All screenings @ Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre, 9828 - 101A Ave
Jacques Derrida, Marguerite Derrida
Derrida is a complex personal and theoretical portrait of the internationally renowned French philosopher, Jacques Derrida. Best known for generating a movement known as "deconstruction", Derrida's radical rethinking of the founding precepts of Western metaphysics has profoundly influenced the fields of literature, philosophy, ethics, architecture and law, inalterably transforming the intellectual landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries. Produced with Derrida's full cooperation and consent, the film is the most ambitious cinematic project ever undertaken with a world-class philosopher. "If you think 85 minutes devoted to a 'difficult' French philosopher is bound to be either abstruse or watered-down middlebrow stuff, think again: producer, codirector, narrator, and offscreen interlocutor Amy Ziering Kofman, a former student of Jacques Derrida at Yale, collaborating with codirector Kirby Dick (Sick), has worked out a very accessible and unpretentious way of conveying both the philosophy and likable personality of her subject." Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Website for the Film- Jun 13, 14, 15 & 16 (2003) @ 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.