"Soirée Jean Epstein"
Jeudi, le 1 octobre — 19h
Alliance Française Grande Salle, 113 N 1st St.
$3 pour les membres, sinon $5.
http://afmsp.org/events/soiree-jean-epstein/
Alliance Française Grande Salle, 113 N 1st St.
$3 pour les membres, sinon $5.
http://afmsp.org/events/soiree-jean-epstein/
Faites la redécouverte d’un des grands cinéastes du muet qui a influencé toute l’histoire du cinéma... Nous montrerons et discuterons des extraits de ses films, tout en touchant à sa biographie, en une soirée interactive servant d’introduction à la belle rétrospective qui aura lieu au Walker Art Center en octobre et novembre 2015. Cet événement sera présenté en français par Christophe Wall-Romana, professeur à l’Université de Minnesota et Directeur des études “Graduate” au département de français et italien.
Film Screening: FINIS TERRAE, 1928 (End of the Earth)
Directed by Jean Epstein
Part of The Intelligence of Cinema:
Masterpieces of Jean Epstein
“A masterpiece of silent cinema.” —Arte
DATE October 7, 2015
“A masterpiece of silent cinema.” —Arte
DATE October 7, 2015
TIME 7:30 pm
PLACE Walker Cinema
PRICE $9 ($7 Walker members, students, and seniors)
PLACE Walker Cinema
PRICE $9 ($7 Walker members, students, and seniors)
Both sharing the experience of island
life and the story of a group of kelp fisherman, the film becomes a
psychological documentary seen through the eyes of a hallucinating character.
Jean Epstein plays with subjective distortions of reality in one of the
greatest films about fluid matter and sensation. 1928, DCP, 80 minutes.
Post-Screening Discussion
Following the screening, join Christophe Wall-Romana for a discussion about the film. Wall-Romana is associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota, where he is also affiliated with the new graduate major in Moving Image Studies. His research has focused on the textual intersections of French poetry and cinema, especially around the post–World War II narrative avant-garde in France. He is the author of Jean Epstein (Manchester, 2012), the first monograph in English on the filmmaker.
Post-Screening Discussion
Following the screening, join Christophe Wall-Romana for a discussion about the film. Wall-Romana is associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota, where he is also affiliated with the new graduate major in Moving Image Studies. His research has focused on the textual intersections of French poetry and cinema, especially around the post–World War II narrative avant-garde in France. He is the author of Jean Epstein (Manchester, 2012), the first monograph in English on the filmmaker.
FUNDING
Support for this program is provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, La Cinémathèque française, and the Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago. This presentation is made possible by generous support from the Bentson Foundation.
Support for this program is provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, La Cinémathèque française, and the Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago. This presentation is made possible by generous support from the Bentson Foundation.
