SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
5PM GUILD THEATRE

BUFFALO BILL’S DEFUNCT
Matt Wilkins/Seattle
A hit at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, BUFFALO BILL'S DEFUNCT is an intergenerational study of the various messes family members make when they attempt to deconstruct the walls that separate them. Bill, the patriarch of a Washington family, accidentally drives his car through the garage. In an effort to hide the accident, he decides to embark on an epic effort to demolish the building, bringing in his entire extended family to help. From this seed, a tangled web of family stories emerges, painting a touching and funny, but stubbornly unsentimental portrait of a rural northwestern clan. Improvised from a detailed treatment, the film succeeds in bringing authentic behavior and characters to the screen. (84 mins.)

With
AFTERNOON DELIGHT
Thom Harp/Seattle
Romance has been described as the offspring of fiction and love. In this case, there seems to be quite a bit more fiction. (6 mins.)

7PM GUILD THEATRE
Shorts II: Strangers in a Strange Land

ADVENTURE INTO CAUTION
John C. Meyers/Milwaukie, OR
In a world of terror alerts and health warnings one can truly never be too careful. Perhaps this could help stave off a disaster, or at least prevent you from turning into a Hitler. (3 mins.)

NATE PRESTON: KING OF PORTLAND
Andrew Dickson/Portland, OR
Performer Dickson gets out from in front of the camera to investigate a member of the Portland hipster glitterati. (7 mins.)

FLUSH
Alec Macneil Richardson /Vancouver, BC
After mocking Richard about his irrational fear of public restrooms, Sarah tries to prove there’s nothing to be afraid of, ending up in a terrifying nightmare amongst the porcelain thrones. (10 mins.)

WINDOW
Ryan Jeffery/Portland, OR
Deep in the forest, a human is caged (or protected) by a luminescent box, making interaction with the lush surroundings impossible. Jeffery’s striking visual riddle asks the viewer to question our ability to create and control our own environment. (3 mins.)

THE EFFECTS OF SMALL CHANGE
Melissa Gerr/Portland, OR
The narrator’s observations of the odd behavior surrounding tourists of the Trevi fountain in Italy, where visitors’ throw a coin over their shoulder to ensure their eventual return. (7 mins.)

GHOST BUSTER GALS
Sean Puno/Port Orchard, WA
Evil spirits beware: Laura Lee and Ronnie are on the case. These spunky paranormal crusaders make house calls to rid homes of trapped souls using the power of Wiccan witchcraft. (18 mins.)

THE LOVE CAT
Jim Seaton/Portland, OR
How do you impress a prospective partner in six minutes or less? It helps if you know the lyrics to every song ever written. (6-1/2 mins.)

FOSTER ISLAND
Serge Gregory/Seattle, WA
Inspired by the work of landscape filmmaker Peter Hutton, a valentine to an island near Seattle. (6-1/2 mins.)

LEICHT UND ZART
Robert Campbell/Seattle, WA
An experimental animation based on the life of the 19th century composer Robert Schumann, who, in his last days, suffered syphilitic visions of a coded re-creation of his paralyzed world. (13 mins.)

BELOW
Edward P. Davee/Portland, OR
Using a robotic camera, Davee takes us deep beneath the city streets to reveal a terrifying secret world. (6-1/2 mins.)

IT CAME FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
Leif Peterson/Portland, OR
A noted zoologist makes a shocking discovery! (2 mins.)

TRAN SCAN
Stephen Arthur/Vancouver, BC
A swift, elegant and mysterious time-lapse drive across Canada during which the point of view magically remains constant to the horizon. (8 mins.)

KAKTOVIC NIGHTS
Joel Bennett/Juneau, AK
The slaughter of a whale by villagers on the coast of Alaska introduces a community and economy that may seem foreign, but has parallels close to home. (4 mins.)

NOTES FROM THE SPACE TIME CONTINUUM
Kevin Haverty/Richmond, BC
BRAZIL meets RUSHMORE in this parable of alienation in the 21st century. Our hapless hero floats through a homogenized world on a literal (and metaphoric) treadmill, surrounded by an extensively art-directed world of robotic forms. (15 mins.)
Program repeats November 12 at 9 pm

9:30 PM GUILD THEATRE

HOMECOMING
Jon Jost/Newport, OR
After years of making films in Europe, maverick maker Jon Jost (SURE FIRE, ALL THE VERMEERS IN NEW YORK) returns to Oregon to reflect upon the current political and economic malaise reflected in the turmoil of a Newport family. Young Chris is a passionless drifter, living rent-free in his girlfriend Jaime’s house and waiting for occasional handouts from his mother Mattie, to the disdain of her husband, Jeff. When Chris’ brother Steve returns from the war in Iraq in a body bag, the rifts within the family deepen, sending each member further into their isolation, with tragic results. Jost’s editing of the film as it was being shot allowed his actors to view and react to their own performances, thus achieving extraordinary character development. Though not explicitly political, HOMECOMING reflects Josts’ take on the state of small-town America and the traces that 9/11 has left on the American people. “It is my hope that through the oblique means of “art” we might glimpse through the tumult of the moment and be more honest with ourselves. It is a very small step” (102 mins.)

With
SHOPPING CART
Rob Tyler/Portland, OR
Relive your childhood, or perhaps your previous life as a zucchini with a stroll through the supermarket viewed from the inside of those ubiquitous metal carts. (4-1/2 mins.)