The program also includes several audience-participation, humorous performance pieces by this professional wisenheimer. The Mitch Show takes place Saturday, October 14 at 9:45 p.m. at the Woodstock Community Center. Tickets are $8 and may be purchased at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com or by calling (845) 679-6997.
Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Rose was a New York-based performance artist specializing in comedic work. The New York Times has called him "A rare and wonderful talent ... Woody Allen, with more than a dash of Abbie Hoffman thrown in." The Washington Post has written that his work is "in the tradition of Chaplin, Keaton, and Tati -- funny and sad and more than the sum of both."
Following a successful career in dance, Rose chose to become a filmmaker, entering The American Film Institute as a Directing Fellow. Since graduating A.F.I., his
films have won 48 film festival awards and are screened around the world on television and in locations as diverse as the Getty Museum and the CBS JumboVision in Times Square.
In addition to two audience-participation pieces, The Mitch Show features festival favorite Modern Daydreams, a suite of four Chaplinesque films that see a man and a 22-ton John Deere excavator dance a dance of discovery, fulfillment, and eventually, the loss that any diesel-based relationship must suffer. Modern Daydreams has been called "a triumph in short filmmaking—nothing short of brilliant" by FilmFinder.
Also screening is Elevator World, an essay on the spatial politics of elevator riding that has been hailed as "a computer masterpiece" by The CBS Evening News. Case Studies from the Groat Center for Sleep Disorders, deemed "hilarious" by The New York Times, is a faux-scientific investigation of sleep disorder as audiences are offered a glimpse of rare archival footage from the renowned (but fictitious) clinic of the same name.
Films of Mitchell Rose can be previewed on www.MitchellRose.com.
ABOUT THE WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
The seventh annual The Woodstock Film Festival takes place October 11-15, 2006. The ‘fiercely independent’ event will include more than 150 films, panels, concerts, and special events that will be featured at venues in Woodstock and the neighboring towns of Rhinebeck, Hunter, and Rosendale. Visit www.woodstockfilmfestival.com for ticket and more detailed program information.
Over the years, the Woodstock Film Festival has established itself as one of the best independent film events in the country by premiering exceptional films, hosting the most talented emerging and established professionals in the movie industry, presenting A-list concerts, parties and panels, and creating innovative and stimulating programming year-round.
The Woodstock Film Festival is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to present an annual program and year-round schedule of film, music, and art-related activities that promotes artists, culture, inspired learning, and diversity. The Hudson Valley Film Commission promotes sustainable economic development by attracting and supporting film, video, and media production.
For information contact (845) 679-4265 or visit www.woodstockfilmfestival.com.
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