Apartment Eight
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Apartment Eight is a 1987 Lower East Side
comedy short film by director Matthew Harrison
, which won Best Comedy at the 1988 New York Film Festival Downtown
and the Mystic Fire Independent Film Award at the 1989 Ann Arbor Film Festival
.
Rave-Ups
singer Michael Kaniecki (who also wrote the score) and theater director Bob McGrath play former roommates Todd and Martin who, in the early 1980s, briefly led overlapping lives in Apartment Eight. Shot on S8mm film
in monthly installments over a one-year period, most of the scenes in Apartment Eight were done as single takes in a cramped Clinton street tenement kitchen, as Todd and Martin re-enact some of the episodes of their downwardly mobile, girlfriend-sharing past.
at the RAPP arts center by Film Crash
. The film was further programmed at Kino Eiszeit Berlin, Space 2B Gas Station, Old and New Masters of Super 8 at the Anthology Film Archives
and at the ICA
in London.
In early 2005, New York's New Museum of Contemporary Art included Apartment Eight in their exhibit East Village USA http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/387. Curatorial Fellow Emily Rothschild wrote "(Apartment Eight's) inclusion is absolutely crucial to a thorough understanding of the East Village scene." and Flavorpill called the film "derelict".
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
comedy short film by director Matthew Harrison
Matthew Harrison
Matthew Harrison is an American television and film director, producer and writer. He first came to prominence when his feature film Rhythm Thief was awarded Special Jury Recognition for Directing at the Sundance Film Festival. His first studio feature Kicked in the Head was Executive Produced by...
, which won Best Comedy at the 1988 New York Film Festival Downtown
New York Film Festival Downtown
New York Film Festival Downtown was a New York based film festival founded by Tessa Hughes-Freeland and Ela Troyano in 1984.Known for its independent and "positively avante-garde" programming, the festival came to prominence in the East Village art scene. The New York Film Festival Downtown ran for...
and the Mystic Fire Independent Film Award at the 1989 Ann Arbor Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Ann Arbor in the U.S. state of Michigan. Established in 1963, it is the third-oldest film festival in North America ; and the oldest experimental film festival...
.
Rave-Ups
The Rave-Ups
The Rave-Ups are a roots rock group hailing originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but is best known as being from Los Angeles, California. They are best known for their alternative rock hit songs "Respectfully King of Rain" and "Positively Lost Me" as well as their appearances in Pretty in Pink...
singer Michael Kaniecki (who also wrote the score) and theater director Bob McGrath play former roommates Todd and Martin who, in the early 1980s, briefly led overlapping lives in Apartment Eight. Shot on S8mm film
Super 8 mm film
Super 8 mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format....
in monthly installments over a one-year period, most of the scenes in Apartment Eight were done as single takes in a cramped Clinton street tenement kitchen, as Todd and Martin re-enact some of the episodes of their downwardly mobile, girlfriend-sharing past.
Festivals and showcases
Apartment Eight was first screened publicly on July 10, 1987 in the East VillageEast Village, Manhattan
The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, lying east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side...
at the RAPP arts center by Film Crash
Film Crash
Film Crash was a New York City based film festival and screening series, programming independent, experimental, low-budget and underground films. The screenings were active from 1985 through 1993...
. The film was further programmed at Kino Eiszeit Berlin, Space 2B Gas Station, Old and New Masters of Super 8 at the Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives
__notoc__Anthology Film Archives is a film archive and theater located at 32 Second Avenue on the corner of East Second Street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City devoted to the preservation and exhibition of experimental film. It is the only non-profit organization of its...
and at the ICA
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
in London.
In early 2005, New York's New Museum of Contemporary Art included Apartment Eight in their exhibit East Village USA http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/387. Curatorial Fellow Emily Rothschild wrote "(Apartment Eight's) inclusion is absolutely crucial to a thorough understanding of the East Village scene." and Flavorpill called the film "derelict".