Nightshift (Rose, 1981): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.20pm
Introduced by Jon Jost, filmmaker, cinematographer and friend of Robina Rose
Demonstrating the influence of Meshes of the Afternoon and Jeanne Dielman, and starring punk icon Jordan, the moody, atmospheric Nightshift (1981) by Robina Rose is newly restored from original camera elements, and looks beautiful.
BFI introduction:
Legendary punk stayover The Portobello Hotel provides the location for
Robina Rose’s stunning, psycho-dramatic long-night-of-the-soul. The
thankless, dreamlike monotony and stillness of nocturnal reception work
shifts and mutates with the eruptive arrival of eccentric guests from
London’s counterculture, including Heathcote Williams and Anne
Rees-Mogg. The Penguin Café Orchestra’s Simon Jeffes soundtracks the
uncanny temporal fluctuations and strange events. Tonight’s screening is
dedicated to the memory of Robina Rose, who died in January.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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