SUNDAY OCTOBER 10
W E E K E N D
SCHIJNHEILIG CINEMA
MONDAY OCTOBER 11
ERASERHEAD
DE NIEUWE ANITA
TUESDAY OCTOBER 12
BAD BOY BUBBY
CAVIA
Details for all films below..
SUNDAY OCTOBER 10
20:30
W E E K E N D (1967)
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
90 minutes
In French with English subtitles
A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer obsessions.
Probably one of the most radical films to ever hit the big screen, Weekend marks Godard’s nearly-formal break with “bourgeois film-making,” i.e., film-making which has as its sole criteria to “entertain”- to provide escapism, to stick to linear story-telling, and to reinforce film cliches, formulas, and all the trappings of popular western (and especially American Hollywood) film-making. This film was made in the 60s, a time when when such a fierce, searing attack on consumerism and our modern day existence was still possible.
In this movie, which is Godard’s most visionary work, the audience witnesses the collapse of the narrative, the disintegration of formal film technique, and – more literally -the degeneration of western civilization. A ten-minute-long traffic jam, the barbarism of slaughters and corpses littering the countryside, and the unsympathetic and secretly greedy characterizations of the main middle class couple on whom the film centers (if it does indeed have a center) have not been filmed to entertain, to comfort, or to lull the audience, but to provoke thought and engage the audience actively.
Voted as one of “the 25 most dangerous films of all time” by Premiere magazine.
+ A Short Film: Gaspar Noe’s award-winning half-hour CARNE (1991) will be screened before the feature film
SCHIJNHEILIG CINEMA
PASSEERDERSGRACHT 23
Free entrance
20:30
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MONDAY OCTOBER 11
ERASERHEAD (1977)
Directed by David Lynch
89 minutes
In English
Set in a nameless and grim industrialized suburb- full of dark machinery, chimneys spewing out debris and old rusty radiators clanking away- we follow the miserable and pathetic life of the film’s main character Henry. I just referred to this as a “film”…but is it actually a film? Certainly not in the normal sense…it is more of a piece of performance art, or a long cinematic nightmare. I am happy to say that finally we will screen this cult classic!
“This is where is the Lynchian nightmare began. Though he may have redefined surrealistic cinema in the 1980s and forever altered the face of television in the 90s, for many hardcore fans it is this infamous feature film debut that is David Lynch’s crowning achievement. Many words have been used to describe Eraserhead (weird, bizarre, frustrating, enlightening, significant, unwatchable, meaningless, and momentous), but there is no denying it is completely unforgettable.”
None other than Stanley Kubrick believed that ERASERHEAD was one of the most perfect “cinematic experiences” ever created on film.
CINEMANITA @ De Nieuwe Anita
Frederik Hendrikstraat 111
Doors open at 19:30
Film starts at 20:30 sharp
Membership- 2.50
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TUESDAY OCTOBER 12
BAD BOY BUBBY (1993)
Directed by Rolf de Heer
114 minutes
In English
This is an Australian film that is totally off the map. The word “unique” is overused these days but in this case it fits the bill absolutely. It can only maybe be compared to David Lynch’s Eraserhead because of its surrealism, oddness and unpredictability…being composed of a series of bizarre events in which you have no idea where the film will take you next. The film was given a very small distribution but it would shock and delight audiences everywhere it was screened and go on to become one of the most daring and controversial cult films of the past decade. And whats more it would also pick up the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
In the first thirty minutes of “Bad Boy Bubby” we follow the life of a strange, retarded man-child (portrayed by a brilliant Nicholas Hope), who has been locked away by his mom for thirty years. He hasn’t left the house because of his fanatical mother has been telling him that the outside world is poisonous. When Bubby’s long-lost father turns up one day, the boy-man seizes an opportunity to flee, and embarks on a dark journey to encounter the unknown. We then follow Bubby as he ventures into the outside world and has a series of bizarre adventures in which his outsider status is often misinterpreted as he discovers life beyond the walls of his previous prison.
Besides winning the Grand Jury Prize at Venice, it was also the winner of Four Australian Academy Awards, Including Best Actor – Nicholas Hope, Best Director – Rolf De Heer, and Best Original Screenplay. And we will be screening the director’s cut!
The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT_X0L9ulVs
Ciné Interzone
Filmhuis Cavia- Van Hallstraat 52-B
Time: 20:30
Membership for the evening: 3 Euros