MARCH 5 - SPECIAL SEASON: THE TWISTED VISION OF ROMAN POLANSKI
March 5 - 7:00pm
Three Shorts & a Wardrobe
(Two Men and a Wardrobe)
Like much of Polanski’s work, these shorts focus on the dark side of human behaviour while maintaining a relatively light-hearted mood through the childlike behaviour of their protagonists.
Two Men & a Wardrobe (1958) 15 mins. A darkly comic fable, with surreal overtones, in which two men emerge from the ocean, but find only disillusionment.
The Fat & the Lean (1961) 15 mins. A quavering little servant, in this bitterly comic parable, waits on an overbearing boor of a man.
Mammals (1963) 11mins. This veritable "Waiting for Godot in the snow” is a fundamental abbreviation of Polanski’s cinematic vision & take on life.
March 5 - 7:50pm
Tess
Roman Polanski (1979) 190 mins PG
Polanski’s adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles features Nastassja Kinski in the title role of a young peasant whose chances of happiness are thwarted by a series of unfortunate twists of fate & the repressive Victorian morality of the time. Dedicated to Sharon Tate, who reportedly suggested the project to Polanski, the film takes on an eerie symbolism as the themes of modernity, alienation & bodily, specifically female, sacrifice are addressed. Winner of 3 Academy Awards.
Imported 35mm print.
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