CinemaSavannah Presents TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

Schedule

Fri Dec 02 2022 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Location

Savannah Culture Arts Center | Savannah, GA

CinemaSavannah will end this year’s program on December 2 with a screening of the Cannes Golden Palm winner, Triangle of Sadness, the most talked about international film of 2022, clearly a frontrunner for Globe and Oscar nominations. The film divided the critics and audiences but no one can deny its manic over-the-top energy and excess. It is a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience.
December 2 (Friday), 7 PM
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (Sweden +8 other countries), 2022
Savannah Cultural Arts Center
201 Montgomery Street
Box office opens at 6. Tix are $10, cash preferred.
In Ruben Östlund's wickedly funny and outrageously excessive Palme d'Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What first appeared to be irresistibly instagrammable ends most catastrophically, leaving a handful of survivors stranded on a desert island desperate to stay alive. 147 minutes.
Here is an apt appreciation from BBC:
“Be warned. Triangle of Sadness rants and smirks at the state of the world over two-and-a-half hours, which is quite some running time for a satirical comedy. But it is never boring. Partly that's because the political commentary is so shrewd, and partly it's because it has a surprising amount of warmth and nuance, too. Östlund ensures that while the situations may be absurd, the people in them are as human as any of us.” BBC
Highlights from other reviews:
“Don't go in expecting art-house intellectualism. The movie is as loaded with fun as it is with social implications.” Wall Street Journal
“Ruben Östlund’s takedown of the super-rich that plays like Buñuel by way of the Farrelly brothers.” Time Out
“It’s a stellar film that hits a rare sweet spot as both mainstream, accessible entertainment, and also an undeniably incisive piece of cultural commentary.” AV Club
“Subtlety is not the primary aim in this film’s portrayal of class — and it’s a nasty hoot because of it.” London Evening Standard
“If you’ve ever seen a Ruben Östlund film, you’ll know the feeling. The Swedish provocateur is a master of a very Scandinavian strain of distraught comedy, in which self-absorbed characters are tortured by an impish cosmos, and permission to laugh is never explicitly granted.” Telegraph (UK)
“Östlund has created a full-throated, roaring comedy of hate against the upper-classes. It is cynical, nihilistic and has no issue about punching down.” Cinevue
“An absurd, iconoclastic riot. Ruben Östlund’s point may be blunt — yep, rich people are bad — but his telling of it is hilariously, breathlessly entertaining.” Empire

Where is it happening?

Savannah Culture Arts Center, 201 Montgomery St.,Savannah,GA,United States

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher Tomasz Warchol

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