PAVILION PRESENTS
La Région Centrale (1971)
Michael Snow
“You are here, the film is there, it is neither fascism nor entertainment.” Michael Snow
La Région Centrale is an extraordinary cinematic monument lasting over three hours. Shot from a fixed point on top of an uninhabited mountain in Northern Quebec, its subject is nothing less than what can be seen in all directions. Controlling the 16mm camera is an invention designed to simultaneously manipulate its horizontal, vertical and rotational movement, as well as its speed of travel, zoom and aperture. The result is unimaginable – vision untethered from reality, but looking straight at it.
A milestone in avant-garde film, described by Jean Luc Godard as “pure cinema.”
Projected on 16mm.
When and Where
Monday 14 August 2023, 7-10.30PM
Hyde Park Picture House
73 Brudenell Road
LS6 1JD
Pay what you can (you’re free to pay as much or as little as you can, including an option to pay nothing). Strictly advanced bookings only.
Part of Pavilion Presents a new space for international artists’ moving image – a cinema of boundless experimentation, political provocation and personal vision in partnership with the Hyde Park Picture House
Access
The Hyde Park Picture House is fully accessible. Full information here.