I've been dreaming for the great one to journey to my hometown of Portland, Oregon, for many... well, two years now. Not as a member of my club the Timbers, not in the flesh, but in 24-frames per second. Moving pictures... in the hyper-reality of cinema... in the celluloid guise of the brilliant film Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait. I've written about this film a couple of times before (here and here), and was frustrated that it had never received a proper theatrical release in the States.Thankfully, mad soccer fan and p.r. man for the Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts Brian Costello felt the same way and has managed to get a print of the film for several screenings at this year's 2008 Time Based Arts Festival. Sadly, I'm not currently living in Portland... so I'll have to wait some more before I can finally see it on the big screen. But lucky Portlanders with a taste for the Beautiful Game and/or great cinema are in for a treat.
The film will play as part of the festival's On the Screen program. Don't miss it!
The details:
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
2008 Time-Based Art Festival
screenings at Northwest Film Center Whitsell Auditorium at Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park, Portland, OR
$6 PICA Members / $7 General
Sat . Sept 6 . 9-10:30 pm
Thurs . Sept 11 . 7-8:30 pm
Fri . Sept 12 . 6:30-8 pm
Fri . Sept 12 . 8:30-10 pm
Sun . Sept 14 . 7:30-9 pm
