“Rather than living FOR film, why not let film live WITH you?”—W.V.

San Francisco filmmaker Willie Varela remains one of super-8mm’s most impassioned and prolific proponents. For over ten years Varela has concentrated on his immediate landscape (San Francisco, El Paso, elsewhere) and family life in conjuring up stunning tableaux of light, visual rhythm and camera gesture. For his first Cinematheque show in over two years, Varela will present a selection of his recent works, most of them Bay Area premieres. Titles include Light Journals 1-5 (1979), No Left Turn (1983), Push Pull (1984), Loss of Nerve (1984), The Perfect Nine (1984), 5th & Market (1984), Forest Lawn (1983), In The Flesh (1983), and others.