I Shot Andy Warhol
, 7:30 pm
Directed by Mary Harron
This riveting portrait of radical Warhol groupie Valerie Solanas’ descent into madness is highlighted by Lili Taylor’s bravura performance. Kuras’ cinematography intercuts the tinfoil sheen backstage at Warhol’s Factory with grainy black-and white scenes of Solonas’ blistering quasi-feminist diatribes, and handheld camera shots reveal her jumbled state of mind. “Kuras’ lensing luminously combines the broad strokes of the Pop Art era with the immediacy of reportage” (Variety). 1996, 35mm, 103 minutes.
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Berlin
, 9:15 pm
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Lou Reed recorded the album Berlin in 1973, but didn’t perform it live until 33 years later at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. For this concert film, Kuras collaborated with artist/director Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Basquiat) to capture his moodily majestic set design and bring to life the album’s devastating story of Caroline (Emmanuelle Seigner) and her lovers. Reed hailed Kuras’ gritty, intimate cinematography as “incredible.” Featured at the Venice and Toronto film festivals Berlin has rarely been screened in the United States. 2007, 35mm, 85 minutes.