CHRIS KRAUS: Cruelty and Crime
20:30 Thu 18 Jan 2018
In** association with MUBI**
Between 1982 and 1995, American writer Chris Kraus**** wrote and directed eight short films and one feature. Like her prose, these films display a high wire virtuosity as they dangerously skitter through a myriad of cinematic forms. Documentary, fiction, essay film and performance art all fuse together to create a body of work that is as intellectually rigorous as it is sardonically funny. From feminist readings of Antonin Artaud to Cold War sleeper agents, via dominatrices and New York City crime scenes, these films are gluttonously filled with humour, sexuality, abjection, metaphor, allusion, an insatiable curiosity and a Dadaist sense of provocation and absurdity.
We’re pleased to welcome writer and editor of Afterall,* David Morris, filmmaker Ruth Novaczek (Drive She Said), and author Joanna Walsh (Hotel, Fractals*) for a post-screening discussion on the films of Chris Kraus.
CN/TW: Please note, we have added a Content Notice for this programme which contains brief scenes of real crime scene footage and dead bodies that some viewers might find distressing.
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Access
Please find all access information here, or drop a line to Helen MacKenzie at access@shortfilms.org.uk for more information or special requests.
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FOOL PROOF ILLUSION
Chris Kraus 18 mins (US, 2017)
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HOW TO SHOOT A CRIME
Chris Kraus, Sylvere Lotringer 29 mins (US, 2017)
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SADNESS OF LEAVING
Chris Kraus 19 mins (US, 2017)