Riddles of the Sphinx - Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen

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This film will be screened extra muros at Cinematek.
In the presence of the director Laura Mulvey.
Laura Mulvey is known for her concept of the male gaze that she developed in the 1975 essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. The film Riddles of the Sphinx by Mulvey and co-director Peter Wollen explores the position of women in patriarchal society. Consisting of three parts and 13 chapters, the film draws inspiration from psychoanalysis in its deconstruction of the conventional narrative structures used in traditional media. The visually accomplished and intellectually rigorous Riddles of the Sphinx is seen as one of the most important avant-garde films to have emerged from Britain during the 1970s.
The film’s ground-breaking electronic score, by Soft Machine’s Mike Ratledge, was composed on synthesisers which were developed in collaboration with Denys Irving (the man behind the mysterious and controversial 1970s band Lucifer).


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Ce film sera projeté extra muros à la Cinematek.
En présence de la réalisatrice Laura Mulvey.
Laura Mulvey est connue pour son concept du regard masculin qu'elle a développé dans l'essai Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema de 1975. Le film Riddles of the Sphinx de Mulvey et du coréalisateur Peter Wollen explore la position des femmes dans la société patriarcale. Composé de trois parties et de 13 chapitres, le film s'inspire de la psychanalyse pour déconstruire les structures narratives conventionnelles utilisées dans les médias traditionnels. Riddles of the Sphinx, visuellement accompli et intellectuellement rigoureux, est considéré comme l'un des films d'avant-garde les plus importants ayant vu le jour en Grande-Bretagne dans les années 1970.
La musique électronique révolutionnaire du film, signée Mike Ratledge de Soft Machine, a été composée sur des synthétiseurs développés en collaboration avec Denys Irving (l'homme derrière le mystérieux et controversé groupe Lucifer dans les années 1970).


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Deze film zal extra muros worden vertoond in Cinematek.
In aanwezigheid van Laura Mulvey.
Laura Mulvey staat bekend om haar theorie van de ‘mannelijke blik’ die ze ontwikkelde in het essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema uit 1975. Riddles of the Sphinx van Mulvey en co-regisseur Peter Wollen onderzoekt de positie van vrouwen in de patriarchale samenleving. De film bestaat uit drie delen en 13 hoofdstukken en haalt inspiratie uit de psychoanalyse in zijn deconstructie van de conventionele verhaalstructuren die in traditionele media worden gebruikt. Het visueel hoogstaande en intellectueel rigoureuze Riddles of the Sphinx wordt gezien als een van de belangrijkste avant-garde films uit Groot-Brittannië in de jaren ‘70.
De baanbrekende elektronische soundtrack van de film, van Mike Ratledge van Soft Machine, werd gecomponeerd op synthesizers die werden ontwikkeld in samenwerking met Denys Irving (de man achter de mysterieuze en controversiële seventies band Lucifer).

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