Yervant Gianikian just passed away. Posted on multiple Instagram accounts and confirmed.
Rest in peace. He and Angela Ricci Lucchi were a wonderful pair of filmmakers. Filmforum at least had a long history with them. I’ve heard stories from the founder of Filmforum, Terry Canon, and his wife Mary, when Yervant and Angela would stay with the to do screenings in the late 1970s of their “scented cinema.” Terry and Mary would then stay with Yervant and Angela in Italy. The soundtrack to “From the Pole to the Equator” was done by Keith Ullrich, another habitue of Pasadena Filmforum. I remember fondly their screening of “O Uomo” at Filmforum in the late 90s. Yervant did a small tour of screenings in tribute to Angela in 2019 after she passed away. If you haven’t had a chance to see their work, please think about it. But it’s not currently easy to find in the USA as far as I have been able to find.. Some films were at the MoMA Circulating Library, but that is still closed. (Anyone have any updates on that?). Canyon Cinema used to have some but no longer. BFI does have some, including, I learned today, a 16mm print of From the Pole to the Equator. Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid has one version of their 2014 film “Frente a Guernica” which was a commission from the museum. If anyone knows of additional sources for those or other films of theirs, please share. Best regards, Adam ----- Adam Hyman Executive Director Los Angeles Filmforum www.lafilmforum.org [email protected] 323-377-7238
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