušan Makavejev
The Outer SunsetD. Silva
ProofJohn Madden
We Own the NightJames Gray
Iron ManJon Favreau
Le Lit de la ViergePhilippe Garrel
71 Fragments of a Chronology of ChanceMichael Haneke
J’entends plus la guitarePhilippe Garrel
Carriage TradeWarren Sonbert
The Secret of the GrainAbdel Kechiche
All is ForgivenMia Hansen-Løve
TimecrimesNacho Vigalondo
Sleep DealerAlex Rivera
A Girl Cut in TwoClaude Chabrol
MutumSandra Kogut
The Man from LondonBéla Tarr
Shadows in the PalaceKim Mi-jung
La ZonaRodrigo Plá
Wonderful TownAditya Assarat
LingerJohnnie To
The Toe TacticEmily Hubley
La FranceSerge Bozon
My WinnipegGuy Maddin
You, the LivingRoy Andersson
In the City of SylviaJosé Luis Guerin
Black BeltShunichi Nagasaki
Mock Up on MuCraig Baldwin
MataharisIcíar Bollaín
One Hundred NailsErmanno Olmi
Pitcher of Colored LightRobert Beavers
TziporahAbraham Ravett
dwarfs the seaStephanie Barber
ArmoireVincent Grenier
Woodward’s GardensKatherin McInnis
Failed StatesHenry Hills
Last Days in a Lonely PlacePhil Solomon
Go Go TalesAbel Ferrara
The Romance of Astrea and CeladonEric Rohmer
Observando al CieloJeanne Liotta
Easter MorningBruce Conner
The DriftKelly Sears
CabinetTodd Herman
Energy!Thorsten Fleisch
Number OneLeighton Pierce
On the Assassination of the PresidentAdam Keker
Lady JaneRobert Guédiguian
AleksandraAleksandr Sokurov
Exterminating AngelsJean-Claude Brisseau
Friends of GodAlexandra Pelosi
Excellent CadaversMarco Turco
RespiteHarun Farocki
Memo to Pic DeskChris Kennedy & Anna van der Meulen
Passing Girl: RiversideKwame Braun
Robert WieneThe Hands of Orlac
The RevolutionaryPaul Williams
Bachelor PadFrank Tashlin
ConstantineFrancis Lawrence
Love MeetingsPier Paolo Pasolini
Crimson CometToshio Masuda
NosferatuF.W. Murnau
The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariRobert Wiene
Sherlock Jr.Buster Keaton
Gangster VIPToshio Masuda
RoughneckYasuharu Hasebe
A Colt is my PassportTakashi Nomura
A Zed and Two NoughtsPeter Greenaway
Winter 2008
Black LegionArchie Mayo
Love Unto DeathAlain Resnais
Margot at the WeddingNoah Baumbach
An AnagramDaniel Barrett
EmbassyChris Marker
Eût-elle été une criminelle...Jean-Gabriel Périot
Confidential ReportOrson Welles
Mr. Arkadin [composite version]Orson Welles
The Duchess of LangeaisJacques Rivette
The FirmAlan Clarke
ElephantAlan Clarke
Sympathy for the UnderdogKinji Fukasaku
MafiosoAlberto Lattuada
Into Great SilencePhilip Gröning
Spirits of the DeadRoger Vadim/Louis Malle/Federico Fellini
D’Annunzio’s HöhleHeinz Emigholz
Terence FisherSherlock Holes & the Deadly Necklace
A Very Long EngagementJean-Pierre Jeunet
Into the WildSean Penn
Quiet CityAaron Katz
The Brave OneNeil Jordan
Dance Party USAAaron Katz
KinseyBill Condon
Horrors of Malformed MenTeruo Ishii
American GangsterRidley Scott
Sicilia!Jean-Marie Straub/Danièle Huillet
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?/6 BagatellesPedro Costa
The Darjeeling Limited/Hotel ChevalierWes Anderson
My Kid Could Paint ThatAmir Bar-Lev
A Girl is a Gun [Une Aventure de Billy le Kid]Luc Moullet
OssosPedro Costa
O SanguePedro Costa
SheitanKim Chapiron
Murderous MaidsJean-Pierre Denis
LifespanSandy Whitelaw
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordAndrew Dominik
Casting a GlanceJames Benning
Michael ClaytonTony Gilroy
CrashDavid Cronenberg
