Zeitgeist doing MOMA retrospective
Company to showcase films at L.A. Museum
Variety
May 14, 2008
By Winter Miller
Zeitgeist Films marks two decades with a retrospective at the Museum of
Modern Art from June 26-July 23. Pics in the series, "Zeitgeist: The Films
of Our Times" include "Nowhere in Africa," "Irma Vep," "Lumumba," "Aimee and
Jaguar," "The Corporation," "Ballets Russes" and "Into Great Silence."
Opening-night films, Guy Maddin’s "Careful" and Jacques Demy’s "The
Umbrellas of Cherbourg," will be introduced by Maddin. Additoinal directors
introducing their films include Todd Haynes with "Poison" and "Dottie Gets
Spanked"; Bruce Weber with "Let’s Get Lost"; Yvonne Rainer with"Privilege";
and Atom Egoyan with "Calendar."
Emily Russo and Nancy Gerstman co-founded the shingle in Greenwich Village
with a budget of $2,000. Indie distrib released the early films of Haynes,
Deepa Mehta, Egoyan, Framcois Ozon, Olivier Assayas, Christopher Nolan, and
Maddin.
"Over the past 20 years our industry has undergone enormous change, and many
companies involved in distribution have come and gone, but Zeitgeist has
remained, and thrived," said co-toppers Gerstman and Russo.