ORIENTING PARADISE: WESTERN PROJECTIONS OF THE EAST

In response to the exhibition “Mapping the World: Perspectives from Asian Cartography” at the National Library Building, “Orienting Paradise” examines the ways Western filmmakers have projected their desires and anxieties onto Asia.

 

This  programme featuring nine films including musicals, historical epics, psychological thrillers and more, among them 4 French movies (list below).

 

It provides a space to examine the tropes that contribute to this illusion of dichotomy, presenting possibilities to rethink the relationship between image and spectator. Across paradise landscapes of the lush tropics and rugged highlands, the camera’s gaze does not only map, but negotiates, mediates and manipulates. 

 

Orienting Paradise: WesTern Projections of the East runs from 8 to 29 April 2022 at Oldham Theatre. 

 

Tickets on sale now, see below the full lineup.

08 Betafilm River The Copyright Betafilm

The River (Le Fleuve) (1951)

Director: Jean Renoir

Runtime: 99 minutes

Country: France, United Kingdom, India, United States

Language: English, Bengali

Rating: PG

Sunday, 10 April, 2pm 

Friday, 15 April, 8pm

 

 

 

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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

4K RESTORATION

Director: Alain Resnais

Runtime: 90 minutes

Country: France, Japan

Language: French, Japanese, English

Rating: PG

Sunday, 24 April, 2pm

Friday, 29 April, 8pm

 

 

 

 

Sunday In Peking 1

Sunday in Peking (Dimanche à Pékin) (1956)

2K RESTORATION

Director: Chris Marker

Runtime: 19 minutes

Country: France

Language: English

Rating: Exempted

Sunday, 24 April, 5pm

Sans

Sans Soleil (1983)

2K RESTORATION

Director: Chris Marker

Runtime: 100 minutes

Country: France

Language: English

Rating: M18

Sunday, 24 April, 5pm