Thursday,
October 9 – Saturday, October 11
The
Immortal Alain Robbe-Grillet
 A
true profession switcher, Alain Robbe-Grillet was a scientist
until 30 when he began writing. After cementing his literary
reputation as a founder of the nouveau roman and an
“immortal” of the Academie Francaise, Robbe-Grillet changed
gears again. We celebrate his final career move with four of
his films with all new prints courtesy of the French Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
Thursday, October 9 at 7pm
L’Immortelle
- New
35mm Print
dir.
Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, 1963, 35mm, 100 mins, b/w, French
w/ English subtitles
 A
man shares an abrupt, passionate affair with a woman who soon
disappears. Fearing she’s been kidnapped and forced into prostitution,
he searches for her in the labyrinthine streets of Istanbul.
Robbe-Grillet’s directorial debut disturbingly evokes the uncertainty
of a strange, foreign land.
Friday,
October 10 at 7pm
Trans-Europ
Express -
New 35mm Print
dir.
Alain Robbe-Grille, France, 1966, 35mm, 105 mins, b/w, French
w/ English subtitles
 An
author (played by Robbe-Grillet himself), considering ideas
for a film while riding the Trans-Europ Express, dreams up a
sordid melodrama of gangsters, drugs and bondage. When a gangster
(Jean-Louis Trintignant) does show up aboard the same train,
the author’s fantasies come to life.
Saturday,
October 11 at 5pm
The
Man Who Lies -
New 35mm Print
dir.
Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, 1968, 35mm, 95 mins, color, French
w/ English subtitles
Possibly
his most innovative major work, this film is set in an old Czech
castle amid the forests. A man (Jean-Louis Trintignant) invents
his own character, past and emotions as he goes along. However,
the words which create his reality are eventually turned against
him as his identity begins to disintegrate.
Saturday,
October 11 at 7pm
Eden
and After -
New 35mm Print
dir. Alain Robbe-Grillet,
France, 1971, 35mm, 93 mins, color, French w/ English subtitles
 An
erotic and complex tale of murder and vampirism, set somewhere
between the fictitious landscapes of the Marquis de Sade and
Lewis Carroll. In Cafe Eden,
a
group of bored students engaged in a series of baroque parlor
games is visited by a mysterious stranger whose presence evokes
new menacing fantasies.
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