Date:
Nov. 2, 2016
Over four days, Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 10 through Nov. 13 -- in its screening room
at 304 E. Broad St. -- the Bijou Film Center will present “Wise Blood,” an absurd classic made by one of Hollywood's greatest directors, John Huston.
Admission:
$7. No advance tickets.
(Bijou Film Center members admitted free to Thursday's show)
Thursday show time: 7:15 p.m.
Friday show times: 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Saturday
show times: 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m..
Sunday
show times: p.m. 2:45 p.m. 5 p.m.
"Wise Blood" (1979): 106 minutes. Color. Directed by John Huston. Cast: Brad Dourif, Harry Dean Stanton, John Huston, Amy Wright, Dan Shor.
Note: An adaptation of the Flannery O’Connor novel (her first), this film is about a self-styled street preacher’s twisted efforts to fit into a world of shadows and scams. This is one of those strange movies that makes you feel a little bit guilty for laughing, but you can’t help it. So if you haven't seen this off-beat film, a refugee from the golden era of repertory cinema -- the 1970s -- do yourself a favor and take a chance.
Review: "O’Connor’s dazzling first novel tells the hilarious and disturbing tale of Hazel Motes, a young Georgia man whose obsession with God leads him to run from God as fast as he can, only to crash head-on into the wall of Jesus and religion. On the way to smashup, or redemption—depending on how you read the book—Hazel’s path crosses that of a phony blind preacher and his slut of a daughter, Sabbath Lily; of a kid fixated on a mummy in the local museum; of a guy in a gorilla suit; and of a scheming huckster by the name of Hoover Shoates. It may already be obvious that probably no one but [John] Huston would have agreed to make this picture." -- Francine Prose.
The trailer is here.
"Wise Blood" (1979): 106 minutes. Color. Directed by John Huston. Cast: Brad Dourif, Harry Dean Stanton, John Huston, Amy Wright, Dan Shor.
Note: An adaptation of the Flannery O’Connor novel (her first), this film is about a self-styled street preacher’s twisted efforts to fit into a world of shadows and scams. This is one of those strange movies that makes you feel a little bit guilty for laughing, but you can’t help it. So if you haven't seen this off-beat film, a refugee from the golden era of repertory cinema -- the 1970s -- do yourself a favor and take a chance.
Review: "O’Connor’s dazzling first novel tells the hilarious and disturbing tale of Hazel Motes, a young Georgia man whose obsession with God leads him to run from God as fast as he can, only to crash head-on into the wall of Jesus and religion. On the way to smashup, or redemption—depending on how you read the book—Hazel’s path crosses that of a phony blind preacher and his slut of a daughter, Sabbath Lily; of a kid fixated on a mummy in the local museum; of a guy in a gorilla suit; and of a scheming huckster by the name of Hoover Shoates. It may already be obvious that probably no one but [John] Huston would have agreed to make this picture." -- Francine Prose.
The trailer is here.
