MARFA FILM FESTIVAL 2008

A kid sneaks into John Lennon’s Manhatten Apartment and scores the interview of a lifetime not long before Lennon’s untimely death. Animation accompanied by audio from the interview.

Kenneth Anger directs Cameron in this legendary short film from 1954.

Deborah Kerr moves into a magnificent manor in the English countryside to care for the master’s two children. One of Hollywood’s first mainstream ventures into horror and a rarely seen classic of the genre. Gorgeous black and white cinematography and terrific performances from the children make for a genuinely creepy experience. Co-written by Truman Capote. Archival 35mm print from the UCLA film archive. This is an outdoor event. Bring your own blankets and chairs if you like. Comfortable chairs will be available to rent for three dollars. There will be food and beverages.

A love poem to trailblazing performance artist and visionary of camp Jack Smith, a penniless purist of New York’s 50’s and 60’s underground. Smith, the ultimate cult filmmaker, deeply influenced everyone from Fellini and Godard to Warhol, who called him “the only person I would ever copy.” A ravishing superbly crafted elegy to a great artist.

Our government chose to close the border crossings in Big Bend and so doing have damaged or destroyed centuries, perhaps millinuems, of human connections.

Kids in LA need to look good, and looking good means spending money. A look at material culture in America through the eyes of boys and girls from diverse backgrounds who’ve grown up surrounded by the pressure to wear the right clothes, look the right way and carry the right accessories.

Dennis Hopper directs this rarely seen western “The Last Movie,” shot in Peru and winner of the Venice Film Festival in 1971. A movie within a movie that’s decades ahead of its time, a wildly non-linear critique of American Imperialism, a beautiful look at a very strange era, meta and self-deconstructing to the max, the craziest movie ever made. It’s called many things, including legendary. Special presentation by director Dennis Hopper. 35mm print on loan from the Academy Archive. This is an outdoor event. Bring your own blankets and chairs if you like. Comfortable chairs will be available to rent for three dollars. There will be food and beverages.

A dark comedy which chronicles the final day in the life of self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew (co-writer Mike O'Connell). An original and charming comedy, The Living Wake is a film for everyone that knows, no matter what the evidence to the contrary, that they are the stars of their own stories. The film won a special jury award at the 2007 Austin Film Festival for unique "Comedic Vision." Austin Film Festival will be here to present The Living Wake to Marfa Film Festival.