Sixty Six
Description
The 20th century bursts into the 21st in Lewis Klahr’s eye-zapping 12-part series, spanning 14 years of filmmaking. Using collage to place ‘60s Pop art heroines and DC comic strip heroes against mid-century modern architecture and backdrops, the individual narratives involve dangerous redheads, a woman alone in the city growing older and a tough customer burdened by a family legacy that is as heavy as stacks of paperwork. In more symbolic works, purity of color and the grain of overlaid paper are sensual, as literal storytelling takes a backseat—the mystery is what the mystery is. Always there is music, evocative and often gorgeous. The narrative and negative space in Klahr’s screen world is unique—near-static limitation allows greater space for viewer imagination, while his distinctive techniques yield juxtapositions and a sense of scale that is potently dreamlike. Selecting it as one of her best films of 2015, the NY Times’ Manohla Dargis writes, “Set at the intersection of mass culture and myth, right at the hazardous corner of desire and dread, Sixty Six offers a dizzying display of largely found images and sounds … that together form a kind of cinematic archaeology of the American unconscious.”
Deemed “the reigning proponent of cut and paste” by critic J. Hoberman, Lewis Klahr has made collage films since 1977. His work has screened throughout the US, Europe and Asia and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Commercially, he’s created special effects and animation for TV shows, music videos and feature-length movies. Based in LA, Klahr teaches at California Institute of the Arts.
Trailer
//player.vimeo.com/video/159991864?autoplay=1Film Details
Language English
Year 2015
Runtime 90
Country USA
Director Lewis Klahr
Producer Lewis Klahr
Writer Lewis Klahr
Editor Lewis Klahr
Cinematographer Lewis Klahr
Music Marc Anthony Thompson, Josh Rosen