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...David Kleiler, the director of the event, leads an amazing life. The avuncular character has been passionate about film for decades. In addition to this weekend's festival, he coordinates monthly Local Sightings events, floating showcases of the underground film scene in the area. He assists filmmakers in all stages of the creative process, from screenwriting to production to marketing. He even plans to spend a day persuading potential investors in Providence that film is their best bet. In his own words, "I love film. You go through life, you gotta have something you feel that obsessive-compulsive about...
...Window's funkiness is clearly evident in its average weekly fare. Films as diverse as "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Girl Can't Help It," "Gervaise" and "Repulsion," alternate with live music and experimental performance. The Rear Window also runs several series in conjunction with other organizations. Besides Kleiler's own. trademark "Festival of the Bizarre and Insane," the Rear Window has recently programmed the "Images of Boston" series (in conjunction with the Boston Center for Adult Education) and "Sets in the Cinema: The Movies and Modern Architecture" (with the Boston Architectural Center). In his diverse approach to programming...
DESPITE THE REAR WINDOW'S MANY projects, and its established reputation for programming, financial solvency is still difficult for Kleiler. "I hold down six part-time jobs, and try to stay ahead of the bills." Audiences for Rear Window features range from as little as six to as many as sixty people (at a recent showing of "Swing-time"). Collaborations with organizations such as the Boston Architectural Center (which rebuilt its top floor screening room for the Rear Window) and the Boston Food Co-op ease the financial burden; these organizations underwrite the series, giving Kleiler the freedom to program...
...another problem is attracting an audience large enough or dedicated enough to sustain Rear Window's off-the-wall programming. Kleiler attributes the difficulty in attracting a college audience to the lower attention span of our generation. "College kids have no interest in the past, in movies more than two years old. I wouldn't blame this on TV and VCRs; it's more of a general trend--in books, media as a whole...
Despite its casual tradition, Kleiler expressed interest in bringing the Rear Window to a more permanent home, on one screen in a multi-screen complex for example. However, the large rental fees asked by larger houses to utilize their equipment (as much as $400 per night) make such plans unfeasible at the moment. The organization's limited budget would necessitate a more mainstream repertory program to pay the fees of such venues. Also, Kleiler remains committed to the Rear Window's more or less permanent home in Brookline, providing alternative programming for the area at the Brookline Arts Center...