Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
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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 Peppermint Soda (1977), directed by Diane Kurys

Additional Resources

GENERAL

Turner Classic Movies page for ‘Peppermint Soda’: https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86488/peppermint-soda#overview

Trailer for the 2018 Restoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ3sWtXsP6s

Extended trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoVkHWq3-l0

 

REVIEWS

Lee Jutton (Film Inquiry) (2019): https://www.filminquiry.com/peppermint-soda-1977-review/

David Bax (Battleship Pretention) (2018): https://battleshippretension.com/peppermint-soda-dame-oiseau-by-david-bax/

Robert Abele (Los Angeles Times) (2018): https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-peppermint-soda-review-20180830-story.html

Kristen Yoonsoo Kim (Village Voice) (2018): https://www.villagevoice.com/diane-kuryss-vital-peppermint-soda-studied-eighth-grade-in-1960s-paris/

James Travers (FrenchFilms.org) (2004): http://www.frenchfilms.org/review/diabolo-menthe-1977.html

[VIDEO] AWFJ [Alliance of Women Film Journalists] Presents PEPPERMINT SODA: A discussion by Marilyn Ferdinand and Susan Wloszczyna (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ougSwKttBE

(approximately 20 minutes)

 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Diane Kurys

Interview with Steve Macfarlane (Hyperallergic) (2018): https://hyperallergic.com/455593/diane-kurys-peppermint-soda-quad-cinema/

Interview with Bette Gordon (BOMB magazine) (1987): https://bombmagazine.org/articles/1987/10/01/diane-kurys/

 

MISCELLANEOUS

The composer (Yves Simon) sings the ballad from ‘Peppermint Soda’ – with scenes from the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHOLZAT9gsw

The Director Speaks! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLtcySQVTXU


 

[all links current and valid as of 07-08-2024]