Grin Without A Cat (le Fond De L’air Est Rouge), 1977 September 14, 2012

Friday, September 14 – 7:30 PM
GRIN WITHOUT A CAT (LE FOND DE L’AIR EST ROUGE), 1977, Icarus Films, 180 min. Dir. Chris Marker. As brilliant as it is indescribable, GRIN WITHOUT A CAT looks at the rise and fall of the worldwide revolutionary movement, from France in May 1968, to the anti-Vietnam riots in the United States, to the terrible Soviet crushing of the Prague Spring. The French title of the film is untranslatable in English; roughly, it means "Revolution Is in the Air," a metaphor at once wistful and ever-hopeful. Given the current world situation, GRIN WITHOUT A CAT is, now more than ever, an epic event not to be missed. In one of the film’s many high points, Marker dissects the famous Odessa Steps sequence in BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN - a revolutionary landmark that never actually occurred. In French, Spanish, and German with English subtitles.
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP1AoocnoXM

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