Museum of Modern Art MOMA Press Release
Independent Film and Video Programs
Big As Life 1999: An American Histroy of 8mm Films
MOMA
February, 1999

Thursday, February 11 at 6:00

Big As Life 1999: Moving Out
Splices for Sharits. 1980. USA. Directed by Joseph Bernard. 7 min.
Intrigues I-VII. 1981. USA. Directed by Joseph Bernard. 52 min.
The Function of Film. 1982. USA. Directed by Joseph Bernard. 10 min.

The influence of other artists or sources of creativity (Delmore Schwartz's writing as well as Joseph Bernard's own, in addition to the more obvious tribute to filmmaker Paul Sharits) are acknowledged and integrated in Bernard's three films.

 

Big As Life 1999: An American History of 8mm Films - press release, MOMA,
February 1999