FEBRUARY 27 - SPECIAL SEASON: THE TWISTED VISION OF ROMAN POLANSKI

Feb 27 - 7:00pm

Macbeth

Roman Polanski (1971) 140 mins M

In August 1969 the Charles Manson “family” murdered Polanski’s pregnant wife & 3 of his friends in his LA home. 2 years later he made this film, a bloody adaptation of “the Scottish play” melding striking period detail with murky, muddy realism, & refusing to assign any semblance of nobility to its title character. A bleak, profound & very moving exploration of humanity & all its burdens. With Jon Finch & Francesca Annis.

35mm print courtesy of Sony.

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Feb 27 - 9:30pm

Knife in the Water

Roman Polanski (1962) 94 mins PG

With a cast of just 3 actors, Polanski’s 1st feature is marked by a strikingly dramatic use of silence, “speaking” eloquently nevertheless of the tensions & desires that drive the characters & that operate just beneath the personalities they try to project. This film, co-written with Jerzy Skolimowski, clearly established Polanski as a filmmaker to be reckoned with, winning top honours at the Venice Film Festival & an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

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