Spanning from 1979 to the cusp of the new millennium—though not in strict chronological order—this program comprises nine films that run the gamut of most things Otis films are about: pseudo-hyper-stereoscopic experiments, handmade abstract “cone” work, and CGI the likes of which you haven’t seen before and are very likely to never see anywhere else. The program’s title, taken from a “friend of a friend upon viewing TRIPTYCH,” demonstrates both Otis’ wild wit and quiet humility. (And by the way, he’s been happily married for the last 35 years.) The program also features a world premiere (THE LAST BITE) and kicking things off is a film that Stan Brakhage declared “one of the ten most perfect films in the history of cinema” (JACOBS’ LADDER).

Full lineup and notes: spectacletheater.com/otis