Julien Temple
Groundbreaking British filmmaker Julien Temple visits the Museum to present and discuss highlights from his remarkable filmography. After directing pioneering music videos for the Sex Pistols in the late 1970s, Temple created iconic videos for David Bowie, Culture Club, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, the Kinks, Sade, and many others. He has also directed music documentaries (from 1979's The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle to the 2015 South by Southwest award winner The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson) and feature films, including Absolute Beginners and Earth Girls Are Easy. Complementing Temple’s visit is a selection of British punk-era collages by English artist Jamie Reid, on view outside Brown Auditorium Theater.
Thursday night's schedule features the Sex Pistols with The Filth and the Fury plus a rare TV special, and Friday focuses on David Bowie with Absolute Beginners and a 20-minute version of the "Jazzin' for Blue Jean" music video. The program concludes on Saturday with Earth Girls Are Easy.
This program is presented with support from Nina and Michael Zilkha.
The MFAH film department receives additional generous support from Tenaris; Gensler; Salle and James Vaughn; The ILEX Foundation; James V. Derrick; Franci Neely; and Lynn S. Wyatt.