Legendary scholar and critic Tom Gunning has modified the way in which we take into consideration movie historical past and the way forward for the medium, profoundly influencing generations of teachers, artists, and cinephiles. On Sunday, April 27, Devika Girish and Clinton Krute hosted a reside dialog with Gunning and curator David Schwartz on the Museum of the Transferring Picture, following a screening of Hal Hartley’s Flirt (1995), an experimental narrative of affection and loss set in three cities—New York, Berlin, and Tokyo.

The occasion was a part of a multiday series of screenings and discussions organized by Schwartz, going down at venues together with MoMI, Anthology Film Archives, and Gentle Business. This particular weekend marked the publication of a brand new collection of Gunning’s writing, entitled The Points of interest of the Transferring Picture: Essays on Historical past, Concept, and the Avant-Garde. The dialog lined a variety of subjects, from Gunning’s seminal essay “The Cinema of Points of interest” (1986) to his teacher-student relationship with Hartley to some modern movies that he’s (maybe surprisingly) loved.

Present Notes:

Tom Gunning’s essay on Flirt