Underworld BeautySeijun Suzuki
La CollectionneuseEric Rohmer
Samurai SpyMasahiro Shinoda
Hauling Toto BigRobert Nelson
Foggy Mountains Break Down More than Non-Foggy MountainsJessie Stead
Out 1: SpectreJacques Rivette
13 TzametiGéla Babluani
Pop SkullAdam Wingard
This Sporting LifeLindsay Anderson
Taxi DriverMartin Scorsese
The Mother and the WhoreJean Eustache
Millhouse: A White ComedyEmile de Antonio
America is Hard to SeeEmile de Antonio
Duck Soup to Nuts/Tweetie Pie/Gift WrappedFriz Freleng
For Ever MozartJean-Luc Godard
In the Year of the PigEmile de Antonio
Rush to JudgmentEmile de Antonio
There Will Be BloodPaul Thomas Anderson
MurielAlain Resnais
The Valley of BeesFrantišek Vláčil
The Other BoyVolker Einrauch
PrinzessinnenbadBettina Blümner
The Unknown SoldierMichael Verhoeven
YellaChristian Petzold
This is EnglandShane Meadows
Manufactured LandscapesJennifer Baichwal
The Goddess of 1967Clara Law
Millennium ActressSatoshi Kon
Day for NightFrançois Truffaut
Fall 2007
The PassengerMichelangelo Antonioni
Perfect BlueSatoshi Kon
The Invasion of Thunderbolt PagodaIra Cohen
Twin Peaks [e.18-30]David Lynch/Mark Frost
Fire Walk with MeDavid Lynch
Twin Peaks [e.1-17]David Lynch/Mark Frost
The Golden CompassChris Weitz
Midnight EagleIzuru Narushima
The Local StigmaticDavid F. Wheeler
Blade RunnerRidley Scott
BugWilliam Friedkin
AssociationsJohn Smith
Colours of this TimeWilliam Raban
DeckGil Eatherley
MomentStephen Dwoskin
KeyPeter Gidal
Seven DaysChris Welsby
ThresholdMalcolm Le Grice
FootstepsMarilyn Halford
Silver SurferMike Dunford
Versailles I & IIChris Garratt
Dresden DynamoLis Rhodes
Film No. 1David Crosswaite
Shepherd’s BushMike Leggett
At the AcademyGuy Sherwin
SlidesAnnabel Nicolson
What Would Jesus Buy?Rob VanAlkemade
Gospel According to HarryLech Majewski
WojaczekLech Majewski
InnocenceLucile Hadzihalilovic
Speer und erHeinrich Breloer
ControlAnton Corbijn
AngelusLech Majewski
The KnightLech Majewski
OccidentCristian Mungiu
Glass LipsLech Majewski
The Roe’s RoomLech Majewski
The DevilAndrzej Żuławski
Kino’s JourneyRyutaro Nakamura
The House with Laughing WindowsPupi Avati
California Dreamin’ (Endless)Cristian Nemescu
The Way I Spent the End of the WorldCătălin Mitulescu
The Desert of the TartarsValerio Zurlini
Poor White Trash IIS.F. Brownrigg
Nethergate/Unnamed ComplementBruce McClure
Rack & Slide/Pierced but not Punctured/Evertwo Circumflicksrent ... p.298Bruce McClure
The CastleMichael Haneke
Deadwood s.1-3David Milch
Death and the CompassAlex Cox
AshuraYojiro Takita
Summer 2007
A Fugitive from the PastTomu Uchida
KlimtRaul Ruiz
The Master SpearmanTomu Uchida
Viktor und ViktoriaReinhold Schünzel
Know Thy WifeAl Christie
HamletSven Gade/Heinz Schall
Twilight SaloonTomu Uchida
Eastern PromisesDavid Cronenberg
The Mad FoxTomu Uchida
Inland EmpireDavid Lynch
Chikamatsu’s “Love in Osaka”Tomu Uchida
Yoshiwara: The Pleasure QuarterTomu Uchida
A Bloody Spear at Mount FujiTomu Uchida
La JetéeChris Marker
BhumikaShyam Benegal
AnkurShyam Benegal
Mulholland Dr.David Lynch
To the Stars by Hard WaysRichard Viktorov
First on the MoonAlexei Fedorchenko
Interplanetary RevolutionZ. Komissarenko, U. Merkulov, N. Hodataevy
PorcilePier Paolo Pasolini
StalkerAndrei Tarkovsky
RoomKyle Henry
Planet of StormsPavel Klushantsev
The Amphibian ManVladimir Chebotaryov/Gennadi Kazansky
