Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Registration for this event will close on December 17, 2024 @ 7:00pm.

Program Description

Virtual Film Club

Each month we pick a culturally or historically significant film for library patrons to watch and discuss. Watch the film on your own time, then meet with our virtual film club to discuss the film on Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom Invites will be sent out via email.

Event Details

This month's film is EO (2022), directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

Additional Resources:

GENERAL 

The Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii0gjj963ZY

U. S. Release Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBeSQbdXmw

REVIEWS

Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com (11/2022): https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/eo-movie-review-2022

Prabhjot Bains, Tilt Magazine (08/2023): https://tilt.goombastomp.com/film/eo-brays-with-bravura/

Hector Gonzalez, The Movie Buff (07/2023): https://www.themoviebuff.net/2022/10/nyff-2022-review-eo/

Luke Goodsell, ABC News (Australia) (04/2023): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-09/eo-review-oscar-nominee-donkey-movie-jerzy-skolimowski/102180408

John Powers, NPR (Fresh Air)(11/2022): https://www.npr.org/2022/11/25/1138226534/eo-review-jerzy-skolimowski-donkey-film

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR – Jerzy Skolimowski

Article by Ewa Nawój at the Polish Culture website (2006/2024): https://culture.pl/en/artist/jerzy-skolimowski

Full biography with discussion of films by Bruce Hodsdon, Senses of Cinema (2010): https://web.archive.org/web/20100504150044/http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/skolimowski.html

“Finding Zen in Poland: an Interview with Jerzy Skolimowski” by Ben Sachs, MUBI (2011): https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/finding-zen-in-poland-an-interview-with-jerzy-skolimowski

“Nice Ass: Jerzy Skolimowski on his donkey film that wowed Cannes” (interview) by Andrew Pulver, The Guardian (2022): https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/08/prize-ass-jerzy-skolimowski-on-his-donkey-film-that-wowed-cannes 

In Conversation at the British Film Institute (2023 (~1 hour 30 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWIw2x-HOLU

At Lincoln Center with co-writer Ewa Piaskowska (27 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC3A6JrWlGQ

MISCELLANEOUS 

Official Motion Picture Soundtrack [Music by Pawel Mykietyn] (20 cuts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCScmVoFjOg&list=PLRW80bBvVD3VnDAS1Tz8s6PRQGTMyll-O 

Meet Tako and Hola, two of the stars of ‘EO’ (~7 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYaFP5Mdo9A

All links current and active as of May 15, 2024








 

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