BAM (Venue Partner)
30 Lafayette Ave
718.636.4100
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The Saragossa Manuscript (1968)
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Apr 4, 2008 – Apr 10, 2008
Daily
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$11
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The Saragossa Manuscript is a labyrinthine film that plays like a Napoleonic-era Arabian Nights. Based on a novel, the film follows a soldier who discovers a mysterious manuscript of his grandfather's military travels; with time, the journal unravels into a multi-layered web of intertwined stories. Set in an exoticized version of 18th-century Spain, this surreal, disorienting adventure features a motley crew of cabalists, gypsies, religious zealots, and princesses — and, it should be noted, is Luis Buñuel's favorite film. This restored, subtitled version was jointly financed by Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Jerry Garcia in the '90s.
