Films for Free
Writer's Choice
Each of this year’s ‘films for free’ has been chosen by one of our three playwrights. Before each screening, HighTide will chat to each writer about their play and film choice, followed by a brief Q&A session with the audience.
Main House, The Cut
Beth Steel introduces Fahrenheit 451
Based on the iconic dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury, this 1966 film is the only English-language film by the acclaimed auteur Francois Truffaut. Starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, the film presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic and critical thought through reading is outlawed, and is cited by Martin Scorcese as a direct influence on his own work.
Friday 30th April 2010
9.30 pm
Serge Cartwright introduces Network
This 1976 cult satire depicts a fictional television network and its struggle with poor ratings. Directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Peter Finch, Robert Duvall and Faye Dunaway, Network won four Academy Awards and continues to be recognised as one of America’s greatest ever films.
Saturday 1st May 2010
9.30 pm
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig introduces The Night Porter
This controversial and compelling 197 film by Italian director Liliana Cavani sees Dirk Bogarde playing Maximilian Theo Aldorfer, a former Nazi SS officer, and Charlotte Rampling plays Lucia Atherton, a concentration camp survivor. Thirteen years after World War II, Lucia meets Aldorfer again; he is now the night porter at a Vienna hotel. There, they fall back into their complex and troubling relationship.
Sunday 2nd May 2010
9.30 pm