Premiere Showcase
The Forbidden Room | Canada | 2015 | DCP | 130 min. Director: Guy Maddin
Event Details
Date
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Charlotte Rampling, Udo Kier
Inspired by the titles of lost films from throughout movie history, this delirious and hilarious “recreation” of vanished relics could only have sprung from the cine-addled mind of master exhumer (and recent Cinematheque guest) Maddin (My Winnipeg). The Forbidden Room has been favorably compared to taking LSD in a film archive. “Has more ideas in ten minutes than most filmmakers have in their entire oeuvres” (Sight & Sound).
Inspired by the titles of lost films from throughout movie history, this delirious and hilarious “recreation” of vanished relics could only have sprung from the cine-addled mind of master exhumer (and recent Cinematheque guest) Maddin (My Winnipeg). The Forbidden Room has been favorably compared to taking LSD in a film archive. “Has more ideas in ten minutes than most filmmakers have in their entire oeuvres” (Sight & Sound).
Cost
Free
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