Knives of the AvengerMario Bava
Videogramme einer RevolutionHarun Farocki/Andrei Ujica
The ProdigalRichard Thorpe
BreachBilly Ray
ZodiacDavid Fincher
Survive Style 5+Gen Sekiguchi
HollywoodlandAllen Coulter
Rien ne va plusClaude Chabrol
The KillersDon Siegel
The KillersRobert Siodmak
AppleseedShinji Aramaki
Quai des OrfèvresHenri-Georges Clouzot
Werckmeister HarmoniesBéla Tarr
Twentynine PalmsBruno Dumont
Le Petit LieutenantXavier Beauvois
God’s CountryLouis Malle
Operazione: PauraMario Bava
Old JoyKelly Reichardt
The Portrait of a LadyJane Campion
ElLuis Buñuel
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la CruzLuis Buñuel
The InsiderMichael Mann
Ghidorah, the Three Headed MonsterIshirô Honda
DuneDavid Lynch
The Last of EnglandDerek Jarman
Dr. AkagiShohei Imamura
LauraOtto Preminger
Spring 2007
Beep Beep/Going, Going, Gosh/The Adventures of the Road RunnerChuck Jones
The EelShohei Imamura
ZegenShohei Imamura
American CannibalPerry Grebin & Michael Nigro
The Gang of FourJacques Rivette
The DreamersBernardo Bertolucci
Kiki’s Delivery ServiceHayao Miyazaki
A History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar HostessShohei Imamura
L’Amour FouJacques Rivette
Amen.Costa-Gavras
Endless DesireShohei Imamura
Stolen DesireShohei Imamura
PaprikaSatoshi Kon
Out 1Jacques Rivette
EijanaikaShohei Imamura
Such is LifeKarl Junghans
From Saturday to SundayGustav Machatý
ManhattaCharles Sheeler/Paul Strand
Profound Desire of the GodsShohei Imamura
HazardSion Sono
idKei Fujiwara
Golden YeggsFriz Freleng
Drip-Along DaffyChuck Jones
The PornographersShohei Imamura
2 or 3 Things I Know About HerJean-Luc Godard
Hej Rup!Martin Fric
On the Sunny SideVladislav Vancura
Shack Out on 101Edward Dein
Le Fond de l’Air est rougeChris Marker
The EndChristopher Maclaine
Traité de Bave et d’ÉternitéIsidore Isou
The Scarlet LetterWim Wenders
A Trip Down 3rd Street Before the Unknown: Scenic Highlights from the SFMuni T-Line/Wave\Wake/Hack/Markings: Transmissions from the Trace Garden/Transit/Slow Force GlimpseBrook Hinton
Predictions/landscapes in alphabetical order/OPEN/Disaster Drills/Model Prisoner/San Quentin, CA 94964/a clear storyKatherin McInnis
The Godfather: Part IIIFrancis Ford Coppola
Razor 3: Who’s Got the Gold?Yoshio Inoue
Razor 2: The SnareYasuzo Masumura
Notes on a ScandalRichard Eyre
ZardozJohn Boorman
Sword of JusticeKenji Misumi
FlandresBruno Dumont
Brand Upon the Brain!Guy Maddin
Audience of OneMichael Jacobs
Dans ParisChristophe Honoré
Revolution SummerMiles Matthew Montalbano
The IslandPavel Lounguine
The Key of GRobert Arnold
Outsider: The Art and Life of Judith Scott Betsy Bayha
amour-LEGENDEWu Mi-Sen
HanaHirokazu Kore-eda
ProtagonistJessica Yu
A Bridge Over the DrinaXavier Lukomski
Destiny ManifestoMartha Colburn
Capitalism: SlaveryKen Jacobs
InterplayRobert Todd
Atlantis UnboundLori Hiris
Sevilla -> (∞) 6Olivo Barbieri
Memo to Pic DeskChris Kennedy & Anna van der Meulen
Discoveries on the Forest Floor, 1-3Charlotte Price
Watercolor Night Montage No. 7Paul Clipson
Il CaimanoNanni Moretti
Si le vent soulève les sablesMarion Hänsel
Colossal YouthPedro Costa
A Quiet Place in the CountryElio Petri
Investigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionElio Petri
ATatsuya Mori
The Two JakesJack Nicholson
Falsche BewegungWim Wenders
