Magical History Tour September 2024 – High Contrast

Name: Magical History Tour September 2024 – High Contrast
Start: 2024-09-20T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-20T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Schedule

Fri Sep 20 2024 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin, Germany | Berlin, BE

In September, the theme of our Magical History Tour is "High Contrast – Variations of the Chiaroscuro in Black and White Film":
Glaring light, long shadows, harsh contrasts. This kind of dramatic lighting as a cinematic design element has its origins in expressionist cinema. In art history, this specific visual and lighting aesthetic can be traced back to the late 16th century under the name of chiaroscuro. Then, as now, the aim was to model figures by contrast, to accentuate (parts of) the action and at the same time to conceal the source of light. The "famous chiaroscuro of German film" (Lotte Eisner) was soon adopted by film noir and became a central stylistic device. The Magical History Tour presents examples from both genres as well as later cinematic variations of chiaroscuro.
Program
SUN, September 1, 6:30pm & SAT September 14, 6:30pm
ZÉRO DE CONDUITE Zero for Conduct Jean Vigo F 1933 35mm French OV with Engl. Subtitles 44'
FRI, September 6, 5:30pm & SUN, September 15, 8pm
NE CHANGE RIEN Change Nothing Pedro Costa Portugal/F 2009 35mm French OV with Engli. Subtitles 105'
SAT, September 7, 4pm & FRI, September 13, 5pm
A LONDONI FÉRFI The Man from London Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky Hungary/F/GER 2007 35mm French and Engl. OV with German Subtitles 132'
SUN, September 8, 6pm, with Eunice Martins on the piano
DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Robert Wiene GER 1920 35mm German Intertitles 72'
FRI, September 20, 5pm & SAT, September 28, 6pm
THE HITCH-HIKER Ida Lupino USA 1953 35mm Engl. OV 71'
SAT, September 21, 4pm & SUN, September 29, 5:30pm
CITIZEN KANE Orson Welles USA 1941 35mm Engl. OV with Spanish Subtitles 119'
FRI, September 27, 6pm
MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON Maya Deren USA 1943 16mm without dialogue 14'
AT LAND Maya Deren USA 1944 16mm silent 15'
A STUDY IN CHOREOGRAPHY FOR CAMERA Maya Deren USA 1945 silent 3'
RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME Maya Deren USA 1946 16mm silent 15'
THE VERY EYE OF NIGHT Maya Deren USA 1955 16mm without dialogue 13'
For more information on our Magical History Tour, see our website:
👉 https://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/cinema/film-series/magical-history-tour-high-contrast-variationen-des-chiaroscuro-im-schwarz-weiss-film/
To buy tickets online:
🎟 https://kinotickets-online.com/arsenal-berlin/movies