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On 10.05.24 Laura Mulvey, British theorist and filmmaker introduced the films she chose for the Chantal Akerman retrospective at CINEMATEK, 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (Chantal Akerman, 1986) and 𝗟𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 (Chantal Akerman, 1986).
"𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 is a rebellious musical comedy. I love the way Chantal Akerman weaves her avant-garde aesthetics of repetition, seriality, and formal pattern into the seriality of the musical chorus, in the repeated motifs of song and dance, all framed by the broader patterns of mise-en-scène. The film reflects the economic hardships of the 1980s, much like Hollywood musicals did in the 1930s, while the interplay between chance and everyday romance recalls Jacques Demy." - (Laura Mulvey)
On 10.05.24 Laura Mulvey, British theorist and filmmaker introduced the films she chose for the Chantal Akerman retrospective at CINEMATEK, 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (Chantal Akerman, 1986) and 𝗟𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 (Chantal Akerman, 1986).
"𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 is a rebellious musical comedy. I love the way Chantal Akerman weaves her avant-garde aesthetics of repetition, seriality, and formal pattern into the seriality of the musical chorus, in the repeated motifs of song and dance, all framed by the broader patterns of mise-en-scène. The film reflects the economic hardships of the 1980s, much like Hollywood musicals did in the 1930s, while the interplay between chance and everyday romance recalls Jacques Demy." - (Laura Mulvey)
