Film
The Plague Dogs
Friday, March 24–Sunday, March 26
(1982, DCP, 85m) dir Martin Rosen w/John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam. After being inhumanely experimented on, two dogs, Snitter (Hurt) and Rowf (Benjamin), escape from a testing facility. Tragedy befalls them at every step, as a rumor spreads that they may be carrying the bubonic plague. How do Watership Down and The Plague Dogs explore violence at the intersection of human and animal worlds? Chris Ryba-Tures writes at Perisphere.
FRI 9:00 SAT 7:00 SUN 5:00
Showing at The Trylon Cinema
Martin Rosen, Master Of Childhood Trauma
These allegorical tales of the animal world deal with the bleakness of political instability and modern reality. Director Rosen worked in animation, a medium often aimed at children. But maybe…