Birth (Glazer, 2004): Prince Charles Cinema, 6.15pm
This 35mm presentation is part of the Jonathan Glazer season at the Prince Charles Cinema. You can find all the details of the season here.
What screening on celluloid first blew your mind or one that’s meant
something to you recently? One of the first prints we screened as The Badlands Collective still stands
out as a special moment, and that was Jonathan Glazer’s showprint of Birth,
developed on silver nitrate. It was in perfect condition, and had a real
shimmering quality.
(Ian Mantgani, Badlands Collective)
Chicago Reader review:
In this eerily tranquil psychological thriller, Nicole
Kidman's placid countenance is like a Rorschach: you'll project onto it
what you want to see. A widow on the verge of remarrying, she's troubled
by the arrival of a ten-year-old boy (Cameron Bright) who claims to be
the reincarnation of her dead husband. In extreme close-ups, Kidman
stares impassively at nothing. Does she believe the kid? Is he crazy? Is
she? Director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast) unnerves us with an
almost sleepy tone, helped by Alexandre Desplat's lush score. The
atmosphere is really the point, though I wish the script weren't quite
so elliptical.
Hank Sartin
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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