Sunday Schmooze
Bernardo Bertuolucci's THE CONFORMIST
Sunday, November 30th bagels at 10 AM Film at 11 AM
Hosted by Film Critic Michael Atkinson
Bernardo Bertolucci's
masterpiece, set in Mussolini's Italy, follows a repressed man, Jean-Louis Trintignant, who joins the
Fascists in a desperate attempt to fit in and purge memories of a youthful,
homosexual episode, and murder. While on his way to assassinate a political
refugee, he flashes back through numerous exaggerated, distorted scenes that
encompass the formative experiences of his life. A hugely influential film to
American cinema of the seventies, Bertolucci marries expressionism with a
strain of 70’s realism in this exploration of sex, desire, politics, and
responsibility. (Italy, 1970,
114min., In Italian with English subtitles, R | Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)

