FLicKeR

Udo Breger at October Gallery launch of Brion Gysin exhibition/FLicKeR screening in front of dream machine interior painting

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:37:27 GMT

Educational Professionals take note...

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:51:18 GMT

"Of course, for viewers interested in Gysin, Burroughs, these eras and movements as well as the ramifications of poetic movements and the influence of past artistic schools upon today’s “progressive” art movements, FLicKeR is a fine and useful film. It is surely recommended for collections that specialize in specific areas of art, literature, poetry, pop culture, and writing."

-- Dan DiLandro, Educational Media Reviews Online

To the Flickerites...

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:51:25 GMT

Dearest Flickerites:

Film opened Friday at the biggest rep house in Canada and so far has outperformed every single film playing at the rival arthouse multiplex. Run has been extended, bookings across Canada are underway.

Just some of the rave reviews:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081127.wflicker1128/BNStory/Entertainment/home

http://www.classical963fm.com/arts/reviews/item/flicker

http://www.eyeweekly.com/film/onscreen/article/46283

http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=166166

http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/Entertainment/article/147486

cheers, and happy holidays to all American friends!

xoNik

Nik Sheehan
CeLL Productions

www.flickerflicker.com
http://flicker.myfilmblog.com/

FLicKeR in London England 12 December 2008

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:33:42 GMT

Catch FLicKeR Friday 12 December 7:30pm at the October Gallery in London.

Meet two of the film's stars, Udo Breger and Terry Wilson.

See the amazing retrospective of Brion Gysin curated by Kathelin Gray, including his final masterwork Calligraffiti of Fire.

Show runs 11 December - 7 February 2009.

Bloor cinema, Toronto, 28 November 2008

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:09:49 GMT

Toronto theatrical begins Friday, 28 November!

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:17:56 GMT

Bloor Cinema

506 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

WORKING DREAM MACHINE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING IN LOBBY

Friday November 28 2008

- at 09:15 PM
- w/director Q&A
- Saturday November 29
  
  at 02:15 PM, 09:30 PM
- w/director Q&A
- Sunday November 30
  
  at 07:15 PM
- Monday December 1
  
  at 07:00 PM
- Tuesday December 2 2008
  
  at 04:30 PM
- EXTRA SHOW ADDED!
- Wednesday December 3
- at 9:45pm

FLicKeR in Copenhagen Tuesday 12 November 2008

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:31:55 GMT

Here are some scenes from the film festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, which premiered FLicKeR and held a full scale "flicker" event, including other classic flicker films, along with dream machines.

Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:46:32 GMT

FLicKeR will be the closing night gala for the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival on Saturday, 15 November, 7pm, Toronto.

There can be go greater confluence than a rendezvous with madness and Brion Gysin.

World Theatrical Premiere

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:13:00 GMT

FLicKeR will open at Toronto's Bloor Cinema for an extended run Friday, 28 November 2008.

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Vancouver digs FLicKeR

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:39:29 GMT

"Any biographical account that begins with ambitions to be a spy, as well as a fine artist, is certain to take you on a unique journey, and there may be no better way to describe this freaky trip that explores the life and work of Brian Gysin. Featuring interviews with Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, '60s muse Marianne Faithfull and Iggy Pop, filmmaker Nik Sheehan gets into the history as well as psychotropic effects of the "Dream Machine" - a flickering light source that emulates the strobing effect of sunlight through trees. The machine can either send the user into a "spiritual state" or, dangerously, into an epileptic seizure. Some evidence suggests the machine could even stimulate suicidal thoughts. What makes Sheehan's piece compelling isn't just the story of the machine, but the apparent need for people to escape and experience the world in a different way. A crafty film that spirals outward with the same measured rhythm as its central subject, FlicKeR actually gropes at the connection between art, spirituality and science."

Katherine Monk, Vancouver Sun, 3 October 2008

Status of DVD outside of the USA

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:12:22 GMT

NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE !

Major International Film Festivals -- European Premieres

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:52:37 GMT

Corona Cork Film Festival From October 12, 2008 to October 19, 2008 Cork, Ireland Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film From October 27, 2008 to November 02, 2008 Leipzig, Germany Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival From November 05, 2008 to November 09, 2008 Sheffield, England
, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.
From November 7, 2008 to November 16, 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark

FLicKeR at the Vancouver International Film Festival

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:29:57 GMT

Friday 3 October, 9:30pm at the Pacific Cinémathéque, repeated Saturday at Empire Cinemas.

"As one Gysin follower put it, "art doesn't stop when you close your eyes," and neither do the questions Sheehan raises in his rich examination of an artist whose ideas about art and consciousness were radical and influential."

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FLicKeR at the Atlantic Film Festival

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:59:45 GMT

We are honoured to participate in the Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sunday 14 September 2008.

If you are in the vicinity, don't miss the opportunity to see FLicKeR on the big screen.

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Thoughtful review from an excellent W. S. Burroughs site

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:39:02 GMT

"This superb documentary (to which there is much more than I have discussed here) is wholeheartedly recommended to both Burroughs / Gysin aficionados or newcomers to Gysin’s oeuvre, like myself. I personally learned a lot, and realized how much I had devalued Gysin’s role in Burroughs’ life and work and worldview. A fundamentally stupid error, of course, as is Gysin’s still relatively unknown status, but hopefully this educational and inspirational work will go some way to rectifying that. That would be a magical act indeed."

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Critical Raves from San Francisco

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:24:18 GMT

The rare documentary that jumps beyond informative and entertaining into the realm of mind-expanding, FLicKeR blends revelatory biography, energizing philosophy, and seductive trances.

-- Michael Fox in the San Francisco Weekly
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FlicKeR is steadfast in its belief that Gysin is influential... a variety of academics use Gysin as a gateway to discussions of everything from the changing nature of terrorism to iPods... [FLicKeR] energizes his enigma.

-- Johnny Ray Huston, San Francisco Bay Guardian
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The impressive parade of counter cultural talking heads put forth a cumulative defense of Gysin as a creative force in his own right, whose talents and insights extend far beyond Burroughs' long shadow.

-- Matt Sussman in SF360
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