FRI SEPT 16, 2022 7:30 PM DAISIES / SOMETHING DIFFERENT $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Aero Theatre | New 4K restoration of DAISIES, courtesy of Janus Films. Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILMS: DAISIES, 1966, Janus Films, 76 min, Czechoslovakia, Dir: Věra Chytilová. Maybe the New Wave’s most anarchic entry, Věra Chytilová’s absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two brash young women. Believing the world to be “spoiled,” they embark on a series of pranks in which nothing—food, clothes, men, war—is taken seriously. DAISIES is an aesthetically and politically adventurous film that’s widely considered one of the great works of feminist cinema. FORMAT: DCP SOMETHING DIFFERENT, 1963, Janus Films, Czechoslovakia, 84 min. Dir. Věra Chytilová. Two stories are simultaneously told. One dutiful mother progressively becomes a frustrated woman who is the only one assuming the family responsibilities of working at home and looking after her only son, whereas her husband works all day, does not appreciate his wife’s efforts and the only thing he does by the time he gets home is to read the newspaper and watch soccer matches. On the other hand, a female gymnast prepares for her last competition before her career retirement, but faces pressure from her trainer and a lack of motivation to keep going. The film depicts frustration on both sides, and parallels two worlds dominated by men, where women do not receive any recognition, and in case they do, it is momentary. FORMAT: DCP