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About Film: NFTS Painted Skies presents You, the Living (2007) on 35mm
You, the Living (2007)
Dir. Roy Andersson | Swedish with English subtitles | 93 minutes
35mm printed provided by the Swedish Film Institute
Introduction by season curator Bruno Savill De Jong
Virtual Q&A afterwards with Production Manager Johan Carlsson
An absurd comic cry about everyday life, You, the Living (2007) sees Roy Andersson take on loneliness and melancholy in hilarious, immaculately constructed tableaus. These flattened, static scenes – all crafted inside of Andersson’s Studio 24 – recall the aesthetic of Modernist painters like Edward Hopper or Otto Dix combined with the dry comic touch of Jacques Tati. Poignant, bleak yet surprisingly empathetic, You, the Living displays hypnotic dioramas that evoke both laughter and doom.
Painted Skies is a film season celebrating fake backgrounds, spotlighting films with innovative set design that reminds us of their artificiality. This season was curated by Bruno Savill De Jong as part of the National Film and Television School (NFTS). Find more info at their website for Painted Skies and follow them on Instagram (@paintedsky_films) and Twitter (@paintedskyfilm).
Doors open at 18.30, for a 19.30 start.
Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.
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Where
The Cinema Museum
2 Dugard Way
Renfrew Road
London,
SE11 4TH