Lamentations (Part I) (1985) by Bruce Elder
Wednesday, April 19, 1989, 7:30 pm
LAMENTATIONS (Part I) by BRUCE ELDER
Filmmaker Bruce Elder in person
Bruce Elder has emerged as one of the most ambitious and accomplished Canadian film talents. Michael Snow and Jonas Mekas have praised his films for their emotional and intellectual depth. Elder passionately embraces the role of “visionary artist,” aiming at the rejuvenation of the avant-garde as an agent for artistic truth. Lamentations is his 8-hour epic that seeks to embody the entirety of history, running backwards from contemporary Britain to pre-Columbian Central America with stops for Newton, St. Augustine and Liszt. Part I presents the end of Western civilization in the moment of its crisis; Part II attempts to escape from this history by returning to the origins of culture. Co sponsored by the Consulate-General of Canada.