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McGuffin's
Film & TV Society |
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| McGuffin's Film & TV Society film shows at the EMD Cinema |
| Delicatessen June 1, 2001 |
| at 8.30 pm: Delicatessen (1991) by Marc
Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Lasts 99 minutes/ Language: French with sub-titles/ UK: 15. Surreal black
comedy set in a post apocalypse world. |
| Fellini’s Roma June 8, 2001 |
at 8.30pm: Roma is a tribute to Fellini's adopted home in all its dirty, surreal and
overblown glory. A northerner, Fellini was long drawn by the big city in
the south; and the film spans his childhood in the Fascist period--when Il
Duce was modelling himself on the Caesars--up to the late 1960s when
hippies clogged the streets of Trastevere. Essentially a series of
snapshots--music halls and whorehouses, a Vatican fashion show, cameos by
Gore Vidal and Anna Magnani--it all adds up to a pretty wild ride. |
| The Ape/ The Flight That Disappeared June 15, 2001 |
| at 8.30 pm: Boris Karloff in The Ape (1940)/
The Flight that Disappeared (1961) Language: English/ USA: unrated./ Last
61/71 minutes. Horror double bill. In the Ape (directed by William Nigh)
Boris Karloff keeps human life in test tubes and prowls at night in the
skin of an ape. The theme of the Flight that Disappeared is atomic
scientists on an airliner arrive in Heaven and are tried by future
generations. Directed by Reginald LeBorg and starring Craig Hill and Paula
Raymond.
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| Bus Stop June 22, 2001 |
at 8.30 pm: Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop (1956) by Joshua
Logan. Lasts 96 minutes / Language: English. Monroe plays a cafe singer
who meets a cowboy while they are both trapped in a cafe overnight during
a blizzard. A musical, she sings "I'm gonna stake my claim". It's a love story
whose theme is the pitching together of innocence and experience. This
film was made in colour. |
| Raise the Red Lantern June 29, 2001 |
| at 8.30 pm: Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
directed by Yimou Zhang Lasts 125 minutes/ Language: Mandarin with
sub-titles./ USA certificate PG. An extraordinarily beautiful film set in
1920s China with a striking sound track. A 19-year-old university student
is forced to quit college because of the death of her father. She becomes
the fourth mistress of a wealthy man. |
| Solaris July 6, 2001 |
at 8.00 pm: Solaris or Solyaris (1972)
directed by Andrei Tarkovsky Original Soviet Union version lasts 165
minutes/ Language: Russian with sub-titles./ UK certificate PG. Classic,
dream like story of first contact with alien life force. Powerful, slow
moving film, generally reckoned to be one of the best science fiction
films ever made. Often described as the Russian version of 2001. |
Tickets cost £6 (£3 concessions) but you have to be a member.
Membership costs £10 for supporting individuals (who get a free ticket to one film) or £3 per household.
Please phone 020 8558 5527 to join or book tickets.
The EMD Cinema is at 186 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London E17 4LS, close to Walthamstow Central Station (Victoria Line). Limited facilities are available for wheelchair users, please phone 020 8520 7092.
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