Wednesday, January 14, 2009

HOFB—I Only Have Two Eyes 2008

"No two eyes can witness all the splendid film presentations that occur in a year here," Brian Darr offers by way of introduction to his impressive Hell On Frisco Bay line-up of contributions from film writers on their 10 favorite Bay-area repertory house screenings. I was honored to contribute my tip-of-the-hat tribute to 10 retrospectives programmed by Pacific Film Archive in 2008. Spectatorial diversity ensues as Ben Armington, Robert Davis, Adam Hartzell, Michael Hawley, Ryland Walker Knight, Frako Loden, Carl Martin, Miriam Montag, Shahn, Lincoln Spector, Marisa Vela, Jason Wiener, and Austin Wolf-Sothern join Brian in listing their favorites.