THE RED RIDING TRILOGY
March 19 - March 28, 2010
March 19 - March 28, 2010
This is very interesting. Based on actual (gruesome) events, the producers of this saga decided, rather than making one bloated film, to hire three different filmmakers to product all three parts of a trilogy separately but simultaneously. The DFT will be presenting all three movies in ass-melting succession, or you can see the chapters individually, at any showing during the run.
One of the year’s most audacious cinematic events, The Red Riding Triolgy was adapted for British television from David Peace’s superb series of crime novels about the hunt for the “Yorkshire Ripper,” a serial killer who terrorized England in the 1970s and 80s. Though they all share the same screenwriter, each of these three interlocking tales deals with a different year in the search for the killer, and each of the three directors uses his own unique cinematic style to bring the story to the screen. While the three films stand on their own as bravura crime dramas, seeing the entire trilogy in sequence provides one of the richest and most memorable film noir experiences in modern cinema.
"Visionary filmmaking. Mammoth, sensationally violent and beautiful, The Red Riding Trilogy is a thrilling experience." -David Denby, The New Yorker
Special ticket prices apply. $10 general admission, $9 students, seniors, DIA members. Ticket valid for all three films and may be used together or on separate days.
PURCHASE TICKETS
RED RIDING 1974
(UK/2009—directed by Julien Jarrold)
Lazy and libidinous rookie journalist Eddie Dunford (Andrew Garfield) is researching a series of abductions when he begins to suspect a connection between the crimes and the higher echelons of Yorkshire power; he’s soon in more danger than he could have imagined. (105 min.)
Friday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 27 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 28 at 1:00 p.m.
RED RIDING 1980
(UK/2009—directed by James Marsh)
Veteran police constable Peter Hunter (Paddy Considine) is recruited to officially take over the investigation, but his theories about the killings begin to incite a growing controversy over his involvement, particularly among his colleagues. (96 min.)
Friday, March 26 at 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 27 at 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 28 at 3:00 p.m.
RED RIDING 1983
(UK/2009—directed by Anand Tucker)
When a schoolgirl girl is kidnapped, Detective Maurice Jobson (David Morrissey) is startled by the clear similarities to a case he had worked years earlier, one in which the suspect – now in prison and deeply disturbed – was convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty. (104 min.)
Friday, March 26 at 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 27 at 11:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 28 at 5:00 p.m.