Archives: Jean Matthee
Antigone’s Cut; Neon Queen
Run time: 51 min
Cinéstesia
Not for persons under 7
Experimental
Film History Female Director On Art With Guests Shorts Classic
Cinéstesia
Screenings:
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
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
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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Redeem tickets for this screening from Kino Regina website >>>
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