Film
I Saw the TV Glow (15)
Dir. Jane Schoenbrun, US, 2024, 100 mins. Cast. Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman.
"A devastating tale of identity, fandom and obsession." The Guardian
Jane Schoenbrun’s striking story of suburban horrors and coming of age in the mid-1990s creates a foreboding feeling that unspools across time.
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack...
Schoenbrun’s latest work is a meticulously crafted film that explores the perils of our culture’s obsession with nostalgia and the ways we find and make ourselves in the things we watch.
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
The 6pm screening on Wednesday 30 October will be preceded by a short film from the Artist Moving Image Programme “Moving Waters”:
Leanne in the Lake (Dir Pouria Kazemi, 3 mins 38)
We were driving on the M16 when, all of a sudden, Leanne felt like she was burning up from the inside. She cried out: “My heart is melting, my kidneys are smoking, my liver is boiling”. We pulled over and she immediately jumped into the first lake we came across. Leanne in the Lake was my response regarding the problem of ‘truth’. In this short experimental documentary, my friend Leanne is floating in a lake while we hear another woman talking about her mental state. The narration belongs to an interview with a schizophrenic patient more than 60 years ago. By syncing the audio of that patient and my friend, I tried to create a connection between the two, since they were both suffering from the same disorder.
Kazemi graduated from Manchester School of Art and Bergen Academy of Fine Art. Most of their films are experimental investigations into the notion of language, performance and reclaimed borders.
"A devastating tale of identity, fandom and obsession." The Guardian
Jane Schoenbrun’s striking story of suburban horrors and coming of age in the mid-1990s creates a foreboding feeling that unspools across time.
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack...
Schoenbrun’s latest work is a meticulously crafted film that explores the perils of our culture’s obsession with nostalgia and the ways we find and make ourselves in the things we watch.
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
The 6pm screening on Wednesday 30 October will be preceded by a short film from the Artist Moving Image Programme “Moving Waters”:
Leanne in the Lake (Dir Pouria Kazemi, 3 mins 38)
We were driving on the M16 when, all of a sudden, Leanne felt like she was burning up from the inside. She cried out: “My heart is melting, my kidneys are smoking, my liver is boiling”. We pulled over and she immediately jumped into the first lake we came across. Leanne in the Lake was my response regarding the problem of ‘truth’. In this short experimental documentary, my friend Leanne is floating in a lake while we hear another woman talking about her mental state. The narration belongs to an interview with a schizophrenic patient more than 60 years ago. By syncing the audio of that patient and my friend, I tried to create a connection between the two, since they were both suffering from the same disorder.
Kazemi graduated from Manchester School of Art and Bergen Academy of Fine Art. Most of their films are experimental investigations into the notion of language, performance and reclaimed borders.
