Now that we have to maintain physical distance, our experience of cinema has become a solitary delight. But in this time of confinement, we can find our cinephile community in the non-endemic space of the online environment. In the next weeks, Sabzian will select three films a week, available on online platforms. You can find more information about our online selection here.
In this second week, the first film we have selected is La flor (2018) by Mariano Llinás. The International Film Festival Rotterdam offers you the rare opportunity to watch the triptych here for free.
The second film is Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995) by the Quay brothers, a feature based on the novel Jakob von Gunten by the Swiss author Robert Walser. You can rent the film on the website of the British Film Institute.
During lockdown, the French Cinémathèque offers a new film every evening on their new platform Henri (named after Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque). The programme is compiled with films the Cinémathèque has restored over the last twenty years. For our third film of the week, we have chosen the restoration of La chute de la maison Usher (1928) by Jean Epstein which you can watch here for free, with French intertitles.
La flor (Mariano Llinás, 2018) | Watch here
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (Stephen and Timothy Quay, 1995) |Watch here
La chute de la maison Usher (Jean Epstein, 1928) | Watch here
