
The Mystical Rose
Thu
9
Thu 9 Oct 7:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
67 Mins
October
1976 | DCP | AUS | D: Michael Lee
Realised through live action, collage animation, pop music and classical chants, and dripping with potent symbolism, this intense piece explores filmmaker Michael Lee’s Catholic upbringing by turning the church’s iconography on its head.
‘Lee’s approach is at times violent and iconoclastic, but what emerges from this savage attack on religious mythology is the awareness of nature’s eternal rejuvenation process.’ – Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Digital screening from the NFSA collection.
Realised through live action, collage animation, pop music and classical chants, and dripping with potent symbolism, this intense piece explores filmmaker Michael Lee’s Catholic upbringing by turning the church’s iconography on its head.
‘Lee’s approach is at times violent and iconoclastic, but what emerges from this savage attack on religious mythology is the awareness of nature’s eternal rejuvenation process.’ – Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Digital screening from the NFSA collection.
October