2009 Souvenir Program Guide - California Film Institute

THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS
INSIGHT: THE CASSEL TOUCH
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LIVE EVENTS AT 142 THROCKMORTON
CHARACTER ACTING FROM CASSAVETES TO NOW
SEYMOUR CASSEL IN CONVERSATION WITH ROB NILSSON
SEYMOUR CASSEL
THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL AND THE BILL GRAHAM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION PRESENT
TROUPERS: 50 YEARS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE
Friday, October 16, 7:30 pm
$20 TROU16T
Following a screening of Glenn Silber and
Claudia Vianello’s inspiring 1985 documentary,
Troupers (see page 109), comes what promises to
be an engaging Q&A with Mime Troupe alum—
including playwright emeritus Joan Holden, a
driving force of the group for four decades; fi lm
and television actor, director and author Peter
THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS
Coyote; Wilma Bonet, founder of Latina Theatre
Lab and prominent Bay Area actress, playwright
and director (most recently of SFMT’s 50th
Anniversary show, Too Big to Fail); and others.
Then, Troupers past and present treat us to
a sampling of their unique brand of physical
musical comedy, with longtime composerlyricist
Bruce Barthol (original bassist, Country
Joe & The Fish) heading up the band.
A SWEETER MUSIC: A LIVE CONCERT BY SARAH CAHILL WITH VIDEO BY JOHN SANBORN
Sunday, October 18, 3:30 pm
$20 SWEE18T
In what promises to be an unforgettable live
concert, celebrated pianist, writer and radio
host Sarah Cahill performs new works for
solo piano she commissioned from a group
of leading composers. Each a meditation on
peace and war, the pieces will be set against
stunning visual poems by video artist and
MVFF favorite John Sanborn. The concert
includes a West Coast premiere excerpt from
a resetting of “Steppe Music” by Meredith
Monk (see Meredith Monk – Inner Voice fi lm
Wednesday, October 14, 8:00 pm
$15 CASS14T 142 Throckmorton Theatre
Enjoy an intimate conversation between acclaimed character actor
Seymour Cassel and iconic independent fi lmmaker Rob Nilsson.
Seymour Cassel’s early career was tied to American master of
independent cinema John Cassavetes, with whom Cassel made his
fi lm debut in Shadows. Cassel starred in more Cassavetes classics,
including Minnie and Moskowitz and Faces, for which he received
an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Cassel
has remained a fi xture of independent and studio fi lms, appearing
in Steve Buscemi’s Trees Lounge, Alexandre Rockwell’s In the Soup,
Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal, Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy and a
trio of Wes Anderson favorites: Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums
and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. His latest, Reach For Me,
screens at this year’s MVFF (see page 100). Imbued, the new fi lm
from MVFF favorite Nilsson, also screens this year (see page 92).
STEELTOWN
SARAH CAHILL, PIANIST, VIDEO BY JOHN SANBORN
note, page 94), Preben Antonsen’s
“Dar al-Harb,” Jerome Kitzke’s
“There Is a Field,” The Residents’
“drum no fi fe (Why We Need
War),” Kyle Gann’s “War Is Just
a Racket,” Phil Kline’s “The Long
Winter,” Mamoru Fujieda’s “The
Olive Branch Speaks” and Terry
Riley’s “Be Kind to One Another
(Rag).”
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