The Trial (Welles, 1962): Castle Cinema, 7.30pm
This 16mm presentaton by the Cine Real duo is also screened on May 17th. (Details here)
Chicago Reader review:
Though debatable as an adaptation of the Franz Kafka novel, Orson
Welles's nightmarish, labyrinthine comedy of 1962—shot mainly in Paris's
abandoned Gare d'Orsay and various locations in Zagreb and Rome after
he had to abandon his plan to use sets—remains his creepiest and most
disturbing work; it's also a lot more influential than people usually
admit (e.g., After Hours, the costume store sequences in Eyes Wide Shut).
Anthony Perkins gives an adolescent temper to Joseph K, a bureaucrat
mysteriously brought to court for an unspecified crime. Among the
predatory females who pursue him are Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, and
Elsa Martinelli; Welles himself plays the hero's tyrannical lawyer, and
Akim Tamiroff is one of his oldest clients. Welles adroitly captures the
experience of an unsettling and slightly hysterical dream throughout.
Given the impact of screen size on what he's doing, you can't claim to
have seen this if you've watched it only on video.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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