SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“By placing so much emphasis on aspects of life and work that other films routinely omit, mystify, or skirt over, Akerman forges a major statement, not only in a feminist context but also in a way that tells us something about the lives we all live.”
201 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Chantal Akerman. In French with English subtitles. DCP.
A singular work in film history, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles meticulously details, with a sense of impending doom, the daily routine of a middle-aged widow—whose chores include making the beds, cooking dinner for her son, and turning the occasional trick. In its enormous spareness, Akerman’s film seems simple, but it encompasses an entire world. Whether seen as an exacting character study or one of cinema’s most hypnotic and complete depictions of space and time, Jeanne Dielman is an astonishing, compelling movie experiment, one that has been analyzed and argued over for decades.
ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS in this series:
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: Saturday, June 14 at 2:30 p.m.
The Passenger: Saturday, June 28 at 3 p.m.
The Passenger: Sunday, June 29 at 12 p.m.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Saturday, July 12 at 3 p.m.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Sunday, July 13 at 12 p.m.
Grey Gardens: Saturday, August 9 at 3 p.m.
Grey Gardens: Sunday, August 10 at 12 p.m.
Dog Day Afternoon: Friday, August 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Jaws: Coming to Congress Square Park for a free September screening!
Barry Lyndon: Saturday, September 20 at 2:30 p.m.