The Chinese Typewriter (1983) by Daniel Barnett
Thursday, October 25, 1984, 8:00 pm
White Heart and other films
Daniel Barnett in person
White Heart, 1975, 50 min.; The Chinese Typewriter, 1983, 28 min.; Morning Procession in Yangchow, 1979, 3 min.
“Two tragi-comic essays on language and a short poem on morning light.” —Barnett
“What you get is a collision of the heart and mind… or is it the heart and what the mind thinks of the heart? It is a collision that is as natural as it is terminal.” —Martha Haslanger
Daniel Barnett lives in Boston and works as a film editor and optical effects specialist. He will be artist-in-residence at the S.F. Art Institute from Oct. 22 to 26 and presented an evening of recent films at the Cinematheque last Fall. Barnett has produced over two dozen films marked by an intensity and brashness rare in the American avant-garde film.