v pátek 22. 1. od 19 hod / Friday January 22nd from 7pm

Hunger (United Kingdom, Ireland 2008, directed by Steve McQueen, 94 min)

Northern Ireland, 1984. Tensions between the British government and the IRA are rising. Several young republicans in the prison demand the status of political prisoners. Careful about the international public meaning, the British are trying to make the affair wane. The legendary prisoners‘ hunger strike ended tragically, entered the world‘s history and became a theme of many films, songs and books. The winner of the prestigious Turner Award Steve McQueen succintly portrays the protesting Irish who had to face brutal bullying from the jailors, misunderstanding from their dears, inhumane conditions and above all thein own conscience jotted by radial Catholicism. The film was the best European debut and won the Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Body

A body in contemporary movies is presented in a rather shallow fashion. Genres like horror, which deal with the transformation of a body are swirling with teenagers, scandalous films totally reveal the body and amateur-like pornography demasks it. However, there are films, which treat the body and carnality differently. Antichrist is a film which enters a watcher’s body and forces his reaction not only through explicit scenes it contains, but also through the the technique it was shot with. 35 Rhums reveals the paramount importace of touching a body as a way of communication in our everyday, ordinary lives. Old Boy is an example of a physical film, in which a body is only a box, good for nothing but destruction.

entrance: 50,-

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