The Devils—Cinemix Film Series
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THE DEVILS ( Ken Russell, 1971, DCP, 114 mins)
Emancipated from the Warner Bros vaults, Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS returns to the big screen in a new 4K restoration of the director’s cut, the version Russell always wanted audiences to see. Based on a true story from 17th-century France, the film follows Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed), a handsome and charming priest who refuses to bow to Cardinal Richelieu’s power. When Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave), a nun uncontrollably lusting after him, claims that her convent has been possessed by the devil, Grandier becomes the target of a public trial. Featuring striking sets by filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman and a score by Peter Maxwell Davies, THE DEVILS is a visceral exercise in spectacularized repression and transgressive excess. The New York Times called it “a visionary work,” and director Guillermo del Toro commented that restoring the film is "like cleaning the Sistine Chapel with saliva.” Co-presented by the European Studies Council, the Yale Film Society, and the Yale Film Archive.
The "Cinemix" series features stand-alone screenings of standout films, presented with colleagues from across campus and beyond.
Full schedule: bit.ly/yalefilmarchivescreenings
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Emancipated from the Warner Bros vaults, Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS returns to the big screen in a new 4K restoration of the director’s cut, the version Russell always wanted audiences to see. Based on a true story from 17th-century France, the film follows Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed), a handsome and charming priest who refuses to bow to Cardinal Richelieu’s power. When Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave), a nun uncontrollably lusting after him, claims that her convent has been possessed by the devil, Grandier becomes the target of a public trial. Featuring striking sets by filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman and a score by Peter Maxwell Davies, THE DEVILS is a visceral exercise in spectacularized repression and transgressive excess. The New York Times called it “a visionary work,” and director Guillermo del Toro commented that restoring the film is "like cleaning the Sistine Chapel with saliva.” Co-presented by the European Studies Council, the Yale Film Society, and the Yale Film Archive.
The "Cinemix" series features stand-alone screenings of standout films, presented with colleagues from across campus and beyond.
Full schedule: bit.ly/yalefilmarchivescreenings
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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