Nitrate at the Museum

May 6th, 2017 · No Comments

In part as a matter of convenience for FIAF Congress attendees, the third Nitrate Picture Show was scheduled right on the heels of FIAF L.A., so after a very brief return to New Haven, allowing enough time to surprise the girls and take Lucy to school, I headed to Rochester. Nothing like a six hour flight followed by a six hour drive to get you ready to…sit in a cinema all weekend.

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The festival was excellent as ever, with some great films I’d seen, seen anew (ANCHORS AWEIGH, NIGHT AND THE CITY), some surprising revelations (THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER), and one or two miraculous screenings—first, Ozu’s EARLY SUMMER, which was absolutely luminous, and IN A ROMAN GARDEN, which wasn’t much of a film, but was screened on a 104-year-old print, which almost brought tears to my eyes just thinking about it.

It wouldn’t have been a trip to Rochester without a few stops at Wegman’s, lunch at Sticky Lips, and my favorite Airbnb off Park Ave. The NPS has quickly become an integral part of the film archive festival scene, and I look forward to returning again next year.

Tags: Film · Rochester · Travel