messiah

Unclassified 18+
William Klein, 105 mins, France, 1999, 35mm. Source: Walker Art Center, USA. Courtesy: William Klein

messiah
Messiah
premiere

A cacophony of images, both sacred and profane, casts Handel's 'Messiah' as a powerful cinematic experience in Klein's collaboration with conductor Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble.

From Nativity to Amen, this Oratorio with attitude exalts in the divine emotion and music of the professional singers and the more humble passions of an array of amateur choirs.

From Vegas to Spain, holy rollers to war zones, the film's parade of the religious and its visual litany of (in)humanity, is by turns moving, shocking and ironic.

Dates   Sun 1 Feb 2009, 3pm [Premiere]
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