This January, CFA partners with film programmer Ines Sommer to co-present “A Weekend with Tom Palazzolo”, featuring three retrospective programs of films by Tom Palazzolo. See CFA’s calendar for more details.
Filmmaker Tom Palazzolo in person!
“Nobody has captured Chicago quite like legendary filmmaker and SAIC alumnus Tom Palazzolo, who has spent six decades training his irreverent and often humorous gaze at our public spectacles and rituals. This program gathers some of Palazzolo’s most iconic shorts that take an unvarnished look at American politics and sexual liberation alongside portraits of everyday people that together make up a provocative time capsule of Chicago in the 1960s-70s. Blending documentary and experimental techniques, Palazzolo takes us from the unveiling of the Picasso sculpture and the 1968 Democratic National Convention to a nude beauty contest, a backyard wedding shower, and a gruff deli owner to a disturbing look at a Neo-Nazi rally. Films included are: The Bride Stripped Bare (1967); Love It/Leave It (1973); Ricky and Rocky (1972, co-directed with Jeff Kreines); Jerry’s Deli (1976); and Marquette Park II (1980, co-directed with Mark Rance).” — Ines Sommer
Presented in collaboration with Chicago Film Archives and Doc Chicago.