International Lens Film Series
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Tuesday, Sept. 29
Presented by: Laura Carpenter, Associate Professor of Sociology.
USA (2014) Dir: Ana Lily Amirpour.
In an Iranian ghost-town, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware that they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. The first Iranian Vampire Western ever made, Ana Lily Amirpour-s debut basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mashup of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave. Persian with English subtitles. Unrated. 101 minutes. Blu-ray. Partial Funding provided by the Department of Women & Gender Studies.
The Intruder
Wednesday, September 30
Presented by: Jennifer Fay, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Arts and English; and Thomas McGrath, class of 2016.
France (2004) Dir: Claire Denis. LouisTrebor, a man nearing 70, lives alone with dogs in the forest near the French-Swiss border. He has heart problems, seeks a transplant, and then goes in search of a son sired years before in Tahiti. Told elliptically, with few words, we see Louis as possibly heartless, ignoring a son who lives nearby who is himself an attentive father to two young children, one named for Louis. He leaves his bed one night - and his lover - to kill an intruder; he dreams, usually of violence. Will his body accept his heart? Will his son accept his offer? Inspired by a short book written by philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy about his heart transplant. 129 minutes. French, English, Korean, and Russian with English subtitles. Unrated. Blu-ray. Funding provided by Cinema & Media Arts.