Some Film Museums I Have Known

Some people dream in black and white but I’ve had dreams where I had to call for the projectionist because it was in the wrong aspect ratio. I have nightmares in video.

As Paula’s aspirations unravel, the line between cinema and reality begins to blur, and we encounter an action hero trapped in a VHS nightmare, a rickety ghost train, the birth of cinema and a haunted film museum, hungry for souls.

Pilfering elements of horror and fantasy, Some Film Museums I Have Known is a darkly comic and fantastical journey into the heart of one woman’s cinematic obsession. Allow yourself to be pulled into a world of dioramas, tiny cameras, VHS and internal monologues within an ever-evolving DIY set. Some Film Museums I Have Known is the latest offering from acclaimed theatre company Rhubarb Rhubarb, the team behind the wildly popular cinema remixes Wonka! and The Mad Max Remix.

Supporters: ACMI , Arts NSW , Australia Council for the Arts, Performance Space, Queen Street Studios, PACT , Serial Space, Quarterbred.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, it’s arts funding and advisory body.

Some Film Museums I Have Known was assisted through HotHouse Theatre’s A Month in the Country residential program, funded jointly by Albury City and The Myer Foundation.

Commissioned and developed by Next Wave through Kickstart 2009.

Venue
ACMI , Studio 1, Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI), Federation Square, Melbourne
Duration: 1 hour
Price: $15 Full, $13 Concession