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OUR RETRO-FUTURISM NOIR SERIES CONTINUES! One man’s attempt to dream, to love, and to live freely becomes an act of cosmic rebellion. Terry Gilliam's anti-totalitarian masterpiece combines dystopian Orwellian despair with Monty Python absurdity. Preshow of film-inspired ambient jazz by Revenant Sea (Sheri Hupfer & Mark Schwaber)!Before each screening will be a live performance of ambient/folk-jazz music inspired by the film by REVENANT SEA and a raffle to win a $25 gift certificate to Verdigris Antiques! Doors 6:30pm. Show 7:00. Film 7:30pm. Popcorn Included! Please bring cash for the bar.
“Our baby, BRAZIL, is now 40 years old. It left home long ago. I’m glad to see it has grown with age. So many governments are now trying to imitate it.” -Director, Terry Gilliam
BRAZIL: Director's Cut (2 hours, 12 mins, 1985)
In the dystopian masterpiece BRAZIL, Jonathan Pryce plays a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. This cautionary tale by Terry Gilliam—one of the great films of the 1980s—has come to be esteemed alongside anti-totalitarian works by the likes of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Kurt Vonnegut. In terms of set design, cinematography, music, and effects, BRAZIL is a nonstop dazzler.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM:
“MONTY PYTHON MEETS GEORGE ORWELL, and it’s as clever, witty and subversive as that sounds.” – The Guardian
“A superb example of the power of comedy to underscore serious ideas, even solemn ones.” -NY Times
“[A] darkly funny and truly visionary retro-futurist fantasy.”– The Wall Street Journal
“Terry Gilliam's ferociously creative black comedy is filled with wild tonal contrasts, swarming details, and unfettered visual invention — every shot carries a charge of surprise and delight.”– Chicago Reader
RETRO-FUTURISM FILM NOIR SERIES:
Friday, 13th Blade Runner (Final Cut) w/ live music by Revenant Sea:
Sunday, 15th, Escapes (2017): A documentary about Hampton Fancher, the writer and producer of Blade Runner, chronicling his unusual life as a flamenco dancer, actor, and screenwriter through his own captivating stories and archival footage. Directed by Michael Almereyda.
Saturday, March 7th, Naked Lunch (w/ Live music by Revenant Sea)
Sunday, March 8th- William Burroughs “Cut-Ups” vintage typewriter poetry workshop led by Sheri Hupfer
Revenant Sea is the collaborative ambient/folk-jazz project of Mark Schwaber and Sheri Hupfer, combining haunting melodies and deeply textured arrangements. The project captures introspective, atmospheric soundscapes—mixing intimate folk lyricism with subtle jazz infusions and field recordings. Currently stemming from the Brattleboro//Greenfield area, Revenant Sea draws organically from its creators’ chemistry and shared influences.
Mark Schwaber is a seasoned indie musician, producer, with deep roots in experimental songwriting and collaboration. As a multi-disciplinary artist, Sheri Hupfer works in many mediums; from the instrument of the body, textiles and rusty metal, to arranging objects in her interior design work, sound is always at the foundation. It is the attention to how sound moves in space, how objects placed can bend or alter it. Sheri is most vested in how place informs the music while utilizing voice to translate memory and emotion recognizing that much of the sound is not heard but felt.
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