SCREENING: SHADOW PLAY
Holy Mountain
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Thursday, February 21, 2013, 7:30 PM
EMPAC Theater
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Thursday, February 21, 2013, 7:30 PM
EMPAC Theater
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
$6
Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain sparked a riot at its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973 and has been the source of controversy ever since. The film creates an uncompromising vision of the rituals and power of religion and Western desires for Eastern spirituality through beautiful, fantastic, and visceral images. Inspired by St. John of the Cross' Ascent of Mount Carmel and René Daumal's Mount Analogue, it depicts a group of individuals on a quest for enlightenment and immortality through a journey to a holy mountain that is said to unite heaven and earth.
A catalytic figure within cinema, Alejandro Jodorowsky is a Chilean-French filmmaker, playwright, actor, and author. After entering the theater at an early age, Jodorowsky eventually enrolled at the University of Chile, where he developed an interest in puppetry, poetry, and mime. His first film, Fando Y Lis provoked a riot in Mexico at its debut at the 1968 Acapulco Film Festival. In 1971, the cult classic El Topo followed. Holy Mountain premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973 and today is still considered his most daring film.
Shadow Play is a series of films that tread nimbly between reality and illusion, acknowledging the artificial nature of cinema. Referencing the tradition of shadow puppetry, the origins of cinema in phantasmagoria, and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," each film draws on the metaphors of light as reality and shadow as artifice.
In Plato's The Republic, the allegory of the cave illustrates the difference between truth and illusion. Many writers have noted that "Allegory of the Cave" (written c. 360 BCE) bears great resemblance to the contemporary movie theater.
Tickets for this film are $6.
Evelyn's Café will open at 6:30 PM with a full menu of meals, snacks, and beverages as well as a selection of wines. Parking is available in the Rensselaer parking lot on College Avenue.
More information can be found on the EMPAC website: empac.rpi.edu. Questions? Call the EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921.
EMPAC 2012-2013 presentations, residencies, and commissions are made possible by continuous support from the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts. Additional project support by the National Endowment for the Arts; the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the New York State Council for the Arts; Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts; Arts Council Norway, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, and Fond for Utøvende Kunstner.
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The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY,USA 12180
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY,USA 12180
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