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DOC NYC · 2016

DOC NYC 2016

Art & Design

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4 films · 2 reviews

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California Typewriter

An ode to a technology that most find obsolete and disposable but which some still joyously embrace.

(Country: US, France, Canada, India; Year: 2016; Director: Doug Nichol; Stars: Tom Hanks, Sam Shepard, John Mayer, David McCullough, Mason Williams, Jeremy Mayer, Ken Alexander, Silvi Alcivar, Martin Howard, Richard Polt, Darren Wershler, Herbert Permillion)

NYC premiere

David Lynch: The Art Life

Review preview for David Lynch: The Art Life

We get to watch Lynch work on a sculpture, sit and smoke, or interact with his toddler daughter Lula in the present. Family photos and home movies light up the past.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
Documentary about the American filmmaker.

(Country: US, Denmark; Year: 2016; Director: Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm; Stars: David Lynch)

Full review See: Jon Nguyen in conversation on Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Lost Highway and David Lynch - The Art Life , Jon Nguyen in conversation on David Lynch - The Art Life

North American premiere

Ken Dewey: This Is A Test

An unheralded yet pivotal figure in the art world of the 1960s and '70s, Ken Dewey was a visionary artist and iconoclast.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Sally Williams)

World premiere

Tony Conrad: Completely In The Present

Review preview for Tony Conrad: Completely In The Present

Two things shine out from Tyler Hubby's documentary feature debut about filmmaker/composer and general avant-garde maverick Tony Conrad - the playfulness of the man himself and, in terms of his work, his bloody-minded patience.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Documentary about groundbreaking avant-garde multimedia artist Tony Conrad, whose work in experimental film and video, music and sound art spans more than 50 years.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Tyler Hubby; Writer: Tyler Hubby; Stars: John Cale, Tony Conrad, David Grubbs, Branden Joseph, Zach Layton, Moby, Tony Oursler, Lou Reed)

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NYC premiere