February 22nd, 2012 03:55 p.m.
Graphic Content: A Comic Book Film Series
Graphic Content is a film series new to the programming slate at Metro Cinema. With comic books and other examples of “geek culture” becoming more prominent in the mainstream, Graphic Content has as its aim to promote and explore the relationship between film and sequential art.
The idea is to promote cross-media literacy, showing films and pairing them with examples from comic books, graphic novels, and manga. Curators Matt Bowes, of Warp One Comics and Games, and Erin Fraser, of Metro Cinema, will introduce each screening, attempting to place the film in context with the greater geek culture canon. They will also curate a book list of thematically relevant titles, which will be available at Warp One. We hope that you’ll be able to join us for an evening of fun and adventure, and learn about the wide world of graphic literature! GRAPHICCONTENT.ORG
Director: Leslie H. Martison
USA
1966,
104 min,
35mm
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- Sep 18 (2011) @ 4pm
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USA
1978,
143 min,
35mm
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USA
2006,
132 min,
Digital
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Director: Katsushiro Otomo
Japan
1988,
125 min,
Digital
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USA
1991,
108 min,
Digital
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USA
2010,
112 min,
35mm
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