“An immersive aesthetic experience best thought of as an art form all its own.” - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
“One of the most completely realized marriages of color, movement, and music in the medium's history.” - Donna Bowman, AV Club
Sunday, October 6, 2:30 p.m. & Sunday, October 13, 5:00 p.m. | Powell and Pressburger’s subversive, audacious take on Offenbach’s opera drew on some of the greatest film, music, and dance talents of the period. Transforming it into a phantasmagoria of feverish colors, the sensual and unsettling delights include French ballerina Ludmilla Tchérina as a 19th-century dominatrix, a chorus of pan-sexual mannequins who appear to have raided Marc Bolan’s dressing-up box, and Moira Shearer’s dismembered but still-blinking head.
Awards & Nominations
Nominee - Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Academy Awards
Winner - Silver Bear, Best Musical, Berlin Film Festival
Winner - Special award for the transposition of a musical work into a film, Cannes Film Festival
Cinema Unbound - The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger: In collaboration with the British Film Institute (BFI), and with generous guidance and support from acclaimed film editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, we proudly presents this celebration of one of the greatest and most enduring filmmaking partnerships. Read more
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu