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| Title : | Paul Loosley's Tennessee Williams on Film |
| Venue : | IndiCine, KLPac Level 2, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan (off Jalan Ipoh) Kuala Lumpur Opening Hours : Office hours: 10.00am-6.30pm, Monday-Friday 10.00am-2.00pm, Saturday URL : http://www.klpac.com |
| Date & Time : | Sun 7 Sep - Sun 5 Oct 2008 (Every Sun @ 3pm) |
| Tickets : | Free Admission |
| Phone : | 03-4047 9010 |
| Synopsis : | One of the most prominent playwrights of the 20th century, the 1950s and 1960s saw many of Tennessee Williams’ plays adapted for the silver screen complete with star-studded casts. This tribute to the late great will feature: Sun 7 Sep A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan, 1951) Williams' first huge success was the cornerstone of American dysfunction. A pitiful woman invades the life of a young married couple in New Orleans. The resulting tension leads to sexual chaos and violence. Kazan’s translation of the heat and angst from the stage to film and the seminal performances of his cast, set the benchmark for grit and realism in the movies. Starring Marlon Brando and Vivian Leigh. Sun 14 Sep The Night of the Iguana (John Huston, 1964) Williams’ morally confused man, rejected by polite society. A disgraced and drunken priest is a poor excuse for a tour guide in Mexico as he drags his tour group of nice American ladies to the door of a very blousy and morally suspect old lady friend. Houston’s filming of the Mexican locations form a brilliant backdrop to the morals of the ‘good’ ladies and the priest’s desperate attempt at redemption. Starring Richard Burton and Ava Gardner. Sun 21 Sep Period of Adjustment (George Roy Hill, 1982) Williams shows the hurt and the shock that comes as marriages disintegrate. George values his morbid memories of the Korean war more than his new wife, Isobel. So they drive in a hearse to Florida to meet George’s old war buddy and his wife. Hill’s film gives an intimate insight into the anguished conflicts between all four as things become worse and worse. Starring Jane Fonda and Tony Franciosa. Sun 28 Sep The Rose Tattoo (Daniel Mann, 1955) Williams paints the portrait of woman living with both pain and passion. Serafina is caught between the love for her dead truck driver husband, the love of a new and sexually charged lover and her attempt to control her blossoming teenage daughter. Mann delivers a film with more heat and more raw emotion in down and out Louisiana. Starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster. Sun 5 Oct Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Richard Brooks, 1958) Williams created the original template for family in-fighting and sexual politics. The brooding, drunken son of a southern family and his frustrated, smouldering wife, spark off each other in a sultry New Orleans mansion. Brooks' brilliant casting and closely observed performances fill the big screen with characters all vying desperately for love and affection. Starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor. |
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