I'm honored to christen the blog with excerpts from one of my favorite thinkers : Felix Guatarri. This is part one of a two-part post arguing for a conception of film seperate from the paradigm of a story.

These are excerpts from two articles - "Cinema of Desire" (1973) and "Poor Man's Couch" (1975)

Just wanted to bring up that the tickets are going on sale this Saturday for AmEx card holders and on sale on Monday for everyone else.  These will go fast. 

Lots of good docs, shorts, features, etc.

Tribeca FF and Apple are hosting some major film discussions at their SoHo store for FREE including :

Cinema of Transgression Manifesto
by Nick Zedd
We who have violated the laws, commands and duties of the avant-garde;
i.e. to bore, tranquilize and obfuscate through a fluke process
dictated by practical convenience stand guilty as charged.

Just wanted to say: Great event!!

It was a pleasure having everyone out at Galapagos. Looking forward to a great summer season.

Check out another BFC chapter as they finish their season at Union Docs this Thursday. Doors open at 8:30p, $10 for all the beer you can drink!

best thoughts, 

--Graham