That Cold Day in the Park

When:
Saturday, Aug 01, 2015 7:00p -
9:00p

Where:
The Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
$9.00 ($7.00 for students/members/seniors)

Categories:
Film, University

Event website:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2015junaug/altman.html#that

That Cold Day in the Park


Directed by Robert Altman. With Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns, Susanne Benton
US 1969, 35mm, color, 112 min


Initially leaving critics and audiences slightly chilled, That Cold Day in the Park marks a critical turning point for Altman as his earliest feature film to expressively and naturalistically convey the sociopsychological themes that would recur throughout his career. Sandy Dennis’ lonely, wealthy, repressed Frances is the first of many Altman women who are imprisoned within cryptically prismatic emotional confines. In this case, the peculiar, nervous Frances responds by trapping a differently estranged creature in an impromptu web of dependence. Aided by atmospheric New Hollywood cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, Altman artfully deploys mirrors, translucence, and a sensual, disorienting darkness while disclosing information in seductive, veiled increments. His audience is therefore alert and sensitive to the subtle fluctuations and power shifts within Frances’ obsessive relationship with her mysterious prisoner. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive; restoration funded by The Film Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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