Container #7.5 Next Screening: Il Buco (rescheduled for Tuesday 11 October)
Hello. Thank you once again for joining us.
Well. As some of you may have noticed, we had technical difficulties with last night’s screening and it was unable to go ahead. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and we hope our flustered dismay provided some amusement and/or consolation. Yesterday we were swooped by magpies and a (small) palm frond fell on us, so we have clearly offended one of Brisbane’s minor deities.
Nonetheless, we’ve since sorted the problem and are rescreening Il Buco next Tuesday in what would normally be our off week. The film itself continues to be great and we hope people will be able to (again) attend along with a few other people who were unavailable on the fourth.
Next Screening:
Il Buco | Michelangelo Frammartino | 7pm Tuesday 11 October at The Elizabeth
In August 1961, speleologists arrive from Italy’s North to map the depths of the Bifurto Abyss in Calabria, one of the deepest discovered caves in the world. As they meticulously document their discoveries—their hand drawn map of the cave system is both indicative of their approach and one of the film’s analogue pleasures—life continues above ground, whether through the watchful gaze of an Italian peasant or the coming of television.
Michelangelo Frammartino (Le Quattro Volte) uses this minimalist story as a framework for meditating on the Calabrian landscape, contrasting the geological time suggested by the caves with the passage of life and weather. Il Buco is as attentive to the light shifts of clouds above as it is to the abyss and the flicker of torches below.
Unrated 15+ | With thanks to Coproduction Office
Free to all members with membership available online or at the Elizabeth box office. Once you’re a member, you can attend these screenings for free, and we’ve done our best to keep prices as low as possible with joining fees ranging from $30 (six months concession) to $100 (annual regular).
We hope to catch you at our rescheduled screening of Il Buco.
All our best from Container.