Tone Glow Presents “Eyes on the Road”

Tuesday, Feb 24

7:00pm

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$10 per person

**When paying for tickets, please put "EYES ON THE ROAD" in the comments on Paypal/Venmo. Tickets will also be available at the door.** Tone Glow is excited to present "Eyes On the Road," a film screening highlighting two road-movie masterworks of structuralist filmmaking. James Benning & Bette Gordon’s THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1975) finds the two directors trekking from New York to Los Angeles, capturing the trip with a camera mounted to the back of their car. As we see America through a windshield, the radio plays pop songs and news broadcasts, painting a contemplative and expansive portrait of the country during its bicentennial. The film will be presented digitally via a 2K restoration completed last year. Thom Andersen’s GET OUT OF THE CAR (2010) is a self-proclaimed “city symphony” of Los Angeles, with stationary shots of billboards, buildings, and murals in varying states of disarray. Describing the work as one of “militant nostalgia,” Andersen memorializes the past but forces consideration of why these signs and structures become neglected and will no longer exist in the future. “What are you doing,” someone asks in the film. “We’re just trying to document what’s left.” The film will be shown on a 16mm print courtesy of Canyon Cinema. Special thanks to Chicago Filmmakers, Canyon Cinema, James Benning, Dylan Lustrin, and Ben Creech. “Eyes on the Road” Program: 1. James Benning & Bette Gordon, The United States of America (1975, color, sound, 27 mins; 2K Digital Restoration) 2. Thom Andersen, Get Out of the Car (2010, color, sound, 35 mins; 16mm) TRT = 62 mins

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