saturday showing at the walker: Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then

Tomorrow brings the final showing in the Walker's 3-part series, "Expanding The Frame 2011: Cinema On Stage."  The series has shown works that force the audience to rethink the possibility of the the screen, through pieces that "are literally going beyond the cinema’s rectangular projection of light to incorporate live performance into their film-based work."  The final showing, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, is no different:

Gravity takes on the moving true story of a Kentucky hardware clerk, Leonard Wood, who built a crazyquilt house for his wife, Mary—a sort of healing tower to the heavens—to appeal to God to save her from cancer. Artist/musician/filmmaker Brent Green, who rebuilt the house as a film set at his rural studio, tackles questions of love and spirituality with arresting stop-motion animation evocative of Guy Maddin and Michel Gondry. Green creates a live soundtrack to the film—a dynamic folk-punk score with inventive sound effects and endearing narration—with accompaniment from Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Drew Henkels (Drew and the Medicinal Pen), John Swartz (Guy Maddin’s orchestra), Alan Scalpone (The Bitter Tears), Michael McGinley (The Bitter Tears, and Leonard in Gravity, and Donna K (Mary in Gravity).

Saturday, February 26, 2011
7:30 pm
Walker Cinema
$15 ($12 Walker members and students)

Curious?  Check out the trailer or their blog:


Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then from Brent Green on Vimeo.