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America: Everything You've Ever Dreamed Of
America: Everything You've Ever Dreamed Of
The Films of Rhody Streeter & Tony Ganz
*with new titles
FORMAT: 16MM
RUN TIME: 62 MINUTES
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1117863036?share=copy
As funny as they are unsettling, as affectionate as they are trenchant, and made with a refreshing concision that belies the depth of their cultural and social observations, the short documentaries of Tony Ganz and Rhody Streeter are ripe for rediscovery. Featured in their day on the public television series “The Great American Dream Machine” and “The 51st State,” and screened in the 1970s at MoMA, Film Forum and the Whitney Museum, as well as in a program curated by Amos Vogel. Never before screened as a collection, many of their films have been newly restored and are poised to regain their rightful place as some of the most eccentric and hilarious examples of 1970s documentary filmmaking in the U.S.
Turning their mordant, deadpan eye on a wide variety of uniquely American phenomena – from retirees in Sun Valley and honeymooners in the Poconos, to sign painters in Brooklyn, and the denizens of a Bowery men’s shelter – Ganz and Streeter’s films deserve to be set alongside such masterpieces of satirical Americana as Errol Morris’s early films, Garry Winogrand’s photographs, and Diane Arbus’s portraits of Times Square sideshows.
- Jed Rapfogel
PROGRAM:
‘Sign Painters (aka Signs),’ 1972, 6 min
‘The Best of Your Life (aka Sun City),’ 1971, 9 min
‘Honeymoon Hotel,’ 1971, 4 min
‘Bower Men’s Shelter,’ 1973, 10 min
‘Huberts,’ 6 min
‘Claremont Stables,’ 9 min
‘The Board,’ 6 min
‘Baskin-Robbins,’ 4 min
‘A Trip Through the Brooks Home,’ 1971-73, 8 min
All sales are final and tickets are nonrefundable. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.
America: Everything You've Ever Dreamed Of
The Films of Rhody Streeter & Tony Ganz
*with new titles
FORMAT: 16MM
RUN TIME: 62 MINUTES
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1117863036?share=copy
As funny as they are unsettling, as affectionate as they are trenchant, and made with a refreshing concision that belies the depth of their cultural and social observations, the short documentaries of Tony Ganz and Rhody Streeter are ripe for rediscovery. Featured in their day on the public television series “The Great American Dream Machine” and “The 51st State,” and screened in the 1970s at MoMA, Film Forum and the Whitney Museum, as well as in a program curated by Amos Vogel. Never before screened as a collection, many of their films have been newly restored and are poised to regain their rightful place as some of the most eccentric and hilarious examples of 1970s documentary filmmaking in the U.S.
Turning their mordant, deadpan eye on a wide variety of uniquely American phenomena – from retirees in Sun Valley and honeymooners in the Poconos, to sign painters in Brooklyn, and the denizens of a Bowery men’s shelter – Ganz and Streeter’s films deserve to be set alongside such masterpieces of satirical Americana as Errol Morris’s early films, Garry Winogrand’s photographs, and Diane Arbus’s portraits of Times Square sideshows.
- Jed Rapfogel
PROGRAM:
‘Sign Painters (aka Signs),’ 1972, 6 min
‘The Best of Your Life (aka Sun City),’ 1971, 9 min
‘Honeymoon Hotel,’ 1971, 4 min
‘Bower Men’s Shelter,’ 1973, 10 min
‘Huberts,’ 6 min
‘Claremont Stables,’ 9 min
‘The Board,’ 6 min
‘Baskin-Robbins,’ 4 min
‘A Trip Through the Brooks Home,’ 1971-73, 8 min
All sales are final and tickets are nonrefundable. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.