Cinema

(de voertaal van deze avond is Engels).

Jeffrey's Underground Cinema has been showing neglected and forgotten films for the last decade. This night:  

MICROCOSMOS 1996
(Le peuple de l’herbe)
Directed by Claude Nuridsany & Marie Pérennou
80 minutes
In French with English subtitles

Two French transcendental documentary biologist-filmmakers got together to create an illuminated journey into the world of insect life close-up. They planned it for 15 years, took 3 years designing the equipment to make this adventure possible, and spent two years shooting it with cinematographer Thierry Machado.

Here we zoom the microcosmos of snails, scarabées, ladybugs… the images are crystal clear, bright, and blow the imagination. There is very little narration – the images speak for themselves, louder than any words possibly could. It opens up as a dreamworld, weird, glowing, monstrous, mysterious alien, entrancing. It has an otherworldly surreal vibe, and a deep poetic edge.

The American poster blared “It’s Jurassic Park in your own backyard!”… and although the Spielberg flick is a commercial product and this European film is more contemplative, Microcosmos does indeed feel like taking a journey back in time, but it’s also like shooting up into the Cosmos.

The images are so vivid and explosive this film absolutely cries to be seen on a big screen, so I hope to explore this film with you!

With a short introduction by Jeffrey Babcock

20:30 (doors and bar open at 20:00)
Free entrance / no reservations
We advise you to come early: max. 70 people /
no admittance after 20.30