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21c Museum and LFS Monthly Film Series present a double feature and Q&A with Dennis
Nyback
THE EFFECT OF DADA & SURREALISM ON HOLLYWOOD CINEMA IN THE 1930s
Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 7PM 
HILLBILLIES IN HOLLYWOOD
Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 9PM
Gallery 2 (off of 21c's Atrium Gallery)
The event is free and open to the public
For the Monthly Film Series in May, 21c and LFS will host Dennis Nyback for a double
feature and Q&A with the filmmaker. Considered a "found footage film maker," Nyback
creates feature-length films out of collected material purchased anywhere from other
film collectors to Ebay and personally travels the world to show his work.
At 7pm, May 20, The Effect of Dada & Surrealism on Hollywood Cinema in the 1930s
will be screened followed by Hillbillies in Hollywood. The Effect of Dada...
shows the process of how Hollywood took the artistic movements of Dada and Surrealism
and dumped them into American movies without any explanation. Hillbillies in Hollywood
gives a panorama of the performers of the rockabilly genre who transgressed into
the Hollywood scene: Bob Willis, Jimmie Rogers, Spike Jones, just to name a few.
Nyback will be present for each showing and have a Q&A after each film.
More about the filmmaker
"Thank God for film archivist Dennis Nyback. If not for his encyclopedic knowledge
of rare films and his tenacity for acquiring them, we would never have the privilege
to view some astounding works of cinema."
-Willamette Week
Now the sole employee of Dennis Nyback Films, Nyback creates his films and specially
travels to each venue to show them personally. He began his career in college at
the University of Washington and was soon working in the Seven Gables Theatre, Seattle's
pioneering art house movie chain. Other ventures following included Rosebud Movie
Palace, Pike Street Cinema, Lighthouse Cinema in New York, and the Clinton Street
Theater.
Aside from owning his own spaces to dedicate his work, he has taught film classes
at Portland State University, the NW Film Study Center, and has guest lectured at
Reed College, Copenhagen University, and the Pratt Institute.
21c is proud to partner with the Louisville Film Society in the continuing Monthly
Film Series. LFS is a publicly supported non-profit organization; support comes
from memberships, event admission, advertisement, contributions, donated materials,
and services.