Archives: Jean Matthee
Antigone’s Cut; Neon Queen
Run time: 51 min
Cinéstesia
Not for persons under 7
Experimental
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Working at the London Film-makers’ Cooperative in the 1980s, South African filmmaker Jean Matthee made masterful use of optical printing to revisit and transfigure images from classical Hollywood through a feminist lens.
Of her double 16mm projection Antigone’s Cut (1988), Matthee has said, “In Marilyn Monroe’s fascinating beauty, linked to death and to the drives, I find the ghost of tragic Antigone. The ‘brides of death’ Marilyn and Antigone acquiesce in malediction and annihilation. Is this the jouissance of destruction, transgression, defiance, or fearless self-knowledge?”
In Neon Queen (1986), she takes as her source material the celebrated “Dance of Death” sequence from Douglas Sirk’s Written on the Wind (1956), in which a rebellious daughter’s libidinous movements are intercut with her father’s demise. This screening offers a rare opportunity to encounter Matthee’s spectacular and incisive work in its original photochemical format.
Curated by Erika Balsom
Both films are dialogue-free.
Please note! Tickets for Kino Regina's Cinéstesia screenings are redeemed on Kino Regina's website. Espoo Ciné ticket bundles and accreditations are not valid for these screenings.
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Of her double 16mm projection Antigone’s Cut (1988), Matthee has said, “In Marilyn Monroe’s fascinating beauty, linked to death and to the drives, I find the ghost of tragic Antigone. The ‘brides of death’ Marilyn and Antigone acquiesce in malediction and annihilation. Is this the jouissance of destruction, transgression, defiance, or fearless self-knowledge?”
In Neon Queen (1986), she takes as her source material the celebrated “Dance of Death” sequence from Douglas Sirk’s Written on the Wind (1956), in which a rebellious daughter’s libidinous movements are intercut with her father’s demise. This screening offers a rare opportunity to encounter Matthee’s spectacular and incisive work in its original photochemical format.
Curated by Erika Balsom
Both films are dialogue-free.
Please note! Tickets for Kino Regina's Cinéstesia screenings are redeemed on Kino Regina's website. Espoo Ciné ticket bundles and accreditations are not valid for these screenings.
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