MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (Venue Partner)
11 W 53rd St
212.708.9400
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MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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Monday Oct 12, 2009 (7pm)
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Free with museum admission. Film-only tickets: adults $10; seniors $8; members and children under 16 are free; member friends $5. Please visit our website for more details.
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Part of the Looking at Music: Side 2 film exhibition
Held in conjunction with the Looking at Music: Side 2 gallery exhibition
A noted classic of the New Cinema of underground East Village filmmakers, this color Super 8 film, a narrative about the Roman emperor Caligula set in a shabby Manhattan apartment, proposes an analogy between ancient Rome and modern America as cultural empires.
Rome 78. 1978. USA. Directed by James Nares. 90 min.
About Looking At Music: Side 2 film exhibition:
In the early 1970s New York was a haven for young, renegade artists, many of whom doubled as musicians and poets. Art and music cross-fertilized with a vengeance, following a stripped-down, hard-edged, antiestablishment ethos. Some artists plastered city walls with self-designed posters or spray-painted monikers, while others commandeered abandoned buildings, turning vacant garages into makeshift theaters for Super-8 film screenings and raucous performances. Many found the experimental music scene more vital and conducive to their contrarian ideas than the handful of contemporary art galleries in the city. This screening series features films made by many of these artists, along with films that capture the spirit of New York City during that tumultuous era.
