[Press release from the Cleveland Cinematheque.]
We
may have escaped the 2012 Mayan apocalypse, but will humanity survive
global warming, water shortages, the next plague, extraterrestrial
events, or a Third World War? These questions have weighed on the minds
of moviemakers for decades, but end-of-the-world narratives now seem
more prevalent than ever.
The
new Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque film series “Apocalypse
Now—and Then” (running February 28 through April 26) surveys eight great
international movies from the past and the present that deal with our
precarious future. Great directors like Lars von Trier, Michael Haneke,
Bela Tarr, and Andrei Tarkovsky are represented, and less highbrow cult
classics like MIRACLE MILE and THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (which may have
inspired NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) will also be shown.
All
movies will screen from 35mm film prints in the Aitken Auditorium of
the Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Boulevard in University
Circle, telephone (216) 421-7450, www.cia.edu/cinematheque.
Admission to each film is $9; Cinematheque members $7; age 25 &
under $6 (with proof of age). Free parking is available in the adjacent
CIA lot.
