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March 24-26 at the Trylon
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 leave the kids at home for these two?
(1978, DCP, 92m) dir Martin Rosen w/John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson. This adaptation of Richard Adams’s novel follows rabbits Hazel (Hurt) and Fiver (Briers) as they attempt to lead their colony through the terrors of the human world. At Perisphere, Daniel McCabe explores Watership Down‘s legacy in the history of animation. FRI 7:00 SAT 9:00 SUN […]
Showings: Mar. 24 7:00, Mar. 25 9:00, Mar. 26 3:00
(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 […]
Showings: Mar. 24 9:00, Mar. 25 7:00, Mar. 26 5:00