The Screen (cinematheque)
Art cinema, Independent films, documentary films | |
| Opened | 1999 |
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| Website | |
| ccasantafe | |
The Screen is an arthouse cinema, open to the public, located on the midtown campus owned by the city of
art, and independent cinema, as well as international performances of operas, ballets, and plays via satellite. It was used by the now-defunct Santa Fe University of Art and Design
's Moving Image Arts Department on the campus to show films for courses and student clubs.
Facilities
Built in a former soundstage, The Screen has stadium seating, a 16-speaker
35-mm and digital projection on a high-definition curved screen approximately half the size of an IMAX
screen. The Screen also utilizes analog sound readers, maximizing the ability to play mono and surround EX prints, and operates simplex changeover projectors with adjustable shutter capabilities to play silent film prints. A satellite receiver is also used to display live operas, plays, and ballets.
Curator
Brent Kliewer has been programming films in Santa Fe since 1982. A film curator, writer, and critic, Kliewer founded Santa Fe's Jean Cocteau Cinema in 1983 and in 1986 began building the film program at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe. Kliewer was a film critic at the
Notable guests
The following individuals presented films to audiences at The Screen:
- Alan Arkin, actor
- Cate Blanchett, actress
- Steve Buscemi, actor
- Lucien Castaing-Taylor, filmmaker
- Alan Cumming, actor
- Emilio Estevez, actor
- Coleen Gray, actress
- Dave Grusin, composer
- Mariette Hartley, actress
- Stan Herd, artist
- Don Hertzfeldt, animator
- Marsha Hunt, actress
- Juraj Jakubisko, director
- Burt Kennedy, actor
- László Kovács, cinematographer
- Ellen Kuras, cinematographer
- Lisa Law, photographer/activist
- Larry McMurtry, screenwriter
- Eddie Muller, film historian
- John Pilger, filmmaker and journalist
- Robert Redford, actor
- Mickey Rooney, actor
- Gaylen Ross, filmmaker
- Martin Sheen, actor
- Alain Silver, film historian
- Stephen Sommers, director
- Wes Studi, actor
- John Toll, cinematographer
- Constance Towers, actress
- Guinevere Turner, filmmaker
- Amy Vincent, cinematographer
- Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer