Film: LOOKING FOR AN ICON May 9, 2007

LOOKING FOR AN ICON screening with THE DAY YOU’LL LOVE ME

Wednesday, May 9 - Tuesday, May 22 • Two Weeks
Showtimes: 1:00, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, 8:00, 10:00

An icon was once a religious object, a sacred relic of a now-mythological event. Today’s icons are more often press images transmitted instantaneously, worldwide, to millions. LOOKING FOR AN ICON (55 min), a fascinating examination of four such images.

In THE DAY YOU’LL LOVE ME (30 min) Leandro Katz deconstructs Freddy Alborta’s photo of Che Guevara’s cadaver, with its open eyes, surrounded by Bolivian military men .

Official Website: http://www.filmforum.org/films/looking.html