Today, July 27, is a very Brontë day at the SFMOMA in San Francisco:
Film Series. Modern Cinema:
Haunted! Gothic Tales by Women
Related Exhibition Suzanne Lacy
July 18–August 31, 2019
Phyllis Wattis Theater, Floor 1
As fog enshrouds the city, the summer is the perfect time to become immersed in films based on gothic tales written by women. This season, Modern Cinema features gothic classics adapted to film from Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein to The Haunting, as well as fresh takes on gothic storytelling in films that push or upset the conventions of the genre such as The Babadook and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Eerie, atmospheric and always dark in tone, the gothic haunts the imagination with moody landscapes, brooding architecture, and unforgettable characters. These films also peer into wide-ranging conceptions of women in society and mechanisms by which the mind and the body can be used as a site for power and oppression. This season’s Haunted! spans more than eighty years of gothic cinema culled from literary classics and exemplary screenwriting efforts by women, making its rich cinematic legacy and influence on contemporary filmmaking ripe for celebration.
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Saturday, July 27, 2019
1 p.m.
Generational trauma and tormented romance intertwine in the first of two adaptations presented in the Haunted series of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, a pinnacle of the gothic genre.
Brontë’s Wuthering Heights follows the passionate and obsessive love of Heathcliff and Catherine against the wild, windy, and brooding Yorkshire moors. William Wyler’s genteel adaptation bears all the hallmarks of a quintessential old-Hollywood romance: a swelling soundtrack, a narratively dense script, and a star-studded cast, including Laurence Olivier as the brooding and vengeful Heathcliff.
The William Wyler's film is also screened tomorrow July 28, in Córdoba (Argentina):
Centro Cultural La Piojera
19hs. Ciclo “El Cine de Siempre" proyecta “Cumbres Borrascosas". (Cba24n)
Wuthering Heights (2011)
Saturday, July 27, 2019
3:30 p.m.
Introduced by Jamal Batts, doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley, a member of the curatorial collective The Black Aesthetic, and curatorial intern for contemporary art at SFMOMA
Generational trauma and tormented romance intertwine in the second of two adaptations presented in Haunted of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, a pinnacle of the gothic genre.
Seventy-two years (and over twenty adaptations) after Wyler’s acclaimed version, Andrea Arnold’s 2011 interpretation unblinkingly explores the brutal social and sexual politics of Brontë’s book that Wyler’s version politely ignores. Relying sparsely on dialogue and favoring the rough-hewn effects of hand-held cameras, Arnold’s Wuthering Heights responds to Wyler’s polished version by presenting its audiences with a dreamlike, almost proto-literary story of racial violence, adolescent sexuality, and thwarted love.
Jane Eyre (2011)
Saturday, July 27, 2019
6:45 p.m.
Introduced by Stella Lochman, senior program associate, public dialogue at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Piety and eros clash in Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 gothic romance novel adapted for the screen by screenwriter Moira Buffini. The story chronicles the tumultuous inner life of the titular Jane (Mia Wasikowska) as she recounts her transformation from abused orphan to fiercely independent governess living in a grand manor with a mystery of its own.
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