Dec 29: Northwest Film Center Presents “The Soldier’s Tale” by Penny Allen

From Jessica at NorthWest Film Center:

DEC 29 SAT 7 PM - VISITING ARTIST
THE SOLDIER’S TALE
FRANCE/US 2007
DIRECTOR: PENNY ALLEN
This film, composed mostly of video images sent to the director from a soldier, shot by himself and his friends in Iraq, and soundtracked by a conversation between the two of them, brings home the absurdities, excitements and overall horror of the war experience. Timely and powerful. (60 mins.) Penny Allen will introduce the film.

Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Dec 8: NWFC and PICA Present Danny Williams Factory Films

From Jessica at NorthWest Film Center:

DEC 8 SAT 7:30 PM - LIVE MUSIC EVENT
NWFC AND PICA PRESENT
DANNY WILLIAMS FACTORY FILMS
The film center welcomes Ester B. Robinson, director of WALK INTO THE SEA, screened last month, about her uncle Danny Williams, for a retrospective of Williams own films, made while he was a part of Andy Warhol’s infamous Factory entourage, with musical accompaniment by avant-garde composers T. Griffin and Catherine McRae. (75 mins.) Special Admission: $10 general; $8 Silver Screen, PICA, PAM members.

Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Dec 1, 2, 13: Northwest Film Center Presents 2007 British Advertising Awards

From the Northwest Film Center:

2007 BRITISH ADVERTISING AWARDS
BRITAIN 2007
Sat Dec 01 5:00 PM Whitsell Auditorium
Sun Dec 02 5:00 PM Whitsell Auditorium
Thu Dec 13 7:00 PM Whitsell Auditorium

This annual collection of award winning British TV and cinema commercials showcase what many in advertising and film consider to be consistently the best work done in the world.

This year’s eclectic mix of dry British comedy, cinematic bravura, hard-hitting PSA’s and new twists on long-running campaigns is highlighted by Sony’s famed “exploding paint” commercial; a piece of computer-generated trickery that places Elvis Presley on the same stage as The Sugababes; and Marvin Gaye, Sheryl Crow, and Stevie Wonder describing the daily output of a BBC radio station.

This year’s collection reveals that the humor and innovation go on unabated and offers a crash course in the contemporary state of the marriage of advertising and film. (85 min)

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Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Nov 25: “Few who read newspapers, books, ads or even film subtitles are consciously aware of the typefaces employed”

I am a big fan of the Wing-Dings, but apparently this Helvetica is doing alright as a type-face…

From the Northwest Film Center:

HELVETICA
US 2007 Director: GARY HUSTWIT
Sun Nov 25 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM Whitsell Auditorium
Few who read newspapers, books, ads or even film subtitles are consciously aware of the typefaces employed. But as Hustwit’s fascinating film connects the worlds of design, advertising, psychology, and communication, it invites a second look at the thousands of words we see every day.

Focusing on the proliferation of Helvetica, the ubiquitous Swiss typeface created in 1957 that started a design revolution, Hustwit examines the larger context of how type affects our lives and experiences, and the creative process and aesthetic choices behind the use of type. Interviewing the range of early champions and subsequent generations of postmodernist designers who rejected the conformity it engendered, HELVETICA offers unique social history of global visual culture that is full of discovery. (80 min)

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Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

December 8, 11, 29: Special Screenings From the NorthWest Film Center

From Jessica at NorthWest Film Center:

Special Screenings

DEC 8 SAT 7:30 PM - LIVE MUSIC EVENT
NWFC AND PICA PRESENT
DANNY WILLIAMS FACTORY FILMS
The film center welcomes Ester B. Robinson, director of WALK INTO THE SEA….

DEC 11 Tues 7 PM
OPEN SCREENING
Invite your friends to a public showing of your latest project…

DEC 29 SAT 7 PM - VISITING ARTIST
THE SOLDIER’S TALE
FRANCE/US 2007
DIRECTOR: PENNY ALLEN
This film, composed mostly of video images sent to the director from a soldier, shot by himself and his friends in Iraq…

Continue reading for screen shots and full descriptions…