NFSA Cinémathèmaque – Marco Bellocchio and Late British Silents
Electric Shadows Cinemas, City Walk, Canberra, admission by subscription ($15 for any three films; excluding the Late British Silents: $15 or $12 concession/NFSA Cinémathèque members)
In September, the NFSA Cinémathèque at Electric Shadows Cinemas presents two late British silent films with musical accompaniment, and a season of films by Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio, a contemporary of Bertolucci and Pasolini.
In collaboration with the Electric Shadows Cinemas and the ANU School of Music, the NFSA is screening rarely seen late British silent films with live music accompaniment. High Treason (1929) is often described as Britain’s own Metropolis – a fascinating projected vision of the 1950s complete with rocket cars and videophones. The film will be accompanied live by renowned US musicologist and silent film pianist Peter Muir.
Volatile Bodies: the Films of Marco Bellocchio scans this filmmaker’s career from his early socio-political satires such as Fists in the Pocket (1966) and China is Near (1967) through to his richly textured later films – Goodmorning, Night (2003) and My Mother’s Smile (2002). Although long active in Italian cinema, Bellocchio's four decade-long career regained international attention with the impact of Goodmorning Night, an extraordinarily dream-like account of the 1978 kidnapping of Aldo Moro by the Red Brigade. This season gives new audiences a chance to see Bellocchio's early work, long unseen in Australia. Both Fists in the Pocket and China is Near feature majestic scores by Ennio Morricone.
FISTS IN THE POCKET (unclassified 18+) screens 9 September, 200pm
HIGH TREASON (unclassified 18+) screens 10 September, 3.00pm
CHINA IS NEAR (unclassified 18+) screens 16 September, 2.00pm
GOOD MORNING, NIGHT (M) screens 23 September, 2.00pm
MY MOTHER’S SMILE (M) screens 30 September, 2.00pm
The full program can be viewed online at: www.nfsa.afc.gov.au/cinematheque.
In September, the NFSA Cinémathèque at Electric Shadows Cinemas presents two late British silent films with musical accompaniment, and a season of films by Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio, a contemporary of Bertolucci and Pasolini.
In collaboration with the Electric Shadows Cinemas and the ANU School of Music, the NFSA is screening rarely seen late British silent films with live music accompaniment. High Treason (1929) is often described as Britain’s own Metropolis – a fascinating projected vision of the 1950s complete with rocket cars and videophones. The film will be accompanied live by renowned US musicologist and silent film pianist Peter Muir.
Volatile Bodies: the Films of Marco Bellocchio scans this filmmaker’s career from his early socio-political satires such as Fists in the Pocket (1966) and China is Near (1967) through to his richly textured later films – Goodmorning, Night (2003) and My Mother’s Smile (2002). Although long active in Italian cinema, Bellocchio's four decade-long career regained international attention with the impact of Goodmorning Night, an extraordinarily dream-like account of the 1978 kidnapping of Aldo Moro by the Red Brigade. This season gives new audiences a chance to see Bellocchio's early work, long unseen in Australia. Both Fists in the Pocket and China is Near feature majestic scores by Ennio Morricone.
FISTS IN THE POCKET (unclassified 18+) screens 9 September, 200pm
HIGH TREASON (unclassified 18+) screens 10 September, 3.00pm
CHINA IS NEAR (unclassified 18+) screens 16 September, 2.00pm
GOOD MORNING, NIGHT (M) screens 23 September, 2.00pm
MY MOTHER’S SMILE (M) screens 30 September, 2.00pm
The full program can be viewed online at: www.nfsa.afc.gov.au/cinematheque.