experimental & classic cinema

[23rd jan..] ; fat.4, 6A Cheshire St . E2

avant-garde issue :

 

7:30 'temenos'

>>nina danino; 1998
movie, that explores the phenomenon of visionary experience. film visits locations where the virgin mary is said to have appeared, including lourdes , fatima and medjugorje in croat-occupied bosnia where the visions continue. nina danino films the landscapes that have witnessed these transcendental appearances, imbuing them with a sense of the sacred

9:30'vivre sa vie'
<< dir. jean-luc-godard, france 1962;
an early stunner and one of the seminal films of the french new wave. the filmmaker's fourth feature stars his then-wife, anna karina, as nana, a parisian sales clerk who, after separating from her husband, paul (labarthe), tries to make it as an actress. after seeing dreyer's silent classic the passion of Joanna darc, she abandons the idea and turns to prostitution.

 

 

 

 

 

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