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THE PETTIFOGGER Lewis Klahr, The Pettifogger, USA, 2011, 65 min Screening with<\/em><\/p>\n Lewis Klahr, April Snow, USA, 2010, 10 min Also Screening: Tuesday 25 October 2011, at 7pm, STUDIO<\/em><\/p>\nPROGRAMME NOTES<\/a> THE PETTIFOGGER APRIL SNOW
\nSunday 23 October 2011, at 7pm
\nLondon BFI Southbank NFT3<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The first feature-length work by Lewis Klahr takes a unique approach to a familiar genre. Ostensibly a thriller that traces events in the life of an American gambler and con man circa 1963, The Pettifogger<\/em> is described by the filmmaker as \u2018an abstract crime film and, like many other crime films involving larceny, a sensorial exploration of the virulence of unfettered capitalism.\u2019 Characters lifted from comic books move through an impressionistic landscape of textures, photographs and drawings, populating a story whose narrative is suggested but not strongly defined. Employing a range of iconography and appropriated audio to expand his signature style of collage animation, Klahr recycles symbols of popular culture to address themes of the loss of innocence and the irresistible allure of wealth.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>A love story about cars and girls, carried away by songs from the Shangri-La\u2019s and The Boss.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Sunday 23 October 2011, at 7pm
\nLondon BFI Southbank NFT3
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\nLewis Klahr, USA, 2010, video, colour, sound, 10 min
\n<\/strong>Another \u2018couplet\u2019 from my ongoing Prolix Satori<\/em> series. I thought up the juxtaposition of these two pop songs while creating a mix-tape back in 1988 but never thought I\u2019d work with them as a film soundtrack. Back then the taboo in experimental film circles about using music was so strong it seemed permanent. (Lewis Klahr)<\/p>\n