Fri August 27, 2021 7:30 PM LA CIÉNAGA / TEOREMA $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Aero Theatre | Double Feature
ABOUT THE FILMS LA CIÉNAGA, 2001, Janus Films, 101 min, Dir: Lucrecia Martel The release of Lucrecia Martel’s LA CIÉNAGA heralded the arrival of an astonishingly vital and original voice in Argentine cinema. With a radical and disturbing take on narrative, beautiful cinematography, and a highly sophisticated use of on- and offscreen sound, Martel turns her tale of a dissolute bourgeois extended family, whiling away the hours of one sweaty, sticky summer, into a cinematic marvel. This visceral take on class, nature, sexuality, and the ways that political turmoil and social stagnation can manifest in human relationships is a drama of extraordinary tactility, and one of the great contemporary film debuts. FORMAT: 35mm TEOREMA, 1968, Janus Films, 105 min, Italy, Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini A startling allegory and impenetrable mystery, TEOREMA follows the strange sexual exploits of a family that falls prey to the allure of a sudden intruder. Terence Stamp delivers an eerie performance as the mysterious guest, known only as “the Visitor,” who completely enamors family members Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky and Andrés José Cruz Soublette. The second installment of Pasolini’s “Mythical Cycle” and the first time he worked primarily with professional actors, the film is a haunting critique of bourgeois society. FORMAT: Digital VIEW SERIES