Illumination
Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi crystallized his central thematic concern—the challenge of balancing reason and spirituality in the modern world—with this mysterious and provocative masterpiece (1973) about a physics student in search of enlightenment. A novel structure allows the director to approach the issue head-on, often cutting away from the drama to graphs and printed statistics that chart the hero's progress in quantifiable terms and to interviews with real-life professors about ideas discussed in the narrative. As if to summarize the results of an experiment, Zanussi elides any material that doesn't directly concern the matter of spiritual development; the editing, at once jarring and exhilarating, is as revolutionary in its own way as that of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Illumination
Wed November 5, 2014, 7:30 only, Muenzinger Auditorium
Poland, 1972, Polish, Color, 93 min, 1.66:1, NR, DP • official site
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10 films for $60 with punch card
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$7 w/UCB student ID,
$7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.
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