The InterviewHarun Farocki
RoninJohn Frankenheimer
The BarberMichael Bafaro
Ecstatic StigmaticGordon Stevenson
Zabriskie PointMichelangelo Antonioni
One¹¹ and 103John Cage
1933Joyce Wieland
24 Frames Per SecondTakahiko Iimura
FramesAnnabel Nicolson
Rate of ChangeBill Brand
Straight and NarrowBeverly Grant Conrad and Tony Conrad
Hapax Legomena II: Poetic JusticeHollis Frampton
CloudsPeter Gidal
Casino RoyaleMartin Campbell
Tropical MaladyApitchatpong Weerasethakul
FusesCarolee Schneeman
Five 8mm Films 1961-62George Landow
Note to ColleenSaul Levine
ZenscapesMarie Menken
Nine Variations on a Dance ThemeHilary Harris
Film #16 (19): Oz: The Tin Woodman’s DreamHarry Smith
A Few Good MenRob Reiner
Winter 2007
Venus in FursJesus Franco
A Man VanishesShohei Imamura
Journeys from Berlin/1971Yvonne Rainer
Repo ManAlex Cox
Syndromes and a CenturyApitchatpong Weerasethakul
La NotteMichelangelo Antonioni
Canary Row/Bugs and ThugsFriz Freleng
300Zack Snyder
Oedipus RexPier Paolo Pasolini
Emperor Tomato KetchupShuji Terayama
The Act of Seeing with One’s Own EyesStan Brakhage
Mommy, Mommy Where’s My Brain?Jon Moritsugu
Zock-ExercisesOtto Muehl
Remote ... Remote ...Valie Export
16/67: September 20th Gunter BrusKurt Kren
Cronaca di un AmoreMichelangelo Antonioni
Il GridoMichelangelo Antonioni
L’eclisseMichelangelo Antonioni
KZRex Bloomstein
Minutiae/Hole/ Not Resting/ Pistrino/ Water Water/ Matrix/ Penumbra/ Object Studies/ Transit of VenusNicky Hamlyn
Red DesertMichelangelo Antonioni
ShadowsJohn Cassavetes
CommuneJonathan Berman
Pine FlatSharon Lockhart
The Zen of John Muir/Witness/ChasmJoshua Kanies
The Dark Room/The BreathMinyong Jang
Facing the Dragon/Letting it Go/Coffee/EggTakeo Horigome
Rue Vaugirard/L’amour physiqueMatthew Swiezynski
hysteria/traveling thru with eyes closed tight (Map #2 — january 03 through january 06)/the distance between here and there/walls and under the stairsChristina Battle
Inland EmpireDavid Lynch
SátántangóBéla Tarr
Pierrot le FouJean-Luc Godard
Peng PengDietmar Brehm
The Influence of Ocular Light Perception on Metabolism in Man and in AnimalThomas Draschen & Stella Friedrichs
DirtAmy Greenfield
MalangaKeewatin Dewdney
ProgettiPaul Bartel
DaumëBen Russell
Vom Innen; von AussenAlbert Sackl
No WonderFrank Biesendorfer
ColorfilmStandish Lawder
Metaphysical EducationThad Povey
And We All Shine OnMichael Robinson
White RevolvedVincent Grenier
Inland EmpireDavid Lynch
ClimatesNuri Bilge Ceylan
AvalonMamoru Oshii
The Red and the WhiteMiklós Janscó
Turgescent SexTerry Fox
Organic Honey’s Visual TelepathyJoan Jonas
OpeningsVito Acconci
Reel OneWilliam Wegman
MolochAleksandr Sokurov
ImprintTakashi Miike
Psychopathia SexualisBret Wood
Wolves in the SnowMichel Welterlin
IbériaEddy Falconer
Children of MenAlfonso Cuarón
Der Freie WilleMatthias Glasner
Pan’s LabyrinthGuillermo del Toro
Porky in WackylandRobert Clampett
The Good ShepherdRobert DeNiro
Fall 2006
The DepartedMartin Scorsese
The Awful OrphanChuck Jones
The FountainDarren Aronofsky
L’HumanitéBruno Dumont
High Diving HareFriz Freleng
Happiness of the KatakurisTakashi Miike
DementiaJohn Parker
A Prairie Home CompanionRobert Altman
The Seventh VictimMark Robson
Duck AmuckChuck Jones
The Long GoodbyeRobert Altman
The Prisoner [1-17]Patrick McGoohan/George Markstein/David Tomblin et al.
