Destroy, She Said
screening with
Dark Night, Calcutta
New 4K Restoration – New York Premiere
Détruire, dit-elle avec Nuit noire, Calcutta
Schedule
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Destroy, She Said
Dir. Marguerite Duras, 1969, France, 100min, DCP
Starring Catherine Sellers, Michael Lonsdale, Henri Garcin, Nicole Hiss, Daniel Gélin
Destroy, She Said, adapted, from Duras’ own novel, suffused with mystery much like her script for the revered Hiroshima, Mon Amour, but far more claustrophobic in look and setting. Four people appear to be the only people in a hotel, despite sounds heard but not seen. Duras directs with languorous pans, and distinctive camera movement and composition of a true film artist. While making the film Duras said, “I was really quite comfortable. Even though I was afraid. And at the same time, completely free. But frightened to death of being free.”
Dark Night, Calcutta
Dir. Marin Karmitz, 1964, France, 24min, DCP
Starring Maurice Garrel, Natasha Parry, Nicole Hiss
Dark Night, Calcutta, a commissioned work by a pharmaceutical company advertising an alcoholism cure, was taken over by Karmitz, and transformed from a straightforward work into something much greater, when he thought to ask Duras to contribute the text for the film. Featuring Maurice Garrel as a blocked, inebriated writer, trying to find his way back to the page.
Venue
Event Pricing
($3 for Advance Tickets)
(Sept-Oct or Nov-Dec)
Cinésalon is made possible by the generous support of BNP Paribas, Sofitel New York and Air France.
Destroy, She Said was restored in 4K by the Cinémathèque française in 2024, with the collaboration of Jean Mascolo and the Collectif Jeune Cinéma, from a combined 35mm picture and sound duplicate negative. The restoration work was carried out at the L’Image Retrouvée laboratory.
With the support of CHANEL.
Dark Night, Calcutta was restored in 4K in 2023 by Mk2 at Éclair Classics laboratory from a 35mm interpositive. Restoration supervised by Marin Karmitz.
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