Mark Twain’s War Prayer – No Reading After the Internet
Featuring Mark Twain’s War Prayer, complimented by ideas from Fernando Solanas + Octavio Getino, Susan Sontag and Howard Zinn
Facilitated by John Gianvito and cheyanne turions
As part of the 2011 Images Festival, filmmaker John Gianvito has been
invited to select a reading in conjunction with the presentation of his
film Vapor Trail (Clark).
Featuring Mark Twain’s War Prayer, complimented by ideas from Fernando Solanas + Octavio Getino, Susan Sontag and Howard Zinn
Facilitated by John Gianvito and cheyanne turions
As part of the 2011 Images Festival, filmmaker John Gianvito has been
invited to select a reading in conjunction with the presentation of his
film Vapor Trail (Clark).
Gianvito’s film is an investigation into the ecological disaster
caused by a US military base on the Philippines–and its victims, their
world. Vapor Trail (Clark) is a humble act of solidarity, a
defiant work of remembrance, a rallying cry to rise and resist and a
cinematic prose poem. Mark Twain’s War Prayer is a direct
response to the Philippine-American War of 1899-1902, and in hindsight,
it is impossible to read this short story as anything other than a
warning not heeded. Gianvito’s film provides a suiting counterpoint to
Twain’s text in that it bears testament to this unfortunate yet all too
familiar dismissal of humane counsel.
Participation in No Reading After the Internet is free and open to
everyone, regardless of their familiarity with a text or its
author. Texts will be handed out at the salon. No pre-reading or
research is required. But, if you’d like to take a look at the Twain
text beforehand, you can so do here.
Participants are encouraged to attend the screening of Vapor Trail (Clark) on Sunday, 03 April, 6 PM at Jackman Hall (317 Dundas Street West).
John Gianvito is a film maker, teacher and curator living in Boston, Massachusetts. His films include The Flower of Pain (1983), Address Unknown(1985), The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein (2001) and Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2007). He is the editor of the book Andrei Tarkovsky: Interviews (2006). His latest film Vapor Trail (Clark) had it’s world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2010.
The event is co-presented with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto.
Friday 1 April 2011 –
Non-members: FREE
Members: FREE
Location:
Gladstone Hotel Art Bar
1214 Queen Street West
Toronto ON Canada