The massive, five-month, exhibition of Burton’s work opens later this week and was previewed this morning ahead of tonight’s gala museum fundraiser and tomorrow night’s opening bash. I’ll be at MoMA a few times for the festivities.
“The Museum of Modern Art will never be the same again, after Tim Burton,” MoMA director Glenn Lowry said today, in remarks at the museum. He noted that there are some 700 pieces of artwork included in the show. While there’s certainly a number of movie related items, there’s also a lot of other Burton artwork that has never been seen: photos, drawings, sculptures, and seven new pieces created for this exhibition. Lowry said that the exhibit is the museums largest monographic show ever.
The filmmaker opened up his archive, giving MoMA’s Ron Magliozzi and Jenny He all access to his work. “You actually helped me more than you know in terms of getting my act together,” Burton joked today. A sneak peek is below. photos by eugene hernandez
Introducing Agnes Varda’s “Cleo from 5 to 7” at BAM last night, film critic Dana Stevens spoke of Varda characters who are often roaming and thinking, or thinking about roaming. In the this film the setting is France in the 60s. 1962 to be precise, the year that the New York Film Critics is currently celebrating in a special series.
“Cleo” plays out in real time, starting at 5 p.m. on the first day of Summer and ends somewhere around 6:30 when the young singer comes to grips with news she’s been anticipating all evening. I won’t say much else, but strongly suggest spending even just nine minutes here with the beauty of Varda’s black and white Paris, often reflected.
Keaton at IFC reports that artist Oakland based artist David D’Andrea designed this new poster art for “Antichrist” specifically for this week’s Fantastic Fest ‘09. The film that folks back in Cannes emphatically said would never get a U.S. release hits the New York Film Festival (tickets are still available) later this week and will be in theaters (from IFC Films) on October 23rd and then on demand on Oct. 28th.
In a recent review of Henrik Ruben Ganz’s “Terribly Happy,” critic Dan Savage called the film, “a Danish ‘Blood Simple’.”
Adam Yauch’s Oscilloscope announced its deal for the new Danish thriller moments after iW posted the news that Sony Classics is backing Zhang Yimou’s remake of The Coen Brothers’ 1984 film.
a recent review of Henrik Ruben Ganz’s “Terribly Happy,” critic Dan Savage called the film, “a Danish ‘Blood Simple’.” 
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