Georgian Cinema Double Bill: My Grandmother & A Trip To Karabakh
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Mon 13 October 2008 // 19:00
(Mon 13th / 7pm and 8.30pm / £4/3 single film, £5/4 double bill)
MY GRANDMOTHER
(Kote Mikaberidze / Georgia / 1929 / 65 mins)
A rare chance to discover a long-neglected film classic, the equal of any great Soviet silent film and one of the most dazzling and phenomenally inventive movies ever made. The loss of a young bureaucrat's job kicks off a vertiginous and eye-popping satire incorporating expressionist sets and acting, animation and puppetry culminating in the howl of despair 'Death to Red Tape!' The offended Reds retaliated by banning the film for forty years.
A TRIP TO KARABAKH
(Levan Tutberidze / Georgia / 2005 / 107 mins)
A gritty yet soulful thriller that brings Georgian cinema bang up to date. A group of Tbilisi stoners set off on a road trip in pursuit of a drugs deal which leads them deep into a nearby war zone. The film offers sweeping vistas of the contested steppe, knockabout performances and touching interludes of the domestic issues facing a young independent generation at a critical point in their history.
MY GRANDMOTHER
(Kote Mikaberidze / Georgia / 1929 / 65 mins)
A rare chance to discover a long-neglected film classic, the equal of any great Soviet silent film and one of the most dazzling and phenomenally inventive movies ever made. The loss of a young bureaucrat's job kicks off a vertiginous and eye-popping satire incorporating expressionist sets and acting, animation and puppetry culminating in the howl of despair 'Death to Red Tape!' The offended Reds retaliated by banning the film for forty years.
A TRIP TO KARABAKH
(Levan Tutberidze / Georgia / 2005 / 107 mins)
A gritty yet soulful thriller that brings Georgian cinema bang up to date. A group of Tbilisi stoners set off on a road trip in pursuit of a drugs deal which leads them deep into a nearby war zone. The film offers sweeping vistas of the contested steppe, knockabout performances and touching interludes of the domestic issues facing a young independent generation at a critical point in their history.