The Art of Insurgence: ’80s Animated Sci-Fantasy – TRYLON

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The Art of Insurgence: '80s Animated Sci-Fantasy

February at the Trylon

In the mid-1970s, just as Star Wars and Dungeons & Dragons began to find their fandoms, a collection of French comic illustrators published the extremely graphic magazine Métal Hurlant (Heavy Metal in the US). At the same time, in Japan, England, and eastern Europe, other artists were exploring similar ideas of genre-bending tales in animation. These outlaw animators coalesced in the 1980s from all over the world, creating an insurgence of sci-fantasy animation that still dominates.

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Past Films

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in 35mm

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in 35mm

(1984, 117m, Japanese w/English subtitles) dir Hayao Miyazaki w/Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda. Nausicaä stands between two nations warring over the limited resources of an apocalyptic Earth devastated by centuries of pollution and war. A masterpiece of animation based on Miyazaki’s pivotal manga. These screenings are presented in partnership with the Cult Film Collective.…

Screenings: January 30 7:00, 9:30, January 31 7:00, 9:30, February 1 3:00, 5:30, 12:30

The Time Masters

The Time Masters

(1982, 78m, French w/English subtitles) dir René Laloux w/Jean Valmont, Michel Elias, Frédéric Legros. After his parents are killed, Piel (Legros) is abandoned and must survive the brain-devouring insects that inhabit the planet until help arrives. An existential odyssey with designs by the legendary Jean Giraud (aka Mœbius). New Restoration! FRI 7:00 SAT 8:45 SUN…

Screenings: February 6 7:00, February 7 8:45, February 8 3:00, 1:00

Son of the White Mare

Son of the White Mare

(1981, 86m, Hungarian w/English subtitles) dir Marcell Jankovics w/György Cserhalmi, Vera Pap, Gyula Szabó. A dazzling white mare goddess gives birth to three brothers who must save the universe. A swirling, psychedelic maelstrom of monsters and heroes, Son of the White Mare was largely unavailable in the US for nearly forty years after its initial…

Screenings: February 6 8:45, February 7 7:00, 5:00, February 8 4:45

Vampire Hunter D

Vampire Hunter D

(1985, 79m, dubbed in English) dir Toyoo Ashida w/Kaneto Shiozawa, Michie Tomizawa, Seizô Katô. Earth is a wasteland controlled by an elite group of vampire nobility. Doris (Tomizawa) is chosen as the next bride for the Count (Katô). She hires a wandering bounty hunter, D, (Shiozawa) to protect her from this fate. A gory and…

Screenings: February 13 7:00, 8:45, February 14 8:45, 7:00, February 15 3:00, 4:45

When The Wind Blows

When The Wind Blows

(1986, 84m) dir Jimmy T. Murakami w/Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills, Robin Houston. Elderly couple Hilda (Ashcroft) and Jim (Mills) have retired to the English countryside, blissfully unaware of the horrors of nuclear war to come. When the Wind Blows (with a title song written and performed by David Bowie) is a devastating film scored by…

Screenings: February 20 7:00, February 21 8:30, February 22 3:00

Gwen and the Book of Sand

Gwen and the Book of Sand

(1985, 67m, French w/English subtitles) dir Jean-François Laguionie w/Michel Robin, Lorella Di Cicco, Armand Babel. Nokmoon, the true love of Gwen (Di Cicco), has been kidnapped by a death cult whose members sing gorgeous hymns to fireworks. Gwen persuades the 173-year-old Roseline (Robin) to cross the endless sands of a decimated Earth with her to…

Screenings: February 20 8:45, February 21 7:00, February 22 4:45

Heavy Metal in 35mm

Heavy Metal in 35mm

(1981, 86m)  Made up of ten short films, each one involving a pulsating green orb of unknown origin that contains a corrosive power of greed and malice, Heavy Metal was infamous upon release for its depictions of graphic violence and sex. It has since become revered for its inventive animation and otherworldly storytelling.  FRI/SAT 7:00…

Screenings: February 27 7:00, 9:00, February 28 9:00, 7:00, March 1 3:00, 5:00

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