Birth of the Cool: DESIGNING THE COOL

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Location: Alamo Downtown

Co-Presented by The Blanton Museum of Art and Austin Film Society

This exhibition incorporates the painting, architecture, furniture design, decorative and graphic arts, film, and music that set in to motion midcentury modernism in the United States and established Los Angeles as a major American cultural center. This screening program takes a look at some of the moving images and attitudes of the period. For more information about the exhibit see blantonmuseum.org.

March 25: DESIGNING THE COOL:
A program of shorts by designer/filmmakers Charles and Ray Eames plus a brief retrospective of the modernist title design of Saul Bass, feature film credits designer. Full description here. Eames Films shown courtesy Eames Office

April 1: STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET:
Richard Quine's one-of-a-kind 1960 melodrama stars Kirk Douglas as an architect whose life and work both reflect the modernist dilemma. Full description here.

April 8: VISUAL ACOUSTICS:
A stunning new documentary study of the architectural photography of Julius Shulman with a Q&A with filmmaker, Eric Bricker.Full description here.

April 15: LET'S GET LOST:
Trumpeter/singer Chet Baker embodied cool, modernist jazz right up until the end, and it's the end that's documented here in Bruce Weber's 1988 film. His looks were ruined but his talent was entirely intact. Full description here.

Kid Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.

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