Its many guests, including actors, directors, and scholars, engage a broad audience of film enthusiasts in engaging and stimulating discussions. This Washington, D.C.-based band of electronic and acoustic musicians will be releasing their original score for the film on DVD in January. The Animal Attractions program is giving special emphasis to images of human-animal hybrids, such as bat creatures, werewolves, cat people, cannibals, and cartoon critters. The linking of human and animal has been a profound theme of cinema since its beginnings in the serial photography of Eadweard Muybridge. O ther artists to be represented through their films and visual art include performance artist and sculptor Carolee Schneemann, and Sam Easterson, an artist who lets wild animals create their own videos.
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