If one word evokes cinema, the tension of filming and the focus of gazes, it’s ACTION! During its summer cycle, the Cinémathèque québécoise continues its promotion of genre cinema with a program that will provide thrills to moviegoers from July 1 to August 31, with more than 100 action films from here and elsewhere, offering a range of classics from all eras. From Sergei Eisentein (The Battleship Potemkin, 1925) to Gilles Carle (Red, 1970), from John Ford (Stagecoach, 1939) to John Boorman (Point Blank, 1967), from Werner Herzog (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, 1972) to Paul Verhoeven (Flesh+Blood, 1985), via Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, 1991), John Woo (Hard Boiled, 1992), Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, 2003), Érik Canuel (The Pig’s Law, 2001), Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, 2011) and Coralie Fargeat (Revenge, 2017), this program promises to keep the audience in suspense!
The Cinémathèque always seeks to renew the graphic approach of its major cycles: for this one, the institution called on Montreal designer and illustrator Marie Bergeron who knew how to infuse a good dose of adrenaline into the visuals of the ACTION program.
CINE-CONCERTS True to form, the Cinémathèque will also present several silent films accompanied by piano, as part of this cycle: The General by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, presented in 35 mm and accompanied by piano by Roman Zavada (July 3); Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin, presented in 35mm (July 17) and Safety Last! by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor (August 14), both accompanied by Chantale Morin; and finally, a program of 4 works announcing the action film, The Great Train Robbery by Edwin S. Porter, The Garage by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Easy Street by Charlie Chaplin and Liberty (Laurel & Hardy) by Leo McCarey, all presented in 16mm and accompanied on the piano by Roman Zavada (August 28).
EVEN MORE WITH TARANTINOThis summer cycle opens with a bang with the memorable double Kill Bill, so logically, the Cinémathèque programming team will close the summer break with a program dedicated to Quentin Tarantino! An authentic cinephile and first virtuoso of the video club era, he burst onto the world scene of action cinema and auteur cinema and never left it. From August 21 to September 11, QUENTIN TARANTINO, FURIEUX CINÉPHAGE, will offer the ideal opportunity to (re)see the filmmaker’s essential films on the big screen. Come and enjoy YOUR Cinematheque this summer!
ACTION!Presented in collaboration with Fantasia, from July 1 to August 31