Gluttony, Decadence and Resistance
Cinema Rediscovered 2019
Please note : this season finished in July 2019
From the first bite of that forbidden apple in the story of Adam and Eve, through eras of over and under indulgence as a metaphor for social and political change, the way we see others feast and starve in cinema is linked to real life social decay.
Whether it was a moralising tale designed to caution or a comment on injustice hoping to incite change, each of the films served up in this buffet of fear, oppression, desperation and desire hopes to activate its viewers into action.
From the heady days of the Czechoslovak New Wave through Thatcherism, authoritarianism, dystopic futures and right down to the bare bones of our own bodies, Gluttony, Decadence and Resistance showcases brilliant, bold and bittersweet filmmaking from Vera Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová, Peter Greenaway, Marco Ferreri, Richard Fleischer and Rachel Maclean.