Festivals >> EIFF >> 2008 >> Retrospective: Shirley Clarke

The Connection (Country: USA; Director: Shirley Clarke; Writer: Jack Gelber; Cast: Warren Finnerty, Jerome Raphael, Garry Goodrow, Jim Anderson, Carl Lee, Barbara Winchester, Henry Proach, Roscoe Lee Browne, William Redfield, Freddie Redd, Jackie McLean)
A group of junkies improvise jazz as they wait for their heroin.

The Cool World (Country: USA; Director: Shirley Clarke; Writer: Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee, Warren Miller, Robert Rossen; Cast: Hampton Clanton, Carl Lee, Yolanda Rodríguez, Clarence Williams III, Gary Bolling, Bostic Felton, Gloria Foster, John Marriott, Georgia Burke, Marilyn Cox, Jerome Raphael)
Stark portrait of 1960s Harlem. Full Review

Lions Love (...And Lies) (Country: USA, France; Director: Agnès Varda; Writer: Agnès Varda; Cast: Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Bright, Carlos Clarens, Shirley Clarke, Eddie Constantine, Steve Kemis, Max Laemmle, Hal Landers, Jim Morrison, James Rado, Peter Rafelson)
Improvised snapshot of 1960s Hollywood.

Ornette: Made in America (Country: USA; Director: Shirley Clarke; Cast: William S. Burroughs, Ornette Coleman, Brion Gysin, Demon Marshall, Eugene Tatum)
Clarke's final feature is a portrait of jazz legend Ornette Coleman.

Portrait Of Jason (Country: USA; Director: Shirley Clarke; Cast: Shirley Clarke, Jason Holliday, Carl Lee)
Documentary about a gay black prostitute. Full Review

Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With The World (Country: US; Director: Shirley Clarke; Cast: Robert Frost)
Documentary about the life of the poet. Full Review

Rome Burns - A Portrait of Shirley Clarke (Country: USA; Director: Andre S. Labarthe, Noel Burch)
Up close documentary about the director Shirley Clarke. Full Review

Shirley Clarke: Early Works 1 (Director: Shirley Clarke)
Early, groundbreaking shorts from the experimental pioneer, showing as part of the retrospective. Featuring: Bridges-Go-Round (Shirley Clarke), Brussels Loops (Shirley Clarke, DA Pennebaker, Wheaton Galentine, Richard Leacock), Bullfight (Shirley Clarke), Dance In The Sun (Shirley Clarke), In Paris Parks (Shirley Clarke), A Moment in Love (Shirley Clarke) A Scary Time (Shirley Clarke, Robert Hughes). Full Review

Shirley Clarke: Early Works 2
Retrospective screening of early works by Shirley Clarke. Featuring: Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel With The World (Shirley Clarke), Skyscraper (Shirley Clarke, Willard van Dyke).

Shirley Clarke: Late Works
A selection of the pioneering filmmaker's work from the 1970s and 1980s. Featuring: 24 Frames Per Second (Shirley Clarke), Four Journeys into Mystic Time (Shirley Clarke), Savage/Love (Shirley Clarke), Teepee VideoSpace Troupe: The First Years (Shirley Clarke), Tongues (Shirley Clarke).

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