UW Cinematheque: Special Presentations
Far From Heaven | USA | 2002 | 35mm | 107 min. Director: Todd Haynes
Event Details
Date
Friday, September 21, 2018
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
Moore stars in Haynes’s brilliant reconfiguration of All That Heaven Allows (screening 9/15). As in Sirk’s classic melodrama, a wealthy woman falls for her gardener, though Haynes makes key changes to address 1950s mores on race and homosexuality. Meticulously designed on every level, from Ed Lachman’s lush cinematography to Elmer Bernstein’s orchestral score,
Moore stars in Haynes’s brilliant reconfiguration of All That Heaven Allows (screening 9/15). As in Sirk’s classic melodrama, a wealthy woman falls for her gardener, though Haynes makes key changes to address 1950s mores on race and homosexuality. Meticulously designed on every level, from Ed Lachman’s lush cinematography to Elmer Bernstein’s orchestral score,
Cost
Free
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