Peter Watkins: A kommün (Párizs, 1871) – barikádmozi a bázisban

At the next Barricade Cinema event, we will screen Peter Watkins’s monumental docudrama. The film retells the story of the first workers’ revolution of the modern era through an experimental, pseudo-documentary perspective that, by incorporating a critique of mass media, broadens the intellectual horizon to encompass contemporary revolutionary action.

What would it be like if two news crews were reporting on the barricades of the 19th century?

What would it be like if the movement’s participants and heirs could step outside their own narratives to reflect on their desires and their roles?

What would it be like if the dream of 1871, 1917, 1956, or 1968 lasted longer than just a few weeks of heightened emotion?

What would it be like if the collective utopia of an oppressed society became a reality?

If you’d like to learn more about the turbulent days of the Paris Commune, the options available to the oppressed, and the various forms of resistance, then you’ll want to be at the Base on November 21!

Special Guest: Dániel Veres – Member of the T.H.E. Film Club

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Date and Time:

November 21 – Saturday at 3:30 PM

Location:

Bázis – Budapest, 1085 Horánszky Street 25

The film will be screened in French with English subtitles, with one intermission.

Suggested donation at the door: 2,000/3,000 HUF

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As part of the Barricade Cinema film club series, we watch films together that encourage formal experimentation and social revolutions.

We recommend films to our audience that yearn for the liberation of those oppressed and left behind by the system and that, with their unconventional rhythms and experimental cinematic language, break down the dominant conventions of genre films.

Come to observe, interpret, discuss, and discover, so that we can collectively process the ideas raised in a profound and active way—by becoming revolutionary viewers!

As usual, we’ll be hosting one screening each month; the remaining screenings for the second season of Barricade Cinema in 2026 are as follows:

December: KHRUSTALRYOV, MY CAR (German, 1998, Russian, 147 min)

We’ll be announcing the 2027 program soon.

Graphic design: Boldizsár Tóth

See you soon,

The series organizers: Levente Borenich & Máté Marton