All screenings @ Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre, 9828 - 101A Ave
French with English subtitles
After abandoning his wife at a Parisian party, bored Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) flees his bourgeois existence with his babysitter and ex-lover, Marianne (Anna Karina). Taking it on the lam to the south of France, the couple becomes an existential Bonnie and Clyde, battling gunrunners, gas station attendants, and American tourists as they come face to face with their own roles as characters in a pop-cultural landscape. A profound turning point in Godard's cinema, Pierrot le Fou recalls the gangster cool of Breathless and Band of Outsiders while also pointing towards the increasingly essayistic, apocalyptic visions of Two or Three Things I Know About Her and Weekend. Thanks to Janus Films for the new 35mm print of this landmark work. "Endlessly charming and entertaining ... it's all about style, mood, performance, and cinema technique and conventions, which Godard delights in blowing to smithereens." (Andy Klein, Los Angeles City Beat)
- Nov 9, 11 & 13 (2007) @ 9pm
- Nov 10, 12 & 14 (2007) @ 7pm
Citadel renovations are ongoing, so Metro Cinema continues to screen in the Rice Theatre, just down the hall from our normal room. Until we return to the Zeidler, screenings will continue to be from video, and not from 35mm.
Also, all Silver Screen passes are good for 3 months past their normal date of expiry, to thank you for your patience.