THE PETTIFOGGER
dir. Lewis Klahr, 2011
65 mins. United States.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 - 7:30 PM ($10 w/Q&A)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - 10 PM
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 - 7:30 PM

“A year in the life of an American gambler and con man circa 1963. A diaristic montage full of glimpses, glances, decaying ephemera and elliptical narrative. An abstract crime film and, like many other crime films involving larceny, a sensorial exploration of the virulence of unfettered capitalism. An impressionistic collage film culled from a wide variety of image and sound sources that fully exploits the hieroglyphic essence of cutouts to ponder what appropriation and stealing have in common. Definitely the longest continuous film I’ve ever created.” — Lewis Klahr

Preceding each screening of THE PETTIFOGGER are two of the filmmaker’s other noir-inflected shorts, ENGRAM SEPALS (on 16mm!) and THIN RAIN, which will receive its world premiere on Saturday, November 11th. This screening will be followed by a remote Q&A moderated by curator, critic, and filmmaker Paul Attard.