Program Type:
Film ClubAge Group:
AdultsProgram 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 The Conformist (1970), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Additional Resources:
GENERAL
Turner Classic Movies page: https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71413/the-conformist#overview
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCTGqcn-dJk
REVIEWS
Hal Hinson, Washington Post (1994): https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/theconformistrhinson_a0a873.htm
Tim Brayton, Alternate Ending (2015): https://www.alternateending.com/2015/07/the-impression-of-normalcy.html
Aja Romano, Vox (2018): https://www.vox.com/2018/12/3/18114764/bertolucci-the-conformist-plato-shadows-cinematography
Dennis Harvey, 48Hills (2023): https://48hills.org/2023/04/a-strange-sardonic-art-deco-masterpiece-bertoluccis-the-conformist-returns/
Noah Gittell, CityPaper (2023): https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/592670/50-years-later-and-newly-restored-the-conformist-remains-frightfully-urgent/
Bruce Isaacs, Close-Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHzoGk8XBn4 (8 mins) An evaluation of some of Bertulucci’s effects in ‘The Conformist’
The director discusses his movie (about 4½ minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biitl4XZLA8
Jalon Watts, A Shot by Shot Visual Essay (about 15½ minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnSNl5SmAg
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR -- Bernardo Bertolucci
Webpage, Bernardo Bertolucci Foundation: https://bernardobertolucci.org/?lang=en
Senses of Cinema entry: http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/bertolucci.html
Jeremy Isaacs (BBC) interview: https://web.archive.org/web/20060510062426/http://zakka.dk/euroscreenwriters/interviews/bernardo_bertolucci_513.htm
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: Retrospective appreciation (2018): https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/26/bernardo-bertolucci-last-tango-paris-brilliant-last-emperor-of-highbrow-cinema
Bilge Ebiri (Vulture), ‘The Complicated Legacy of Bernardo Bertulucci (2018): https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/the-complicated-legacy-of-bernardo-bertolucci.html
MISCELLANEOUS
Suite of music from the soundtrack – composer: Georges Delerue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adoa_L-rYRU (about 6 minutes)
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