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 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