Congratulations, Fred! That wonderful news. All the best, Madison
On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM Fred Camper <[email protected]> wrote: > I sent this to the people on my mailing list today. Now I am posting it to > FrameWorks. > Fred Camper <http://www.fredcamper.com/> > > 1 > > I’m honored to be able to announce that the New York Film Festival > <https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff/> is presenting the premiere of my film > *Suicide > Note <https://www.fredcamper.com/F/SN.html> *(1976-84, super-8 restored > to 16mm, silent, c. 93 minutes) in two different small theaters at Lincoln > Center, most likely in early October. I will send a follow-up in about two > weeks, when the dates have been fixed. I will be present for the first two > of the three shows. > > I want to call this the world premiere, because though a few decades ago > there were three public showings of the film under the title *SN*, which > was never intended to be the official title, these were of the edited > original and edited work print in super-8, with splices visible, which was > not the original intention, and usually with longer breaks between the > twelve different reels than had been intended. Follow the link to the > film’s title above for much more information. > > It will also be shown at the Film Studies Center at the University of > Chicago on November 20. Showings in other locales seem possible. > > The link above contains stills; several minutes of film excerpts; comments > by Patrick Friel and Brian Frye, the curators who gave the film its first > two shows a few decades ago; and extensive information and comments by me. > > Thanks to Kyle Westphal of the Chicago Film Society for spending two years > on this restoration. It was a complicated and demanding project. Their > choice of 16mm was the only one that made sense; among other issues, > super-8 projection has never been very practical for public screenings, and > grows increasingly less so today. They are also responsible for securing > these showings, as well as for restoring and securing showings for my > five earliest films > <https://www.chicagofilmsociety.org/preservation/fred-camper/> in 2023 , > all 16mm, made between 1967 and 1969, when I was 19 to 21. > > 2 > > I’d like to schedule a second Zoom call analyzing Fritz Lang’s great film > *M* (1931); we did one a few months ago. This will be for anyone who > didn’t know about the first or could not attend. I’m glad to do it for a > very small number of people, say at least five. Noon Chicago time seems to > be the best time for such calls: too late for some but not all in East > Asia, but OK for the Western Hemisphere and Europe. If you are interested > in attending, let me know, and send any date preferences as soon as > possible: > > Saturday, August 29 > Sunday, August 30 > Saturday, September 5 > Sunday, September 6 > > Do also invite anyone else you think might be interested. To attend, each > person must send me an email once the date is set, in order to receive the > Zoom link. > > 3 > > I have recently completed *Interactions 36: Bridges* > <https://www.fredcamper.com/A/Interactions/036/index.html>. My fifty > previous 4K films have been between one minute and 15 minutes. This one is > 74 minutes. The link has much more information, and the first three > minutes. Unlike my previous digital films, which are all online, my plan is > to withhold this one from public release in the hope of first getting some > public showings. All this work looks a lot better in 4K > (ultra-high-definition) projection on a large screen. > > > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > -- Madison Brookshire he/him madisonbrookshire.com/work
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