UW Cinematheque: Special Presentations
Black Narcissus | UK | 1947 | DCP | 99 min. Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Event Details
Date
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Jean Simmons
High in the Himalayas, a convent of English nuns spirals into disarray upon the arrival of a virile government agent (Farrar). Powell and Pressburger’s erotic masterpiece won two Oscars, for Jack Cardiff's Technicolor cinematography and Alfred Junge's vertiginous art direction. Kerr and Kathleen Byron’s dueling sisters personify the film's strange, hypnotic tone, located somewhere between contemplation and hysteria. (ZZ)
High in the Himalayas, a convent of English nuns spirals into disarray upon the arrival of a virile government agent (Farrar). Powell and Pressburger’s erotic masterpiece won two Oscars, for Jack Cardiff's Technicolor cinematography and Alfred Junge's vertiginous art direction. Kerr and Kathleen Byron’s dueling sisters personify the film's strange, hypnotic tone, located somewhere between contemplation and hysteria. (ZZ)
Cost
Free
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