Saturday 8 January 2005, 19.00
Robert Frank Films
Programme 5
What I Remember from My Visit with Stieglitz
Canada 1998, video, 7'
A re-enactment of Frank's visit to the home of photographer Alfred Stieglitz, blending fact and fiction in a wistful analysis of the complex interplay between memory, language and images. About Me: A Musical
USA 1971, 16mm, 30'
Originally intended as a film about music, About Me eventually became an ironic self-portrait featuring a young female actress playing Frank himself, and a moving gospel performed by African American inmates in a prison corridor. Life Dances On
USA 1980, 16mm, 30'
'Photographs in films should function as pauses and windows which show other times and other places.'—Robert Frank
A fragmentary, metaphorical, and personal film about mourning that proposes a final analysis of photography's limits. Home Improvements
USA 1985, video, 29'
Frank's first video project is a visual diary of consequential events that bridge his life as an artist and his personal life. This programme will be introduced by Marian Luntz, Curator of Film and Video at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
The Robert Frank film series is being screened in connection with the Tate Modern exhibition.
Canada 1998, video, 7'
A re-enactment of Frank's visit to the home of photographer Alfred Stieglitz, blending fact and fiction in a wistful analysis of the complex interplay between memory, language and images. About Me: A Musical
USA 1971, 16mm, 30'
Originally intended as a film about music, About Me eventually became an ironic self-portrait featuring a young female actress playing Frank himself, and a moving gospel performed by African American inmates in a prison corridor. Life Dances On
USA 1980, 16mm, 30'
'Photographs in films should function as pauses and windows which show other times and other places.'—Robert Frank
A fragmentary, metaphorical, and personal film about mourning that proposes a final analysis of photography's limits. Home Improvements
USA 1985, video, 29'
Frank's first video project is a visual diary of consequential events that bridge his life as an artist and his personal life. This programme will be introduced by Marian Luntz, Curator of Film and Video at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
The Robert Frank film series is being screened in connection with the Tate Modern exhibition.
Supported by Pro Helvetia Arts Council of Switzerland, SWISS FILMS and Presence Switzerland
Tate Modern
Starr Auditorium
£3.50 (£2 concessions), booking recommended
£3.50 (£2 concessions), booking recommended
This event is related to the Robert Frank: Storylines exhibition
