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SUMMARY:Cinema Derive - MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE  1980
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DESCRIPTION:Line up: Gérard Depardieu. Nicole Garcia\, Roger Pierre\nOpen: 
	19:30 - 22:00 hrs\nTickets: € 3\n\nMON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE 1980\nDirected by 
	Alain Resnais\n125 minutes\nIn French with English subtitles\n\nHere we ha
	ve a movie that seems to be 'normal' - in the sense that it has a\nstory. 
	But as with many films by Alain Resnais (Last Year in Marienbad)\, what is
	\nexperimental is the wild approach to the story. Where most movies use pl
	ots to\nsuck the audience into some fictional world\, here the plot is bei
	ng used to\nillustrate the theories of a behavioral theorist - Henri Labor
	it\, author of\nDecoding the human message.\n\nMon oncle d'Amerique focuse
	s on the interactions of three main protagonists\; an\nactress\, a writer 
	and a factory manager (Gérard Depardieu). As we follow their\nlives\, the 
	film keeps cutting away to professor Laborit explaining his theories\nin r
	elation to the story. The result is absurd\, but also insightful. What cou
	ld\nbe dry and stuffy becomes\, in the hands of Resnais\, totally engaging
	 - charged\nwith a good dose of irony and surreal humor. In fact\, in the 
	end\, this flick\nmakes clear how boring and dull most movies are\, becaus
	e so many directors are\ncaught in a trap of simply imitating others. This
	 one is absolutely unique.\n\nThe laboratory tests and theories of Henri L
	aborit revolve largely around how we\nhandle stress in relation to society
	. And for me that also makes the movie more\ndamn relevant than ever - bec
	ause I have never seen the world in more stressful\ntimes than today. Anot
	her great thing about this crazy film\, whether you buy the\ntheories or n
	ot\, is how it helps us to back away and look at our lives within a\nconte
	xt... not to simply follow our feelings per se\, but to always step back a
	nd\nsee the entire picture. Some people have even compared this flick to a
	 Greek\ntragedy\, which illustrates human behavior. Take this outrageous p
	remise for a\nmovie\, add some snappy and creative editing\, a wicked sens
	e of humor\, and a\nmulti-layered thought-provoking script\, and you have 
	one of the most original\nfilms in cinema history. (As pointed out in Gill
	es Deleuze's book Cinéma 2:\nl'image-temps).\n\nOpen Door: 19:30\nFilm Sta
	rt: 20:00
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinema-derive-mon-oncle-damerique-1980
GEO:52.3601403;4.8656923
LOCATION:OT301 - Overtoom 301\, 1054 HW Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,books,experimental,film,stories,vondelparkbuurt
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>Line up:</strong> Gérard Depardieu. Ni
	cole Garcia, Roger Pierre<br><strong>Open:</strong> 19:30 - 22:00 hrs<br><
	strong>Tickets:</strong> € 3  <p><strong>MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE </strong> 19
	80<br> Directed by Alain Resnais<br> 125 minutes<br> In French with Englis
	h subtitles</p> <p>Here we have a movie that seems to be 'normal' - in the
	 sense that it has a story. But as with many films by Alain Resnais (Last 
	Year in Marienbad), what is experimental is the wild approach to the story
	. Where most movies use plots to suck the audience into some fictional wor
	ld, here the plot is being used to illustrate the theories of a behavioral
	 theorist - Henri Laborit, author of Decoding the human message.</p> <p>Mo
	n oncle d'Amerique focuses on the interactions of three main protagonists;
	 an actress, a writer and a factory manager (Gérard Depardieu). As we foll
	ow their lives, the film keeps cutting away to professor Laborit explainin
	g his theories in relation to the story. The result is absurd, but also in
	sightful. What could be dry and stuffy becomes, in the hands of Resnais, t
	otally engaging - charged with a good dose of irony and surreal humor. In 
	fact, in the end, this flick makes clear how boring and dull most movies a
	re, because so many directors are caught in a trap of simply imitating oth
	ers. This one is absolutely unique.</p> <p>The laboratory tests and theori
	es of Henri Laborit revolve largely around how we handle stress in relatio
	n to society. And for me that also makes the movie more damn relevant than
	 ever - because I have never seen the world in more stressful times than t
	oday. Another great thing about this crazy film, whether you buy the theor
	ies or not, is how it helps us to back away and look at our lives within a
	 context... not to simply follow our feelings per se, but to always step b
	ack and see the entire picture. Some people have even compared this flick 
	to a Greek tragedy, which illustrates human behavior. Take this outrageous
	 premise for a movie, add some snappy and creative editing, a wicked sense
	 of humor, and a multi-layered thought-provoking script, and you have one 
	of the most original films in cinema history. (As pointed out in Gilles De
	leuze's book Cinéma 2: l'image-temps).</p> <p>Open Door: 19:30<br> Film St
	art: 20:00</p>
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