THE GREAT LYNCHING - All night David Lynch film marathon
It's about time: in our months-long "In Memoriam David Lynch" series, we're raising the level this time for a special, full-length film marathon.
Schedule
Here is the exact programme, then the details:
18:00 - BLUE BARSONY (Blue Velvet)
***30 minutes break (during which David Lynch's experimental short films will be shown on the cinema screen)***
20:30 - MULHOLLAND DRIVE
***30 min break (interspersed with experimental short films by cinematographer David Lynch)***
23:30 - RADIATION (Eraserhead)
***End: 01:00**
Day of the event:
Saturday 29 March
Ticket price: 3,900 Ft
(to see all three films)
Tickets are not seat reserved, reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open approximately 5 minutes before the screening.
Tickets are available:
1) In person at Bem Cinema every day from 15:00-21:00
2) Online
Reservations for this event are not possible.
Details of the films screened:
18:00 BLUE VELVET
(Blue Velvet | in English with Hungarian subtitles)
colour, subtitled, American film, 120', 1986
directed by David Lynch
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper
***Not recommended for children under 16 years of age***.
In a seemingly peaceful and quiet small town, young Jeffrey Beaumont arrives. Walking through a field, he finds a severed human ear. He takes it to the police, but no one there has reported the missing ear. Jeff goes to the bar, where he is captivated by the singer's voice and beauty. It turns out that Dorothy is having a bizarre affair with Frank, a self-righteous local potentate. The evil man, who terrorises the town with his men, has kidnapped her baby son. So he blackmails her into granting his every wish. Jeff and well-meaning Sandy want to help Dorothy. A nightmarish adventure begins...
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20:30 - MULHOLLAND DRIVE - THE ROAD TO DARKNESS
(in English with Hungarian subtitles)
colour, subtitled, American film, 146', 2001
directed by David Lynch
starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring
***Not recommended for children under 16 years of age.***
Boasting one of the most terrifying jump scares of the millennium, this film is not horror, but what it is, even David Lynch may not know. All we know for sure is that it has two(?) women, a red curtain, some Hollywood, a dash of lesbian action and a horrifyingly tragic vocal performance. And if you concentrate hard enough, when the film box opens, you might just see the answer to that big question.
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23:30 - ERASER HEAD
(Eraserhead | in English with Hungarian subtitles)
black and white, subtitled, American film, 90', 1977
directed by David Lynch
starring Jack Nance, Allen Joseph
Henry lives in a squalid apartment in a run-down industrial neighborhood. The reclusive young man is involved in an extreme relationship with a hysterical girl. When he learns that Mary is pregnant, he agrees to marry the girl who moves in with him. Soon their baby is born, a hideous-looking, ear-splittingly crying mutant, reptilian creature. Henry escapes from the harsh reality into the realm of fantasy...
Bem Cinema
In January 2016, the 108-year-old Bem Cinema will reopen its doors to the public, in a new way never seen before in Hungary: as a cinema of cult and classic films (no harm!), or as the educated French say (if you know your English): as a "repertory cinema".