The MagusGuy Green
Up/Down/FragileJacques Rivette
Wabbit TwoubleRobert Clampett
Va SavoirJacques Rivette
Dough for the Do-doFriz Freling
Jerry and TomSaul Rubinek
Jeanne la pucelleJacques Rivette
The Piano Tuner of EarthquakesBrothers Quay
The Story of Marie and JulienJacques Rivette
Homage by AssassinationElia Suleiman
Grossraum: LefkosiaLonnie von Brummelen
Eye/Machine IIIHarun Farocki
My Friend Imad and the TaxiOkga Nakkas/Hassan Zbib
La Belle Noiseuse. Divertimento.Jacques Rivette
Tarzan and Jane Regained ... Sort ofAndy Warhol
Triptych in Four PartsLawrence Jordan
La Belle NoiseuseJacques Rivette
PitfallHiroshi Teshigahara
The Face of AnotherHiroshi Teshigahara
Paris Belongs to UsJacques Rivette
Lessons in DarknessWerner Herzog
3 WomenRobert Altman
Fata MorganaWerner Herzog
Yakuza GraveyardKinji Fukasaku
MoreBarbet Schroeder
CharadeJohn Minnis
The QueenStephen Frears
Tout Va BienJean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin
Field Study #2/Light Years Expanding/True to LifeGunvor Nelson
Love on the GroundJacques Rivette
HurleventJacques Rivette
CalvaireFabrice Du Welz
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofRobert Moore
The CollectionMichael Apted
Art School ConfidentialTerry Zwigoff
Oh! Uomo/TransparenciesYervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi
Céline and Julie Go BoatingJacques Rivette
The PornographerBertrand Bonello
Jacques Rivette, the Night WatchmanClaire Denis
Jean Renoir, the BossJacques Rivette
BhootRam Gopal Varma
Neighborhood WatchGraeme Whifler
TidelandTerry Gilliam
The Case of the Grinning CatChris Marker
The PrestigeChristopher Nolan
The Last MovieDennis Hopper
V for VendettaJames McTeigue
CachéMichael Haneke
The IllusionistNeil Burger
Mission to MarsBrian De Palma
Pearls Before SwineRichard Wolstencroft
Madame X — eine absolute HerrscherinUlrike Ottinger
The Notorious Bettie PageMary Harron
49 UpMichael Apted
A Valentine for MarieJohn Hawkins & Willard Maas
Notebook/Visual Variations on Noguchi/Eye Music in Red Major/Glimpse of the Garden/Dwightiana/Andy Warhol/Arabesque for Kenneth Anger/Bagatelle for Willard Maas/Go Go Go/SidewalksMarie Menken
Eyes Wide OpenStanley Kubrick
Visions of FrankV/A & Jim Woodring
MoonlightPaula van der Oest
RenaissanceChristian Volckman
Jesus CampHeidi Ewing/Rachel Grady
Summer 2006
Meetin’ WAJean-Luc Godard
FratricideYilmaz Arslan
The FallPeter Whitehead
Benefit of the DoubtPeter Whitehead