Film at Lincoln Center and Faktura 10, a core initiative of RIBBON International present a retrospective of the acclaimed Ukrainian filmmaker whose career spanned from the early 1960s to her death in 2018. The series celebrates Muratova’s wholly idiosyncratic vision, and opens with her signature work, The Asthenic Syndrome, presented in a new 4K restoration made possible by Janus Films. Comprising 16 films, the retrospective will feature a robust selection of Muratova’s greatest directorial achievements, as well as her appearances as an actor.

“Kira Muratova: Scenographies of Chaos” offers a rare opportunity to explore the complete body of work of a filmmaker who remained largely unknown to American audiences during her lifetime and has only recently come into widespread international acclaim. Muratova is now widely considered the greatest Ukrainian filmmaker of the last half century—and arguably one of the most influential women directors in cinema history. Deeply fascinated by eccentric characters and linguistic deviations, Muratova honed a distinctive style characterized by surreal and unexpected repetitions, refracting the experience of an unstable reality by way of outré storytelling devices. Caustic and misanthropic in life, Muratova nevertheless was touchingly humanistic in her films, radiating childish wonder, defiant hope, and sparkling irony.

Schedule:

1:30 PM: Brief Encounters

4:00 PM: The Long Farewell

6:00 PM: Melody for a Street Organ

9:00 PM: Minor People

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$17 - General Public
$14 - Students, Seniors, and Persons with Disabilities
$12 - Member

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