Viewer's choice #2

As Stephan was kind enough to send some film proposals for our film club, we'll decide on the spot which one to watch (no doodle :P). Also this time, I didn't had the chance to see any of the titles he carefully picked out of his collection, meaning that I'll be more than happy with any choice we'll make! Yey!

Here are the titles selected by Stephan:

*** Repulsion
Polanski's first English-language film knows how to stage Deneuve's tittilating frigidity: A flat in London in the Sixties. A lonely girl, beautiful and sexually spoiled, slowly looses all mental stability - and men subsequently their lives. Perfectly mixing men's and women's libidinous anxieties, "Repulsion" is a rare thriller which in contrary to most representatives of its genre deserves the tag "psychological". After this one, you'll shy away from flirting for quite some time - at least with strangely bemused blondes.

UK 1965, 105 min
Director: Roman Polanski
With: Catherine Deneuve


*** The Conversation
The least known of Coppolas masterpieces of the 70s, but definitely his most subtle. Expert wiretapper Hackman unprofessionally involves himself in a case. His recording of a conversation which he suspects to contain a murder plot becomes an object of obsession. Marvellously acted and brilliantly scripted, this supreme thriller is a must-see. The ending, not doubt, will blow you away. But listen closely. In English.

USA 1974, 110 min
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
With: Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford (bit)


*** Vampyr
The director, Carl Theodor Dreyer, may be best known for his, well, torturous drama "The Passion of Joan of Arc", but he should be famous for the only vampire movie that is not silly (perhaps with the exception of "Lat den rätte komma in" from 2008). With deliberately washed out picture quality (by camera genius Maté) and sparse dialogue, this is a poem in obscurity. In black and white.

Germany/France 1932, 73 min
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer

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When: Wednesday 5th of December 18:30
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Where: GSN Room, Ground Floor, Biocenter
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Repulsion

UK 1965, 105 min

 Director: Roman Polanski

With: Catherine Deneuve

The Conversation

USA 1974, 110 min

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

With: Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford (bit)

Vampyr

Germany/France 1932, 73 min

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer