Warren Sonbert
Programa 4:
▸ The Cup And The Lip (1986)
▸ Honor And Obey (1988)
VIERNES 22 NOV / 18:00h
CENTRO CULTURAL D. MADRAZO
The Cup And The Lip (1986)
« THE CUP AND THE LIP is a complex and challenging picture that will stimulate adventurous filmmakers for years to come. ... Although its imagery is too dense, varied and fast-moving to be thoroughly parsed after one viewing, the film appears to be a regretful and perhaps sardonic essay on human frailty - and on the effort to stave off chaos by means of political and religious institutions, which carry their own dangers of social control and mental manipulation. » - David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor
Honor And Obey (1988)
« In Warren Sonbert's HONOR AND OBEY soldiers march in formation, a tiger stalks through the snow, religious processions wind through the streets, and palm trees wave in a tropical breeze. As brightly colored images of authority figures blend into scenes of cocktail parties, this 21-minute silent film flows along with the grace of a musical score built on complex tensions hidden among the notes. "Whose authority will you obey?" the film seems to ask, as it deftly avoids simple-minded juxtapositions. Instead, we see a melange of images so full of geography (Notre Dame Cathedral, the Sydney Opera House, Fifth Avenue), that the work mocks the idea of any specific setting. Sooner or later, social and natural laws meet and probably clash, Mr. Sonbert suggests, but in this scenario of discrete images, all is apparent harmony. » - Caryn James, The New York Times