Self Selects - Will Self's Future Cities Cinema

Self Selects - Will Self's Future Cities Cinema

Season

Please note : this season finished in Nov 2015

As part of author Will Self’s contribution to the Festival of the Future City we asked him to curate a season of films which explore the city in cinema. His selection reveals a distinctly dystopian perspective from the technologically enslaved modernity of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (Tue 3 Nov 18:00) to the surreal transgressions of Mullholland Drive (Tue 14 Nov 18:00), the psycho-sexual provocations of Crash (Tue 10 Nov 18:00) to the discomfiting outrage of Naked (Tue 17 Nov 18:00).

Tickets: £4.50 - £9.00

As part of the festival Will Self will also be discussing the work of author JG Ballard and his contribution to literature and architectural theory (Thu 19 Nov 18:00) as well as leading a walking tour of Bristol's harbourside (Thu 19 Nov 14:00) where he'll examine the place, the culture and Bristol's architecture.


Previous screenings in this season

Mulholland Drive

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Mulholland Drive
Please note: This was screened in Nov 2015
Film

Widely regarded as one of David Lynch's finest works, this luscious, surreal and unsettling neo-noir thriller is one of the true masterpieces of the new millennium.

Naked

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Naked
Please note: This was screened in Nov 2015
Film

Possibly the best film to come out of Britain in the 90’s and winner of two awards at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival - best director for Mike Leigh and best actor for David Thewlis – this brilliant and controversial film is both a bleak and funny story of alienation and the city as well as a scathing examination of post-Thatcherite Britain.

Metropolis

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Metropolis
Please note: This was screened in Nov 2015
Film

Lavish and spectacular, with elaborate sets and hugely ambitious production values , Fritz Lang's masterwork has much to say about current urban life and work and stands today as testament to his vision of what cinema could be. Truly one of history's most definitive films.

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