SFMOMA (Venue Partner)
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Russian Ark
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Thursday Jan 7, 2010 (7pm)
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$5 general; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in the Haas Atrium). Tickets are available at the Museum (with no surcharge) or online.
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Film Series
In Russian with English subtitles.
Considered Sokurov's finest film, Russian Ark tells a three-hundred-year Russian history within the confines of the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Renowned for being shot in one continuous, fluid take, the film also employed two thousand actors, thirty-three rooms in the museum, and three full orchestras.
Part of Museum Highs Museum Lows.
Museum Highs, Museum Lows:
Following on the heels of last year’s Vegas Highs, Vegas Lows film series, we turn our focus on the museum as the cinematic site for reverie, memory, introspection, and deception. The space of the museum lends itself perfectly to cinema—labyrinthian prawls, dramatic entrances, long hallways, and
countless gallery nooks where a camera can capture the intersection of history and contemporary life against which plots unfold. As a set for campy thrillers or epic histories, the museum functions not only as a luxurious, colorful backdrop, but also becomes a character itself. Here are some high points, including lows that became highs over time.
